TECHNICAL SKILLS

Techniques: Cryogenic and vacuum systems, metallurgical testing and sample preparation, tensile strength testing, environmental (thermal vacuum) testing of mechanical systems, DO - 160 testing of Aircraft Components, ISO 9000 & 9001 quality methods, ISO 13485 quality management systems, test instrumentation, AS9100 Internal Auditor Certification (Quality Engineer), SmartSheet & MS Project, Copy Exact, Requirements Management, and cost account manager (CAM) training.

Software: Smartsheet, Numerical Modeling, LabVIEW, CATIA V5, Pro/Engineer (Pro/E), SolidWorks, Mathematica, Matlab, MS Project, DOORS, FEA, ANSYS, FloTherm, Unigraphics (UG) NX5, TeamCenter, SalesForce CRM software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INNOVATION PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Responsibilities:

As the Innovation Project Manager, I am responsible for facilitating project plans, documenting change management and resource planning for Innovation Projects, consistent with the company's innovation strategy. I also advise technical and/or business managers about the status and resource loading of assigned Innovation projects across the company.

PROGRAM MANAGER IV

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring product from initial acceptance of order through delivery of product to customer site
• Interfacing with customer on technical and strategic matters relating to the delivery of product to include planning/scheduling requirements
• Managing day-to-day activities and functions within customer service
• Developing business and technical requirements that encompass Service, Technology and Operational needs
• Establishing project timelines, tracking progress and coordinating with various teams to meet internal objectives
• Estimating personnel needs and assigning work to meet customer needs and requirements
• Managing staffing, training and performance evaluations to develop and improve our internal team

PROJECT ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developing statements of work from e-mails, phone calls and meeting notes
• Designing and configuring products to match statements of work in a timely manner
• Communicating with production and quality assurance personnel to troubleshoot problems and evaluate ideas for improvements during production
• Selecting correct components and vendors to meet company and aircraft standards
• Coordinating design reviews, reliability testing and first article builds
• Project and team management to include directing and coordinating activities of engineering or technical personnel
• Formulating the conceptual design of aerospace products to meet customer requirements

PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Snohomish, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing Project specification documents to acquire relevant technical, operational and financial project information to bid project accurately and timely.
• Proactively contacting the sales rep network to maintain open communications between the home office and the field.
• Assisting in the definition and development of all appropriate management reports related to sales activity
• Developing, enhancing (as needed), and manage existing SFA/CRM tools to ensure timely, relevant, accurate reporting of all field and customer development activities.
• Developing and managing of new opportunity database
• Overseeing coordination of proposal development process between reps (field) and internal resources. Of most importance coordinate and manage customer bid process timeline from receipt to on time delivery.
• Ensuring quality and timely delivery of proposals to customers.
• Overseeing Sales Representative commission schedule for timeliness and accuracy
• Creating and executing project work plans and revising as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements. Project values ranged from $200k-$1.7M,
• Managing day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Resolving technical problems of significant impact to performance, cost or schedule
• Ensuring that contract requirements, specifications, design criteria and schedule performance are integrated and maintained,
• Leading advanced design solutions and supported research of new product or business opportunities.
• Creating detailed product specifications that meet customer requirements,
• Creating and maintaining project schedules, SOWs and Cost Estimates,
• Provides guidance to others through formal & informal mentoring
• Managing both internal and external customer relationships including issue resolution and proposal development,
• Conducting technical design reviews and presentations.

OWNER & PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Vancouver, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Developing statements of work from e-mails, phone calls and meeting notes
• Applying effective management skills to everyday business challenges.
• Communicating with key customers and vendors to troubleshoot issues and problems as they arise,
• Combining marketing, financial and operations knowledge to achieve business goals,
• Performing necessary duties to maintain compliance with applicable state and federal regulations, and
• Project and team management to include directing and coordinating activities of engineering or technical personnel both on-site at customer locations or for internal research and development (IRAD) activities

Confidential, Redmond, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Refining, validating, coordinating and implementing conceptual designs and managing the program architecture for build,
• Communicating design concepts and technical plans effectively,
• Conducting technical design reviews and presentations, and generating detailed drawings, protocols and reports.

Confidential, Arlington, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Managing customer technical and quality engineering requirements flow-down for FBM Support Structures and Nuclear Material Handling Containers.
• Coordinating and implementing new engineering principles, theories, advanced technologies and concepts.
• Generating detailed schedules, SOW & Cost Estimates for Nuclear and Defense programs.
• Performing stress analysis of Structural Steel components to support R & D activities.
• Auditing internal processes and procedures in support of continued ISO9001 & NQA-1 Certification.
• Supervising designers and technicians (welders, machinists, etc.)

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER

Confidential, Marysville, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Developing a Systems Engineering, Integration and Test Organization at Confidential .
• Resolving technical problems of significant impact to performance, cost and schedule,
• Managing subcontractor requirements flow-down for Sukhoi Civil Aircraft RRJ Waste & Water Systems.
• Supporting proposals and generated WBS & SOW for major international and domestic Airlines
• Developing Static Test Plans and Reports for various aircraft monuments and structures.
• Leading advanced design solutions and supported research of new product or business opportunities.
• Validating and ensured production readiness of solutions to complex problems
• Generating 3D Models and Drawings of Aircraft Interior components using Unigraphics.
• Auditing internal processes and procedures in support of AS9100 Certification.
• Supervising several designers and engineering contractors

SENIOR MECHANICAL PROJECT ENGINEER

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) in support of ATK activities on Ares I-1 launch vehicle.
• Managing a team of engineers tasked with developing specifications for Attitude Control Systems (ACS) and Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS) on the COTS Pressurized & Unpressurized Cargo Modules.
• Leading advanced design solutions and supported research of new product and business opportunities.
• Delivering analyses for Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) in support of DARPA and DoD contracts.
• Developing general thermal and mechanical solutions for manned and unmanned space vehicles.
• Providing mechanical testing instrumentation and support.
• Supervising designers and engineers on multiple projects

PROJECT ENGINEER / MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Confidential, Dupont, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Producing Pro/E models used in fabricating sheet metal, CNC milled and FDM tooling and parts.
• Designing and tested heat sinks (active and passive) using first order thermal calculations and simulation tools.
• Managing a team of engineers tasked with developing thermal testing procedures for next generation RAM
• Leading advanced design solutions and supported research of new product and business opportunities.
• Performing Measurement Capability Analyses (MCA) on multiple test fixtures and instrumentation, including wind tunnels.
• Developing structural designs and thermal solutions for next generation Intel Server chipsets.
• Developing general thermal and mechanical solutions for PC components.

SYSTEMS TEST ENGINEER

Confidential, Sunnyvale, California

Responsibilities:

• Performing structural and thermal analysis of missile components.
• Leading Review Teams responsible for updating requirements for heritage LMCO systems and subsystems.
• Testing missile and satellite components (including shock and vibe, thermal vacuum and HALT testing instrumentation)
• Developing competitive technical presentations and competitive intelligence models to multiple government customers
• Generating technical reports and presentations.

MECHANICAL PROJECT ENGINEER

Confidential, Sunnyvale, California

Responsibilities:

• Interfacing with International and Domestic Vendors for testing and integrating cryogenic coolers (Stirling and Gifford-McMahon) into current and future designs.
• Overseeing thermal, environmental and mechanical testing of cryogenically cooled vacuum vessels; including test instrumentation and LabVIEW programming for data collection and analysis.
• Auditing internal processes and procedures per ISO9000.
• Generating technical reports and presentations.

PROJECT ENGINEER

Confidential, Palo Alto, California

Responsibilities:

• Developing qualification plans for introducing new materials into manufacturing operations.
• Investigating materials for use in thermal, mechanical, structural and electronic (RF) applications.
• Overseeing the development of 3D models and drawings of composite reflectors, batteries, antenna feed horns, and waveguide assemblies for structural and thermal analysis.
• Delivering competitive technical presentations and competitive intelligence models to multiple customers including Confidential, NASA, Confidential and Lockheed successfully to obtain contracts.
• Managing various types of engineering personnel on a variety of projects and checking drawings;
• Auditing internal processes and procedures per ISO9000