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Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

• Direct a program management organization with profit and loss responsibility for a portfolio of electronic warfare programs with annual acquisitions and sales of $250M.
• Lead a multi-disciplined team including manufacturing, supply chain management, contracts, business management, finance, engineering, engineering, and logistics to successfully achieve awards, sales, margin, and cash.
• Work closely with the customer community to establish product roadmaps to satisfy future mission requirements and with major subcontractors to ensure that investments align with future requirements.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed a production program management organization responsible for execution of all business area production programs consisting of 16 contracts with annual sales of over $200M. Led the capture and acquisition effort for a multi-year production program valued at $360M creating a 4-year backlog. Managed major domestic and international subcontractors.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed a 60+ member Global Supply Chain team consisting of project managers, subcontract administrators, buyers, material planners, and material control personnel supporting all division programs.
• Transformed a procurement centric organization into a comprehensive supply chain management organization responsible for managing all aspects of the supply chain effort including material requirements planning and.

Greater Chicago Area

• Directed a 550+ member manufacturing organization that included project management, test engineering, process engineering, material planning and scheduling, material management, assembly and test technicians, business.
• Implemented a flexible factory concept in manufacturing area to allow for rapid transformation of production areas to accommodate product line changes.
• Implemented a production review board to collect and analyze yield data at every level of the assembly process to measure performance against established objectives and to monitor trends.
• Outsourced the manufacturing of lower tier products including printed wiring boards and circuit card assemblies to focus infrastructure investments on core competencies.

Greater Chicago Area

Matrix manager of 20+ member production team including Test Engineering, Process Engineering, Program Planning & Scheduling, Material Management, and Manufacturing touch labor personnel.

Greater Chicago Area

Mechanical design of Power Supplies, Microwave Integrated Circuit Modules, and Test Stations. Manufacturing Process Engineer for circuit card assembly production area.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)