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Long Beach, Ca, Us

El Segundo, California, United States

• Accountable for ACAT-1 $30M development contract that is critical to 5 year business growth strategy with $100M+ domestic follow on award dependencies and vast International opportunities. • Manage cross-functional team of 30+ employees across multiple company sites. • Risk & Opportunity Manager for the program. Developed risk assessments and championed mitigation plans to minimize cost/schedule impacts.• Prepare monthly Estimates to Complete and Earned Value analysis. Conduct internal executiveleadership and external Government customer reviews on program cost/schedule performance. • Utilize JIRA to manage Agile software development execution. • Chair and lead quarterly Program Management Reviews with 25+ Government customers up to O6 level.

El Segundo, Ca

• Accountable for the cost, schedule and technical performance of production program with $75M portfolio containing 10+ active contracts and multiple customers. • Profit and loss responsibilities include financial reviews, earned value reporting, risk and opportunity management, and financial forecasting. • Proposal management experience in strategy development, cost estimation, and negotiation. • Lead program sustainment execution, ensuring repair turnaround and field support commitments are met.

El Segundo, Ca

Program Operations Manager• Operations Control Account Manager (CAM) for the E-2D TARA/PTS product line. Accountable for cost, schedule, and on-time delivery (OTD). • Developed manufacturing plans for multiple concurrent spares contracts. Evaluated line capacity, manpower, and material constraints to strategically overlay spares build within the current multi-year production contract.• Deployed lean principles and executed manufacturing process improvement plans to consistently reduce touch labor hours per unit (HPUs). Achieved >90% MRP monthly OTD during tenure.• Worked cross-functionally with Engineering and Supply Chain to develop mitigation plans for material production failures and obsolescence issues. Material Program Manager• Managed supply chain logistics, procurement, and subcontracts for $15M of material. • Administered and executed material program strategy. Assessed MRP demands and proactively drove accountability of supplier contractual requirements to excel program performance. • Delivered accurate material forecasts and communicated supplier risks and opportunities to support EAC’s, gate reviews, and PMR’s.• Identified a missed software license required for production during ETC review. Negotiated a no-cost trial license period with supplier that allowed the program to successfully reach its multi-million dollar PBP milestone by avoiding a certain software development work stoppage.

El Segundo, Ca

• Product line owner of Raytheon adhesive manufacturing. Managed purchase orders, labor budget, and execution schedule. Shipped material globally to support all Raytheon sites and their affiliated subcontractors. • Lab Manager accountable for 20+ engineers, area metrics, safety, facility maintenance, material inventory, equipment calibration, and audit readiness. • Engineering technical lead for physical material and outgas testing processes. Performed data analysis, STE troubleshooting, and material testing consultation. Championed process improvement of ASTM E595 outgas testing. Streamlined test process and reduced labor charging by 50%. Increased efficiency rewarded by Trident program with allocation of 3000+ test hours on new scope. • 4+ years’ experience in R&D process development to manufacture custom waveguides. Conceived and matured process to produce first full-scale parts for HEL program.

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering