Applying thirty (plus) years of rail vehicle maintenance experience in a leadership role as the primary administrative oversight of projects involving vehicle upgrade and life extension. Relying on a diverse background, technical expertise, and budget adherence experience, acquired within the transportation industry, to realize customer expectations and guide vehicle programs to ensure success.Responsibilities within the Rail Capital Project Manager position require proven leadership traits, coupled with demonstrated abilities to assemble and motivate project team members, in the guidance of rail vehicle renewal, retro-fit and overhaul projects from inception to conclusion. Applying a comprehensive approach to mission specific project plan development, contract services management, resource allocation, production oversight, and conflict resolution. Identifying system requirements for an aging light rail vehicle fleet replete with obsolete equipment. Developing strategies to prioritize essential upgrades and enhancements, allocate funding sources and develop reporting strategies to meet contract compliance.

Repeated accomplishments directing strategic planning and regulatory compliance while supervising maintenance, operations, and repair of municipal fleets. Track record of contributions leading to improved transportation services and effective fleet performance, consistently meeting or exceeding mean distance between failures (MDBF) goals. Influential leader with acute business acumen and expertise in building and leading high-performance teams to achieve or exceed performance goals. Articulate communicator, able to forge solid relationships with colleagues and administration and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.Manage maintenance of Broad Street Subway high-speed rail fleet and operations at Fern Rock Repair/ Maintenance Facility for 125 vehicles. Supervise 180 employees, prioritizing and inspecting tasks to ensure accurate overhaul/repair for all SEPTA city, suburban, and regional rail fleets. Employ Lean management techniques to improve business processes and achieve defined goals.♦ Lead business process improvements, developing and implementing standard operating procedures based on analysis of key tasks, resource allocation, and material requirements.♦ Consistently achieve and exceed MDBF goals for 40-year-old, high-speed transit fleet, maintaining 113% of required availability.♦ Develop cutting-edge maintenance processes, including on-vehicle system support to maintain 100% functionality. ♦ Enhance and standardize fleet vehicle appearance, upgrading decal-removal process, realizing more than $500 savings in labor costs.♦ Adhere to capital and operating yearly budgeted programs of $13m and $6m respectively.♦ Ensure enforcement of labor contract, serving as first level hearing officer investigating incidents and administering disciplinary actions; play key role in arbitration cases.

Managed vehicle maintenance activities for 220-vehicle Southern Depot Bus fleet and Market-Frankfort M4 revenue fleet. Directed daily operations at 69th Street Repair/Maintenance Facility for 220-rail vehicle fleet and 69th Street Motor Shop (electrical motor repair shop). Supervised team of managers, support personnel, and mechanics.♦ Served as first level hearing officer to ensure enforcement of labor contract, investigating incidents and administering disciplinary actions; provided key assistance in arbitration cases.♦ Played pivotal role in implementing and integrating Oracle-based Vehicle Maintenance Information System (VMIS) within Market Frankford Maintenance Facility.♦ Oversaw integration of VMIS application into M4 maintenance operation, consolidating and reducing redundant business practices.♦ Led continuous process improvements, extracting and analyzing vehicle data to identify and correct ineffective practices.♦ Prepared documentation defining processes for VMIS interface, championing standardized set of rules; currently adopted by two separate maintenance facilities operating on 24/7 schedule.♦ Promoted shop safety practices, decreasing employee injuries, reducing lost time, and minimizing use of overtime.♦ Overhauled rail fleet maintenance operations for fleet that had dropped to 70% availability; attained 91% in three months and, subsequently, full recovery.

Experience with assembler/machine language programming and disassemblers (man-machine interface). Database design and support, Citrix administrator and MS software training, coupled with component level electronics troubleshooting training/skills to create a sound technical expertise in the support of various light, heavy, and high-speed rail fleets. Twenty-six years experience in the support and maintenance of rail and bus fleet vehicles. Develop, implement, and test a cross section of maintenance approaches to ensure customer satisfaction with acute awareness to passenger safety and reliable fleet readiness.

Component level repairs, and calibration, of electronic/electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, frequency generators, power supplies, multimeters, etc. Micro-miniature soldering certified.