Versailles Simmons Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Program Manager for Honeywell Aerospace USA within its Electronic Solutions business unit responsible for performing program management activities associated with Honeywell's CORE Navigation and Sensors Portfolio. Product areas include a wide variety of navigation systems including inertial measurement units, attitude heading reference systems, inertial navigation systems, GPS-aided inertial navigation systems, and GPS precision landing systems, or MEMS based inertial measurement units.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams to execute development and qualification test objectives, outline test plans/procedures and oversee the preparation and test of sensor hardware.• Prepare engineering estimations and proposal bids to establish program plans with respect to cost and schedule to achieve customer and internal requirements.• Drive program efficiencies by establishing a viable management operating system to facilitate open communication and transparency… Show more • Lead cross-functional engineering teams to execute development and qualification test objectives, outline test plans/procedures and oversee the preparation and test of sensor hardware.• Prepare engineering estimations and proposal bids to establish program plans with respect to cost and schedule to achieve customer and internal requirements.• Drive program efficiencies by establishing a viable management operating system to facilitate open communication and transparency amongst the multi-functional engineering team.• Achieve program savings by using risk/opportunity and scope management to realize and align functional resources across multiple programs for mutual benefits, resulting in cost/schedule savings due to program commonalities.• Maintain a positive and engaging business reputation with the customer through strong communication and translation of voice-of-customer values to the customer-funded project. Show less

Greater Boston Area

• Develop system and subsystem performance and test requirements, evaluate systems and subsystems interfaces, and design and integrate systems or subsystems using COTS/government supplied equipment.• Provide Production Support and evaluate multiple system configurations in the area of Battle Management Command Control Communications Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I) for the Patriot System.• Identify root causes and form corrective actions to resolve technical issues in… Show more • Develop system and subsystem performance and test requirements, evaluate systems and subsystems interfaces, and design and integrate systems or subsystems using COTS/government supplied equipment.• Provide Production Support and evaluate multiple system configurations in the area of Battle Management Command Control Communications Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I) for the Patriot System.• Identify root causes and form corrective actions to resolve technical issues in production and out of box failures.• Initiate and maintain program documentation including Statements of Work, Level of Effort Estimates, Technical Specifications, Deviations/Variances, Purchase Requisitions/Orders, and Change Requests/Notices as required.• Interact with customer and across Enterprise with Quality, Design Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Configuration Management, Low Tier Program Office, and Third Party Suppliers.• Introduce and sponsor product to enhance manufacturing efficiency through Design for Manufacturability projects. Show less

New London/Norwich, Connecticut Area

• Performed task management that facilitated design, requirements analysis, product certification, procurement, verification, installation, test, and maintenance of the auxiliary system for the OHIO Replacement submarine class.• Developed procurement and system definition documentation, cabling drawings, engineering calculations, engineering reports, business presentations, Earned Value analysis system reports, and test procedures.• Improved internal/external business… Show more • Performed task management that facilitated design, requirements analysis, product certification, procurement, verification, installation, test, and maintenance of the auxiliary system for the OHIO Replacement submarine class.• Developed procurement and system definition documentation, cabling drawings, engineering calculations, engineering reports, business presentations, Earned Value analysis system reports, and test procedures.• Improved internal/external business communications by issuing conference reports, conducting system integration team meetings, conducting component modeling reviews, customer approval meetings, and vendor design reviews. Show less

New London/Norwich, Connecticut Area

• Managed advanced solid state lighting and receptacle systems project which included competitive bid selection, preliminary load and illumination calculations, system specification development, and vendor design reviews.• Participated in company’s Technical Rotation Program providing engineering support for the development and issuance of technical work documents and maintenance tasks performed on 688 and VIRGINIA Class Submarines.• Interfaced with Shipyard Management… Show more • Managed advanced solid state lighting and receptacle systems project which included competitive bid selection, preliminary load and illumination calculations, system specification development, and vendor design reviews.• Participated in company’s Technical Rotation Program providing engineering support for the development and issuance of technical work documents and maintenance tasks performed on 688 and VIRGINIA Class Submarines.• Interfaced with Shipyard Management, Government/NAVSEA, Planning Yard, Operations, Design, Engineering, Program Office and Suppliers to provide solutions to difficult problems. Show less

Fsu High Performance Materials Institute

• Issued a literary review describing Triboluminescence technology, its properties as an electrical transducer, and its application toward Structure Health Monitoring (SHM) systems.• Conducted design of experiments for characterizing optical sensor systems to support SHM system.• Orchestrated technical lectures to an audience of sponsors, advisors, and peers.

3M Woodbury

• Conducted LED light cannon prototype performance evaluation in comparison to existing halogen technology.• Configured FPGA using VHDL code and CRPL designed printed circuit board to control LED light cannon prototype via Altera Quartus II software.• Developed video to assist social media recruitment efforts for first-time and returning 3M corporate interns.