William E. (Sonny) Parkman, P.E.

*** ******** ***** **** *******, TX 77546

C: 281-***-**** H: 281-***-**** acebyh@r.postjobfree.com

Self motivated Engineering / Project Manager with over 30 years of technical and leadership

experience. Proven leadership and management experience, providing vision, establish structure and

directing 200+ multi-disciplinary professionals. Proficient in the full Project Management life cycle

and executed simultaneous projects ranging from 100K to 16M+ annual budgets. Proven experience in

PROFESSIONAL

PROFILE PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

multi discipline resource management, working with several customers and teams to provide quality

products, on time, safely and within budget. Experience includes strategic, operational, contingency

level planning and leading change.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Project Management • PeopleSoft

• Organizational Improvements • MindView

• Project Planning and Controls • SharePoint

• Risk Management • Multi Tasking Time Management

• Systems Engineering • Six Sigma Green Belt

• Testing and Integration • Failure Investigation & Root Cause

• Process Development Analysis

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• Earned Value Management Safety and Health

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• Manufacturing and Assembly ISO 9000

• MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Access

NASA – Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas 1988 - 2013

Jacobs Engineering / Lockheed Martin (Contract Change)

Promoted through a series of increasingly challenging and responsible positions, culminating in

responsibility to lead large organizations and complex projects, leverage technology to improve

competitive advantage. Executed projects from concept to delivery; managing technical, cost,

schedule, risks and resources.

Leadership and Organizational Management:

• Organization - Create vision; establish structure /expectations resulting in the organization

exceeding the established goals.

• Organization value - Defined metrics, measured performance for quality of products, employee

growth and demonstrated value to customers, company and employees.

• Cooperative leadership style creating a win-win for the customers, company and employees.

• Effective communicator, strong listening skills, and able to perform under stressful situations.

• Problem solver, results oriented providing innovative approach driving for efficiency and

quality of technical products.

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William E. (Sonny) Parkman, P.E.

405 Carriage Creek Lane Houston, TX 77546

C: 281-***-**** H: 281-***-**** acebyh@r.postjobfree.com

Project Manager

• Provided leadership and management to multi-discipline organization, consisting of Project

Managers, Systems Engineers, and Project Engineers.

• Responsible for execution of multiple concurrent projects, customer interface and project staffing.

• Performed formal project reviews, technical oversight, problem resolution, and resource management.

• Led a project team that included representatives from all company organizations in the creation

and certification of an ISO 9001 quality management system within a 6 month time period.

• Proposed, negotiated and planned project commitments and department budgets that were as

high as $16M annually and managed to within a 3% variance by developing detailed project

bid models and tracking performance weekly.

Division Technical Manager

• Managed a time-critical, highly visible Orbiter Boom Sensor System certification project that required

developing a set of integrated requirements across multiple components and validating system compliance

to requirements as one of the Shuttle Return-to-Flight constraints.

• Provided Program Manager level leadership for all NASA Engineering Planning and Control projects by

reviewing and approving all proposals, and monitoring task completion against the budget and schedule.

Some of the projects included developing requirements and testing the Design and Data Management

System, deploying the Technology Transfer Outreach Program, and providing inputs the NASA Project

Management Work Instruction and training material.

Staff, Special Projects

• Negotiated a contract exception with the customer and then expedited all tasks investigating the cause of

the Columbia accident, and was later recognized with the Lockheed Martin President’s Leadership Award

for this project.

• Addressed client relations and project issues and reported findings and potential solutions to facilitate

improvements that typically required procedural, technical, or personnel changes.

• Developed and taught a Customer Relations course to project personnel that focused on maintaining

relations, negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills.

• Participated as a member of the senior management team in monthly reviews of major projects.

SE&I Project Manager

• Led a project team that consisted of contracts, finance, projects, and schedulers in developing a solution to

streamline the client Request for Proposals to the company Proposal by developing a Technical Work Plan

software product protected responsibilities. Also tied the packages together to eliminate revision issues,

exceptions taken, and provide approval visibility.

• Provided project management for the development of the launch package and integrated modules mass

properties portion of the Space Station semiannual preliminary design analysis cycle.

• Led a project team in the development of a conceptual design associated with replacing the Shuttle

hydraulic system with electromechanical system.

• Project management instructor responsible for developing and teaching a three day course to over 800

individuals, including clients, project managers, and project engineers.

PARKMAN ENGINEERING CO. 1982 –

1989

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William E. (Sonny) Parkman, P.E.

405 Carriage Creek Lane Houston, TX 77546

C: 281-***-**** H: 281-***-**** acebyh@r.postjobfree.com

• Performed engineering design of the Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers.

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS 1984 –

1988

• Performed system Safety including Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

• Responsible for operations and integration of the flight hardware

Additional Accomplishments:

• Developed and implemented Mentor Protégé Program for small business company to provide volunteer

assistance in helping them achieve an ISO 9001 certification

• Developed and implemented move plan for 200 employees as part of organization consolidation.

• Number of Awards, Commendations and Letters of Recognitions from NASA JSC, Jacobs Engineering

and Lockheed Martin

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Professional Development

• Jacobs Leadership Development Program

• Jacobs Beyond Zero Safety Training

• Jacobs Management Leadership Course

• Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute Training

• Lockheed Martin Situational Leadership Training

• Certified Project Management Trainer (Kepner-Tregoe)

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (Lockheed Martin)

• Communication

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