Tom Schwarz, CAPM, MS, MCP

**** **** ****** ** - *****, PA 17315

717-***-****

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Work Experience

Project Management Consultant

MSquare Center - Dover, PA 09/2012 - Present

Certified Associate in Project Management (expires Jan 2019), Microsoft Certified Professional, and Microsoft Specialist: Managing Projects with MS Project 2013. I provide project management services to organizations requiring project leadership or staff augmentation. Expert level MS Project 2013 skills.

The most recent project is in-house development and roll-out of virtual education products through monetized channels. I am currently in the process of developing a series of training videos for MS Project 2013. For other projects, please visit me on LinkedIn.com at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tdschwarz

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Manager

Gannon University - Erie, PA 01/2012 to 09/2012

Manager for seven Mechanical Engineering laboratories and a machine shop. Held supervisory responsibility for four direct reports. Accomplishments include:

• Project Manager for construction of Bio-Mechanics, Systems Mechanics, and Engineering Computation laboratories. I was involved from the project initiation through monitoring and controlling phases.

• Established risk audits that resulted in elimination of hazardous waste stockpiles and electrical hazards.

• Realigned the machine shop function so that it could flexibly support laboratory service needs and serve as an educational workshop.

• Established processes to ensure laboratories were properly provisioned, staffed, and maintained.

Engineering Instructor

School District of Hillsborough County - Tampa, FL 06/2001 - 05/2002

Instructor of Engineering. Subjects included 3D CAD (Inventor) and Visual Basic.

Project Manager

Aero Simulation - Tampa, FL 04/1999 - 05/2000

• Project Manager for two aircraft simulator projects: Navy Aircraft T-34C Simulator Refurbishment and UH-1N (Huey) Helicopter Simulator Refurbishment.

• Responsible for the full lifecycle management of projects. Duties included resolution of engineering issues, schedule planning, earned value analysis, cost analysis, managing stakeholder engagement, managing work execution, project reviews, project documentation, and change control.

• Participated in development of proposals for new federal contracts and add-ons.

• Wrote software to automatically capture time-phased actual cost and work data from QuickBooks for use in MS Project.

Project Manager

Domino Amjet - Gurnee, IL 06/1993 - 11/1998

Project Manager for construction, inkjet printer product development, and manufacturing projects. These include:

• Managed new construction project for a $1.5 Million R&D facility.

• Supervised a $100K environmental chamber suite construction project. Technologies included HVAC, steam, and desiccation.

• Led an ISO-9001 certification team.

• Managed an international software development project for creation of font sets for magazine printing equipment.

• Developed innovative printing solutions for customers in the printing, pharmaceutical, packaging, and agricultural markets.

• Staffed a product development team consisting of Engineers / Technicians with Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering skills.

• Established and maintained a 50-node computer network.

Sr. Systems Engineer (Project Manager)

Olin Ordnance - St. Petersburg, FL 03/1986 - 03/1993

Systems Engineer for seven large caliber ammunition (Ordnance) contracts valued at $50 million each. Accomplishments include:

• Wrote technical and schedule sections of proposals that resulted in contract awards of $350 Million.

• Project manager for 7 - $50 million defense contracts. I was responsible for schedule, cost, pricing, risk analysis and technical issues related to three major product deliverables within each contract.

• Lead engineer for propulsion systems, performance testing, manufacturing processes, and failure mode analysis.

• Chaired the Configuration and Change Control Boards for four product lines.

Education

BSME in Mechanical Engineering PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Gannon University - Erie, PA 1985 Project Management Institute - Cert #1689114, expires Jan 2019

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft - 2014

Microsoft Specialist: Managing Projects with MS Project 2013

Microsoft - 2014

Certificate in Project Management Certificate in Basic Machining

Penn State - 2008 Erie Institute of Technology - 2012

SCORE / SBA: Certificate in Small Business Administration - 2011

Skills:

Project Management (CAPM)

MS Project 2013

MS Office 2013 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)

Visio 2013

AutoCAD 2013

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