SUMMARY

Project Management Professional PMP with extensive technical management and teaching experience. Projects include product development, implementation, deployment, production, process improvement, and cost reduction. Diverse industry experience includes IT, Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Construction, Semiconductor, Energy and Education.

AREAS of EXPERTISE

• Functional/Project
• Engineering Program Management
• Process Development/Improvement
• Primary Customer Contact
• Systems/Electro/Mechanical Engineering
• Requirement Definition/Management
• Proposal Preparation/Negotiations
• Teaching/Mentoring
• Technical
• Microsoft Office, Project, SharePoint Visio
• Earned Value Management EVMS
• ISO/CMMI/Lean Six Sigma
• Minitab 15/DOORS/Relex
• C4ISR, C2/SA, Camera Systems
• Factory Automation
• SDLC

EXPERIENCE HISTORY

Confidential

The Division of Technology facilitates the delivery of government services in South Carolina by coordinating enterprise technology investment and providing information technology solutions.

Senior Project Manager- Information Technology IT /Information Security

• Lead several teams of IT professionals in a matrix organizational structure through SDLC for multiple information security technologies to state government agencies. PMO SharePoint Administrator.
• Confidential
• Software Development and IT Support-
• Confidential provides government services in systems engineering, training, program management, and operational support to the Confidential government worldwide.

Project Manager

• Lead a cross functional distributed team in a matrix organizational structure on a 15 million international program to fabricate, construct, install and deliver a fully operational mobile tactical operation center. Interfaced and coordinated activities daily with SPAWAR Charleston and Department of State. Program SharePoint administrator.
• PM of winning SPAWAR Task Order proposal for support of Tactical Exploitation Group TEG project which is a Sub-IPT of the Distributed Common Ground/Surface System-Marine Corps DGCS-MC IPT within the Expeditionary Intelligence Sub-Portfolio.
• Projects consisted of implementing, deploying and upgrading secure communications systems for classified data and information. The system included encryption HW/SW and EMI shielding costing over a million dollars. System acceptance included incremental interoperability testing, end to end functionality, user operation and configuration management CM updates.

Confidential

Is a 100 Confidential Owned Corporation and Small Disadvantaged Business which provides aircraft acquisition, sustainment, logistics support, supply chain management, procurement and maintenance management.

Program Manager-Contract

• Took over a troubled program and successfully delivered two C208 caravans with advanced camera systems to the satisfaction of DoS.
• Developed and obtained approval of several change proposals for out of scope tasks.

Confidential

Program Management Office

• In a cross functional matrix environment developed and implemented standard business processes for the Digital Integration Facility at SPAWAR.
• Develop statement of work SOW for annual funding from Confidential

Confidential

Force Protection is a global leader in Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.

Engineering Manager

• Lead a cross functional process improvement team in a matrix organizational structure in the development of system engineering and project management processes supporting ISO compliance and CMMI level 3 maturity appraisal.
• Key contributor on a > 1billion proposal for a fully C4ISR integrated MRAP development and in-service support contract for the Canadian government. Responsible for the program plans, WBS/BOE's, and lessons learned in collaboration with foreign partners.
• Developed product requirements verification matrix that was well received by the DoD customer. Developed requirements compliance matrix to support a new product build for a foreign customer.
• Core member of corporate strategic initiative for proposal process Kaizen.
• Member of implementation team for several IT applications Windchill/Relex/DOORS

Confidential

In Confidential is a leading provider of maintenance trainers for the Confidential Force C-17 and F-22 aircraft.

Engineering Project Manager/Systems Engineer

• Lead a matrix team of professionals through the system engineering life cycle for F-22 aircraft maintenance training devices. The contract was with Boeing Seattle, had a budget in excess of 7 million and delivery in 25 months.
• Effectively used earned value management system EVMS consistent with government accounting requirements to provide project task tracking and reporting.
• Lead several proposal efforts for multi-million dollars worth of follow-on work to cover scope creep and upgrades which help to extend the useful life of the product.
• Introduced several project management process improvements consistent with PMI PMBOK principles.
• Member of the Systems Engineering Integration Team SEIT that developed internal business processes in support of achieving CMMI level 2/3 certification. Member of Enovia PDM and Oracle ERP application implementation team.

Confidential

Designs and manufactures automotive parts for Autos, Trucks and Boats. Best known for world class manufacturing technologies and product quality.

Program Manager/Quality Engineer- Contract

• Lead a matrix team in the development and installation of PC based test and automated assembly machines. Manage multiple projects concurrently with budgets over 500k and durations of 2-8 months.
• Lead a collaborative problem resolution team with the customer to improve machine installation performance.

Confidential

A Fortune 500 company that is the industry leader for Semiconductor Capital Equipment. Virtually every new microchip in the world is made with wafer processing systems from Applied Materials.

Program Manager/Test Engineering Manager

• Led a test engineering department, consisting of 50 cross-functional professionals including Electrical, Mechanical, and Software Engineers, Program Managers, and support staff. This highly skilled staff supported product commercialization efforts through development of automated test systems using National Instruments products.
• Effectively transitioned several products CMP, PVD, CVD, Etch, Implant, EPI, HTF/RTP, Metrology from Santa Clara, CA to Austin, TX. Traveled extensively to Silicon Valley, Horsham, England and Rehovot, Israel.
• Wrote and presented white papers on Product Commercialization, Defect Reduction, and Design for Testability.

Confidential

An international company focused on communications equipment for voice, data and video applications. The Company structures its operations around two segments: Government and Commercial Communications.

Project Leader/Lead System Test Engineer

• Led several multiple year classified development, manufacturing, test and integration programs from beginning to end. Projects involved the design, analysis, integration, test and delivery of high reliability electronic and electro/mechanical space based systems and test sets for the DoD.
• Achieved maximum award fees for meeting performance, cost and schedule targets.

Confidential

A Fortune 500 government contractor providing, among other things, rocket systems and space based payloads to NASA and the defense department.

Site Coordinator/Test Engineer

Managed the day-to-day operations of 50 personnel at a remote hazardous test site that supported the successful completion of several full-scale launch vehicle tests.

Confidential

Field Service Engineer

Led field crews to perform on site well logging services for customers in the oil and gas industry, which provided data concerning the amount of mineral reserves present in the geological formations. Maintenance of the equipment and customer relations were key to successful completion of the service.