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• Manage cost, schedule and performance of multiple New Product Programs during development, ensuring deviations to scope are properly documented per change control processes.• Execute project plans following Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) standards, customizing as appropriate to meet changing needs.• Prepare Tollgate Reviews, resolving discrepancy list items, supporting product development processes, and coordinating Business Reviews.• Serve as point of contact to internal stakeholders and customers, briefing program schedule and financial performance to senior management.• Ensure project documents are complete, current and archived appropriately.• Verify program requirements are satisfied before production, through final deliverables and customer acceptance.

• Managed multiple Airline Programs during Development and Production phases, providing strong customer communication, and supporting product through final configuration.• Monitored the work of all functional disciplines and coordinated efforts within each program. • Facilitated requirement changes, ensuring deviations to scope are documented by change requests.• Served as point of contact with senior management, internal stakeholders, and functional organizations; including interaction with Customers on behalf of the health of each program.• Briefed monthly program schedule and financial performance to senior management and stakeholders.• Managed and resolved final discrepancy list items for programs, shipment through final deliverables and customer acceptance.• Coordinated Post Delivery support between Program Management and the Product Support Group.• Recommended program process improvements from inception to completion.

• Managed multiple projects across technical disciplines supporting the Western Range at Vandenberg AFB, including radar, telemetry, communication and control & display systems.• Developed and facilitated a detailed project plan to ensure project objectives of cost, schedule and performance were met; assumed responsibility for project schedules from inception through final deliverables and customer acceptance.• Ensured overall compliance with program processes, procedures and standards to include quality audits, contractual requirements and fiscal controls of each project, and assumed project cost ownership for multi-million dollar developmental/sustainment engineering projects. • Gathered performance metrics and ensured timeliness and integrity of status reporting for senior management and Government Project Officer. • Participated in proposal development, to assure commitments were properly authorized and documented for project requirements, scope and change control.• Responded to project issues and risks, elevating through Senior Management channels when required, incorporating risk management through project life cycle.• Coordinated with functional managers for effective resource utilization, allocation and development; managed trade-offs involving time, cost, scope and quality across multiple inner-project cost accounts and multiple support organizations to adhere to schedule and cost objectives.• Served as principle point of contact with senior management, sponsors, Government Project Officers, vendors, stakeholders and functional departments. • Incorporated engineering processes, engineering development life cycle, Cost Account Management (CAM), Earned Value Management (EVMS), ISO 9001 policies, and Government policies and procedures.

•Administered duties on a daily basis utilizing Microsoft Office Suite, MAXIMO and Citrix applications. •Briefed Senior Management on department status•Prioritized and directed departmental resources.•Trained resources on new tools, and policy or process changes.•Resolved personnel conflicts within the functional organizations.•Ensured timely collection of Estimates to Complete (ETC) from all departments.

•Analyzed EVMS data and project performance metrics for multi-million dollar developmental engineering projects in direct support of the Project Manager (PM). •Generated various weekly and monthly financial reports, assisting with briefs for senior ITT and government management. •Compiled initial financial calculations and verified completeness/accuracy during proposal development. •Incorporated timely coordination and collection of Basis of Estimates from all departments. •Implemented and managed original project cost and schedule baseline across multiple inner-project cost accounts and multiple support organizations.

•Supported development of proposals while monitoring contractual process and customer requirements.•Coordinated with lead proposal engineers and support organizations ensuring all elements required in the engineering process were addressed in the cost estimate. •Initiated and integrated the applicable proposal documentation from support organizations including the Basis of Estimate (BOE)/ cost spreadsheet. •Review of the final proposal cost data and text for completeness and accuracy.•Assisted with variance analysis reporting and documentation within multiple Project IPT Leads.

•Implemented Configuration Management processes within the internal projects and contractual requirements of the customer •Coordinated with engineers and engineering change coordinators in the generation of Engineering Change Procedure (ECP) and supporting engineering process documentation •Processed Class I and Class II ECP packages through completion and government approval•Coordinated with outside contractors regarding Notice of Revisions (NOR) to SLRSC drawings and documentation•Verified technical data packages for completeness/accuracy prior to posting •Validated physical hardware configurations and document redlines

General office duties along with customer assistance for the City Clerk, administrated payroll/financial information, and entered official records into the City’s electronic documentation system, interfacing with multiple departments, proactive in the areas of process improvement, problem resolution, and customer service to the customer’s satisfaction.

Coordinating service to the customer (order preparation, purchase requisitions, data entry, updating, order fulfillment, invoicing, credit returns and/or problem resolution), tracking shipments, price quotes, training, and communication with all internal departments.

Proposal preparation and coordination, managing company processes, invoicing, receiving, auditing, compiling reports, coordination of priorities within multiple departments and intercommunication with parent company.