MICHAEL C. FEATHERINGHAM

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Moreno Valley, CA 92557

951-***-**** ace5pr@r.postjobfree.com

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE

CAREER SUMMARY

Decisive and engaged Information Technology leader with a unique and extensive background in Information

Technology and Engineering disciplines, committed to the knowledge that IT is a strategic business advantage

and foundation for business growth, and that success is achieved by anticipating and exceeding customer

needs. Focused, analytic visionary and proven performer, a Strategist defining, driving and delivering

successful business solutions in an open and collaborative manner, and an effective Leader who develops,

inspires and motivates personnel to achieve their best.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

IT Organization Development Strategic Planning for IT

Managed Information Systems Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Engineering Information Systems Enterprise Content Management

Networks & Telecommunications ERP Systems

Policies, Processes & Governance Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS, LINKABIT

August 2008 – Present; San Diego, CA

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

IT Director reporting to Linkabit President, responsible and accountable for all Managed Information

Systems, Engineering Information Systems, and Networking & Telecommunications across multiple sites. As

a member of Senior Staff, actively contributes to Division strategic planning, execution, and achievement of

financial goals. Active TS Clearance.

Examples of significant contributions include:

• Developing and directing an agile and high-performing IT organization

• Generating strategic plans to enable Business goals

• Consolidating MIS, EIS, and N&T budgets and service delivery across sites

• Establishing policies, processes and governance

• Accomplishing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and Disaster Recovery testing

• Projecting IT expertise into Product development

• Established Linkabit domain

• Implemented AVPN-E between sites with WAN accelerators, traffic shaping, optimization and

deduplication

• 80% P2V (physical to virtual) migration in a robust and fault tolerant VMware environment

• Defined and enabled data center consolidation with replication and redundancy between sites for

business continuance and DR

• Relocated HQ and datacenter, including establishing upgraded infrastructure, Telecomm, and CR

capabilities

• ERP implementation, upgrades, and all business systems development

• Extensive SharePoint deployment and development

• Re-architected tiered storage management methodology, including transparent archiving and

correspondence management.

• Developed and incrementally enhances a Product Data Warehouse for serialization, barcoding, as-

built configuration, RMA and Discrepancy Record management and reporting.

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES

March 2007 – July 2008; Torrance, CA

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (CONTRACT)

Senior Project Management role in IT Business Systems Services, leading the PMO for University of Toyota

Business Renovation 2010 initiative. Developed a consolidated Product Information Management system

(Toyota, Lexus, Scion, all models), and updated the Learning Management & Certification Management

system.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION

March 2004 – March 2007; Century City, CA

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (CONTRACT)

Leadership role in the Corporate Information Technology Services, accomplished strategic management,

project planning, cost and schedule performance, and successful completion of high-visibility, Enterprise IT

projects, such as Corporate Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Enterprise Web Content Management, Enterprise

Learning Management System, and Hyperion Enterprise Infrastructure.

THE BOEING COMPANY

May 2002 – February 2004; El Segundo, CA

SATELLITE VEHICLE ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER (CONTRACT)

Electronics Engineering and Project Management for system & harness design contracted to Boeing Satellite

Systems Vehicle Engineering, expediting satellite production and resolving anomalies.

THE BOEING COMPANY

June 1993 – March 2002; Irvine, CA

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Connexion By Boeing, Irvine, CA – Satellite broadband carrier & ISP to aircraft;

Defined and implemented business infrastructure for new global telecommunications commercial

enterprise. Accountable for all Managed Information Systems, Engineering Information Systems, and

Network & Telecommunications. Reported to CTO. Provided secure and cost effective solutions for

customer solution collaboration, demonstration capabilities, and in-flight capabilities.

Space & Communications Group, Seal Beach & Anaheim, CA;

Directed Information Technology for Information and Communications Systems Division in multiple

locations internationally, and for Space & Communications Group Head Quarters with 13 tenant

organizations. Responsible for EIS, MIS and N&T service delivery, outsourcing contracts, and new initiatives.

Reported to CFO. Significant direct support and solution delivery for multiple Divisions and Secure

Compartmentalized Information Facilities.

EDUCATION

BA, Business Management – Project Management, AI University, IL; GPA: 3.90 Summa Cum Laude

BS, Eastern NM University, NM, Computer Information Systems; GPA: 3.54

AS, Eastern NM University, NM, Engineering Technology; GPA: 3.82

US Air Force Lowry AFB Technical School, Electronics Engineering & Avionics (Honorable, E5)

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