SUMMARY

Motivated professional with a dynamic 17 - year career that includes Project/Program Management, Technical Sales, Business Development and Manufacturing Engineering. Exceptionally organized with a reputation for demonstrating motivation, initiative and creativity to achieve both corporate and personal goals. Highly experienced at quality and productivity via staff motivation and time management in a manufacturing, sales, and project-oriented environment. Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing certified.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Beasley, Texas

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed numerous projects for the highly engineered Confidential product line.
• Main customer point-of-contact for monthly reports, budgets and engineering requirements throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Overall job responsibilities included PO review/acknowledgement, kickoff meeting coordination with all functional members of the project team, design review, drawing submittal/approval, cost management, logistics coordination, and eventual project closure.
• Ensured that each Confidential design met all of the customer's detailed specification. These included API, ASME, PIP, DEP and REP.
• Advised clients of the most technically feasible approach to achieving project goals. This included reviewing designs for the most cost effective means of fabrication, while minimizing scope creep where possible.

Confidential, Houstn, Texas

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed optimal, cost-effective manufacturing processes in accordance with NEC / IEC specifications and internal Quality Management System (QMS) for the highly specialized HVAC assembly and sheet metal fabrication plant.
• Primary liaison and point-of-contact between design engineering, upper management, and production floor personnel.
• Recommended and implemented improvements to production processes, routings & methods, bill of materials (BOMs), and product design based on Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream Management, Kaizen events, Six Sigma, and DFMA principles.
• Co-owner and disposition authority of CAR and NCMR process and database.
• Personally responsible for maintaining an accurate, detailed layout of the entire manufacturing facility using AutoCAD.
• Coordinated the launch of new products which included drawing review, process optimization, training, and analyzing results.

Confidential, Missouri City, Texas

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for evaluating processes and generating productivity improvement plans to drive cost reductions in all departments of the Confidential Electric Actuator assembly plant.
• Developed, evaluated and improved manufacturing methods utilizing knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, product design, materials, machining and fabrication processes.
• Analyzed work force utilization, space/layout requirements and process flow for maximum process efficiency.
• Estimated production times, staffing requirements and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
• Developed routings, standard times, assembly instructions and bill of materials for current and new products.

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Regional Sales Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed a $30-60 million account of defense, commercial and medical related electro-optical products for the Confidential Optics division of Confidential . These include multiple new and legacy related high-precision EO based systems integral to important DoD government contracts, as well as high-volume commercial sighting devices and IR medical imaging equipment.
• Key focal point for facilitating dialogue between the factory personnel, project management and the end-item customer.
• Personally responsible for RFI/RFQ receipt, overall pricing strategy, proposal generation, and Confidential Gate Review coordination for multiple existing products and new business development opportunities.
• Knowledge in monthly forecast preparation and accurate monthly and yearly bookings goals.
• Provided customers with cost and pricing data (CAPA) per earned value management (EMVS) contractual reporting guidelines.

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Senior Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Utilized project management skills to successfully execute multiple government contracts each worth at least $1 million in sales revenue for the Confidential Optics division of Confidential .
• Responsibilities included order entry, kick-off meetings, material procurement decisions, schedule coordination with customers, EVMS calculations and reporting, cost reviews and estimate at completes (EAC), budget/GPM analysis, line of balance (LOB) management, and eventual on-time delivery of the product.
• Wrote and developed the policies and procedures to develop the new product development (NPD) branch of the PM office to ensure that new engineering developmental projects (including PDR/CDR & prototype delivery) stayed on-time and under budget.
• Personally responsible for start-to-finish flow of materials through the entire high volume production line, including receiving raw materials, inventory management, releasing new production orders, subcontract management, production completion, and shipment to the customer.
• Developed and led the initial production planning group. This included managing a staff of three employees and writing all new policies and procedures.
• Managed and generated daily reports for unit cost tracking, product throughput, work in progress (WIP) and scrap at each operation throughout the manufacturing process.
• Manipulated MRP and Shop Floor Control systems to generate reports and maintain an accurate, real-time production schedule.
• Implemented various process improvements using Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing with the objective of running manufacturing operations efficiently while holding quality paramount.

Confidential

Manufacturing & Facilities Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for numerous process improvement projects that resulted in an annual cost savings of over $300,000, while decreasing the cycle time of the overall production process by 5-20 hours, depending on the product type.
• Provided leadership and guidance to exceed facility measures for production of SMT circuit card fabrication and fiber-optic telecommunication cabinet configuration. These measures included DPM, DPMO, and overall productivity.
• Utilized Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools and the overall QMS to guide manufacturing towards higher quality standards.
• Created assembly instructions (AI's) for any process that was necessary on the production floor.
• Assisted the planning department with capacity model calculations to determine the overall product mix per work cell.
• Calculated process labor quotes using time and motion study analysis to ensure accurate customer pricing.
• Performed crucial role in the successful transition of building and business ownership from Marconi to Jabil, which included asset transfer, layout modifications, and project management.
• Personally responsible for maintaining an accurate, detailed layout of the entire telecommunications equipment manufacturing facility using AutoCAD. This included all engineering labs and administration area.
• Managed $1.5 million renovation project that improved the administration and manufacturing area aesthetics, and optimized process flow in numerous areas of the manufacturing process.
• Coordinated additional projects that included HVAC upgrade, construction of a class 10,000 clean room, warehouse space optimization, RF bar code implementation, restroom Ada upgrade, and geological foundation survey.
• Maintained compliance with state branch of EPA (TNRCC), DOT, and Department of Health.
• Implemented numerous environmental policies and procedures, including recycling programs, waste minimization, lead- free solder, and VOC-free chemical alternatives in the production process.