• Leads multidisciplinary teams in the areas of planning, organization, and coordination of all engineering activities necessary to maintain customer relationships and to support execution of project deliverables and program milestones. • Represent the engineering department as the primary engineering point of contact for projects internally and externally to Collins. Liaison between program management, engineering leadership, integrated project teams, operations, and suppliers.• Develop/manage project plans, schedules, and budgets for projects of varying size and scope across multiple projects concurrently.• Manage action items using program dashboards to ensure adherence to the established project plan, schedule, and budget.• Pursue all cost saving opportunities to maximize project profitability. Perform critical path analysis and prepares and implements mitigation plans to ensure the successful completion of projects.• Identify project problems, recommends solutions, and works with department leaders to reallocate resources, work through test failures and/or change contractual specifications.• Responsible for managing/presenting project risks and opportunities, as well as execution of mitigation actions and contingency plans.

Maintained responsibilities held under Flammability Senior Certification Engineer title. Balancing technical decisions and business needs within the department. Boeing change notice Supplier Authorized Reviewer (SAR). PSP staff compliance signatory authorizations: 14 CFR 25.853(a) test witness, test data approvals, test plans, test/substantiation report approvals, 14 CFR 25.853(c) test witness, test data approvals, test plans, test/substantiation report approvals, 14 CFR 25.853(d) test witness, test/substantiation report approvals. Service bulletins, material action request approvals, no technical objections

Began PSP staff candidacy for showing compliance for aircraft seating to 14 CFR 25.853(a) and (c) using requirements from Appendix F to Part 25, Parts I, II. Checking/documenting the showing of compliance for aircraft seating to 14 CFR 25.853(a), (c), and (d) using the requirements from Appendix F to Part 25, Parts I, II, IV, and V. Participating in program level meetings to communicate flammability certification department requirements and acquire program level information. Training new employees on flammability certification Methods of Compliance, and the FAA TSO Architecture. Reviewing and approving electronic type design change notices, supplier change request forms, and electronic manufacturing notifications of change (EMNOCs). Airbus Design Organisation Signatory (AP1020.3 authorized)

Documenting and showing compliance for aircraft seating to 14 CFR 25.853(a), (c), and (d) using the requirements from Appendix F to Part 25, Parts I, II, IV, and V. Creating and maintaining a departmental visual board and milestone planning tool. Building and conforming flammability certification test articles using FAA forms 8120-10, 8130-9, and 8100-1

Oversaw and managed all daily and long term production planning, implemented goals and improved process reliability through associate interaction and communication, assessed employees abilities to distribute talent and increase cross training and sustainability, managed 56 production associates to meet the production goals of upper management, budgeted associate overtime to stay within plan and departmental cost requirements, administered associate disciplinary action

Oversaw multiple textile manufacturing machines and product line quality parameters, reduced percentage of off quality product on major problem style product lines, conducted experiments to improve specific quality parameters and improve process reliability