Developing and implementing Program Office policies and procedures through Systems Engineering, process analysis, Six Sigma, stakeholder management, consensus building, and Project Management Institute best practices.

Served as the Lead Engineer responsible for creating and managing the technical requirements, verification, and deployment of an undersea system. Directed technical and programmatic enterprise from concept to decommissioning.Responsible for direct engagement of leadership at the highest levels. Contracting Officer Representative for 2 activities; developing and issuing work statements; managing and directing work scope and costs.Management of the prioritization and design work of eight developers (~100 people) and serve as the lead systems integration point of contact for the entire system. Lead technical oversight of cradle to grave development of new capabilities while simultaneously ushering existing improvements to market.Lead the expedited development of two major deployable systems from concept resulting in an on time and on budget delivery to the fleet.Commissioned and managed several engineering studies with outside subject matter experts.Responsible for managing the demilitarization of a major defense acquisition, including the development of processes and procedures.Developed and approved a Systems Development Plan for a Technical Refresh Program.Worked with contracts, logistics, management, and additional stakeholders to develop and publish improved Top Level Requirements in support of a RFP.Increased technical adequacy and leverage developer competency through the implementation of broad scope processes and improvements (new ICD process management and configuration control improvements).

Systems Integration Team Lead responsible for a highly integrated system (COLUMBIA Class Ship Control System) (~$150M). Directed daily programmatic tasking and management across disciplines, departments, and countries. Tasking included EROM review and analysis, stakeholder concurrence for approval documents, technical volume review, and senior management briefings. Drive consensus on technical requirements based on deep subject matter knowledge, balancing cost constraints and sound engineering rationale. Lead the technical development of the Hovering and Missile Compensation System and transition from design to execution. Managed technical design adequacy of 4 developers, to include government, contractors, and foreign governments. Utilized a sound understanding of high reliability systems, Fly-by-Wire, and SUBSAFE methodologies common in Submarines and other critical system infrastructures.Responsible for managing programmatic baseline and ensuring minimal cost growth.

Served as the junction for lobbying, public relations, supplier outreach, and management review. Worked heavily with stakeholders to build an updated website for an industry organization. Analyzed membership data and congressional records to determine areas of opportunity for membership growth and outreach. Provided succinct recommendations to senior management based on data analysis.Heavy interaction with lobbying groups, policy leaders, budget analysts, think tanks, DoD personnel, and other individuals to develop a filtered strategic picture for dissemination to leadership with an emphasis on near future opportunities. Joint oversight of planning and execution of annual industry event, including; venue selection, contracting, merchandise, attendance, execution, and post-event data analysis.

Leading off-site Electrical Engineer responsible for high precision execution of work instructions. Engineering support for overhaul and repair operations. Providing engineering support to personnel in order to meet cost and schedule constraints, interfacing with contracts, engineering, trades workers, suppliers, and high level management to ensure products are delivered on time.Experience includes long-term off-site engineering support at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.Maintained schedules for simultaneous projects, interfacing with contracts and the customer to reduce waste associated with duplicate work and fiscal difficulties.Decreased Technical Work Document turn-around by streamlining work templates and schedule driven prioritizing.Schedule and cost are important driving factors in the military industrial complex. With governments and companies looking for ways to cut costs and increase productivity, a skilled operations support engineer can mean the difference between a blown schedule and cost over-runs and an ahead of schedule delivery.

Quality System Management. Managed quality support for 20-30 suppliers while providing metrics and audit services to ensure consistent, quality products were delivered. Co-lead Electric Boat's counterfeit electronics avoidance initiative by creating and integrating quality systems and audit schedules to minimize supply chain vulnerabilities.First time quality is extremely important in high reliability sectors. Personnel that understand quality systems, management, and surveillance techniques are essential for developing a strategy for receiving or delivering consistent products and services.Reduced preventable rejections at receiving by 27%.Increased Supplier audit intervals through the use of comprehensive monitoring.Decreased audit costs by increasing audit intervals.

Research and Development Test Technician. Assembled and tested pump systems for research and development of new product lines and RMA requests from customers.Hands on experience with large rotating machinery, close tolerance devices, and a schedule driven work environment.

Research Associate and Technician. Built research protocols and procedure for test equipment for solar cell research. Planned and executed experiments with magnetic fields and flux involvement with solar cell efficiency.