Thomas Grimes Email & Phone Number

Mesa, Az

Hands-on Engineering Project Leader with extensive experience in leading multifunctional teams in developing secure communications equipment for the Department of Defense (DoD). Results and customer oriented with effective people skills and ability to see the big picture. A successful motivator who thrives on challenging opportunities that require technical experience, team development, and expanding technical expertise into new areas. Experienced in successfully managing both small and large programs while meeting schedule, cost, and quality goals.Strengths include: - Project Management -Budgeting/tracking/oversight skills - Deadline Oriented - Customer Focus - Team Building - Presentation Skills - Analytical/trouble-shooting skills - Broad Technical Expertise

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Managed successful development of RGB laser based 2000 lumen 4k projector while meeting schedule, cost, and quality requirements. Duties included: planning, implementing, and managing project team through complete task definition, work requirement identification and assignment; working closely and collaboratively with key stakeholders to define project scope, strategy, budget, and outcomes; establishing and continually monitoring/managing project expectations with team and stakeholders; preparing and maintaining all project status reports and schedules; tracking milestones/deliverables, critical paths, and dependencies; developing/executing risk mitigation strategies as needed; coordinating shareholder/team expectations as needed in coordination of project progress/outcomes.

Scottsdale, Az

Managed all formal customer witnessed testing activities for HMS program. HMS is a large (> 100 engineers) multi-year program developing a set of software defined radios capable of interoperating with multiple DoD military legacy waveforms. Duties included budgeting and directing a team of about 12 engineers representing multi disciplines including Systems, Software, EMI/EMC, Mechanical, Hardware, and RF. The team developed Test Plans, Procedures, and Test Reports and conducted tests to verify system requirements were met while striving to meet schedule, cost, and quality goals.

Scottsdale, Az

Managed engineering project team of about eight engineers to accomplish contractual project scope while meeting schedule, cost, and quality goals. KG-189 is a military grade encryptor for SONET communications networks. This effort involved updating previously delivered encryption equipment to replace components that had reached their end of life. Also included providing monthly status presentations/reports to both customer and General Dynamics executive management teams.• Developed such a great relationship with customer that contract was awarded sole-source.• Customer Management team was extremely pleased with the project execution and gave the team award fee scores that were always in the mid 90s.• Contracted work was accomplished for less than full contract value.

Scottsdale, Az

Managed engineering project teams developing proposals including Management, Technical, and Cost volumes in response to DoD RFPs. Oversight of proposal development activities, participation in strategic planning sessions framing technical and cost approaches, tracking/managing progress to a proposal development schedule and budget, ensuring compliance of delivered proposals with all stated RFP compliance requirements, and reporting progress to Executive Management .• Received an engineering award for proposal development efforts.• Approaches, knowledge, and experience gained over time were leveraged in subsequent proposal efforts to help lower development costs.

Scottsdale, Az

Managed engineering project team of about eight engineers. MCS leveraged another project still in development to add functionality to allow secure communications with existing legacy equipment. Provided monthly status presentations and reports to both customer and management. • Successfully met project technical requirements despite a challenging environment due to delays in baseline program deliveries and resulting strained relations with customer. • Received two engineering awards for efforts as engineering project leader.

Scottsdale, Az

Technical leadership over the specification, design, and implementation of a software application to support the mapping of crime incidents and locations and reporting tools for tactical, strategic, and administrative crime analysis functions for the Pasadena (CA) Police Department.• Software application met all design objectives for the product to be developed and was well received by the Pasadena Police Department customer.• Software application architecture was leveraged for other applications being developed.

Scottsdale, Az

Managed overall program execution of Network Security Managers (NSM) program reporting directly to Division Manager. The program employed over 100 software/systems engineers and three subcontractors for over four years to specify, define, implement, and deploy software systems to provide a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for the DOD’s Defense Messaging System (DMS) program. • Grew program's initial Contract Budget Baseline (CBB) from an initial value of $15m to over $60m by time I left program.• Customer satisfaction was so great that sole source add-ons were awarded extending the program for another 3-4 years.• Received a Letter of Commendation from National Security Agency in 1999 for my efforts as Program Manager on NSM.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Numerous in-house training courses on Program Management, Earned Value, CSSR reporting, Customer Satisfaction.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), 4.0

GPA 4.0 in course Study

Bachelor'S Of Electrical Engineering (Bsee), Computer Engineering

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Classical Studies

I also was a Teaching Assistant while I earned my MA.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Classical Studies, 3.6

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Education record

Activities and Societies: Honor Society, Varsity Track & Field, and Varsity Football