I play an instrumental role in designing, developing, implementing, and managing the company’s next-generation, leading-edge 5G and virtual reality wireless technologies and systems.As the founding member of the Program Management Office, developed and implemented company policies, procedures, and strategies for US Government and commercial business growth, managing and leading US Government and commercial programs along with US Government compliance.

I am a senior-level leader, reporting to the Business Unit VP and acting as the driving force behind strategic planning, budgeting, and operations for a major product line. A major part of my role is partnering with site General Managers and stakeholders across all areas/levels to foster synergy and continually improve product engineering, production, delivery, and sales across all Benchmark product lines. Among my key contributions and achievements, I… Deliver strategic business and annual operating plans, along with product roadmaps, highlighting resources and budget requirements to achieve performance targets.Identify and recommend partnerships and/or mergers & acquisitions, that represent best options to advance corporate goals and increase profits.Rolled out and executed a powerful growth strategy starting in 2018, which has boosted revenue by over 43% to date, with expectations to double or triple within the next 1-3 years.Oversee business operations of our Tijuana, Mexico maquiladora and Phoenix, AZ locations of 250+ personnel.Dramatically increased product offerings, to achieve all goals for expanding into the Classified Products, Aerospace, Defense, Space, Industrial, and Commercial Telecommunications markets. This has included negotiating and closing on securing “Designed In” positions on a series of highly lucrative Department of Defense (DoD) programs.

Senior Program Manager, 2008-2018Program Manager, 2005-2008I was brought onboard initially as a Program Manager, leading skilled Engineering and Operations teams. I was then promoted to a senior-level role, with executive-level responsibilities in under three years, with the mandate from the CEO and President to completely turnaround the performance of Cobham’s largest, highest profit generating business segments, while directing a staff of over 200 team members. The segments brought in between $20M-$43M annually, with potential long-term revenue projects at between $300M to $1B. Over my tenure with the company, I… Catalyzed a series of operational improvements and instilled a culture focused on maximizing customer satisfaction, revenue & profit growth, and on-time delivery rates.Empowered teams to drive innovation and deliver exciting, new products, as well as cutting-edge technologies.Played a key role in guiding every program phase, including from initial designs through to final flight/production.Transformed struggling business segments which resulted in doubling production rate and exceeding all mission-critical business goals. Monthly revenue doubled from $500K to $1M+ and gross margins went up 25%, with five straight years of ahead-of-schedule deliveries.Introduced changes to product development, manufacturing, operational, and organizational processes, to slash development costs and increase profitability by 50%, over entire tenure with the company.Dramatically exceeded key performance targets, more than quadrupling overall productivity and revenue, during three years as Program Manager. I was able to increase monthly revenue from $900K to over $3.6M+, on average, while achieving ahead-of-schedule deliveries. Innovated and developed multiple management processes and tools, such as a dynamic labor estimation model, an automated Work-in-Progress (WiP) model, a department EAC process, and more, to modernize and enhance operational capabilities.

I led talented, multidisciplinary teams comprised of technical professionals and various subject matter experts, to complete Research & Development (R&D) as well as Engineering projects of all complexities. My project portfolio included commercial and government contracts, running concurrently, with a total value surpassing $3M.