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Diamondhead, Ms, Us

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Diamondhead, Mississippi, United States

• Reorganized and refocused Engineering Division planning and business development priorities, converting a multi-year divisional loss to consistent double-digit profitability on $1.2m revenue, while increasing workforce and facility capability. Coordinated establishment of a four-machine CNC production machining capability with 5th axis milling, Y-axis live-tooled lathe, and a revenue capture of over $400k in the first six months of operation. Engaged in direct mentoring of program management, engineering, and technical professionals, elevating the organizational team’s maturity and individual’s performances.

Waveland, Mississippi, United States

• Built foundational technology-organization infrastructure in a small-business contract team. As contract lead engineer to QinetiQ North America, developed proposal material resulting in three contract award phases for WiPPR wind-sensing technology development. Developed test and evaluation plans resulting in the transition of a ground-based AFRL remote wind-sensing technology to a PMS sponsored operational need program, later modified as an airborne sensor. Oversaw subcontract teams developing final deliverable reports for development and test activities incorporating hundreds of pages of program data leading to follow-on transition funding awards.

Long Beach, Mississippi, United States

• Oversaw multidisciplinary teams developing state of the art maritime sensing systems from fundamental sensing technologies to field-deployable, unattended, sensor systems. Identified follow-on and spin-off technology opportunities resulting from funded efforts, pursued potential customer execution offices, and presented advocacy materials for RFIs. Prepared and briefed customers on developmental program status, including schedule, risks, and projected costs. Prepared supporting schedules for detailed material and labor cost estimates against proposals including written descriptions for proposal SOW engineering and “ilities” sections. Performed external quality and production audits for remote facilities, both QMS audits and DAG-compliant physical configuration audits.

Long Beach, Mississippi, United States

• Oversaw on-time, under budget production and delivery of three distinct product lines, Telemetry, Air Delivery, and Gunshot Detection as production manager. Allocated staff assignments weekly, reported risk and schedule progress, and coordinated requirements across production and engineering functional areas. Composed task justifications, preliminary and detailed cost estimates, along with task level. Maintained Microsoft Project Gantt charts for project scheduling and resource arbitration. Led a seven-person team performing component purchasing, subcontracted and in-house machined component fabrication, subcontracted PCB assembly, product final assembly, and device acceptance testing. Drafted facility process descriptions and record templates required for the AS9100 and ISO9000 quality standards.

Long Beach, Mississippi, United States

• Developed Precision Air Delivery System product line as lead systems engineer. Oversaw component selection and evaluation, construction of design mockups, preliminary design reviews, prototype debug and revision, final design review and acceptance testing. Coordinated development of the build and test protocol for production units. Directed preparation of Bills of Material (BOM's), manufacturing procedures, and assembly drawings for each sub-assembly and for completed units. Shepherded transfer of technical designs and production instructions to third party subcontract manufacturers.

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering