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Verlon Palmer

Objective To obtain a career and industry changing position

in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan area that will

allow capitalization on the skills and expertise I

have acquired in the field of Project Engineering.

Highly motivated, results-oriented Management

Professional with exceptional leadership and

communication skills. Experienced in leading and

motivating resources and associates in a team

environment; able to work effectively with little

or no supervision. Self-starter, very detail

oriented, and a great multi-tasker with the ability

to communicate effectively on all levels.

Continually demonstrate a solid track record for

meeting and exceeding company goals and objectives,

building quality and value in product, while

focusing on the bottom line.

Education Aug. 1996 - May 2002 Southern University Baton

Rouge, LA

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Professional Six Sigma Certified

Memberships and Active DoD Secret Clearance

Certification

Work Experience Jan 2008 - Present Raytheon Company

McKinney, TX

Project Engineer Sr.

Accountable for delivery of hardware and services

totaling $81M to the US Air Force and US Army for

the ACES HY Program

Responsibilities include quarterly EACs, program

EVMS management (externally reported), Integrated

Product Team (IPT) leadership, schedule management

(IMP/IMS), supporting USG Request for Proposals

(RFP), and business development

Uses SAP to monitor project progress, project data

entries, order services and material, as well as

track costs and approve payments to suppliers and

vendors.

Aggressively manage, track, and direct supply base

in support of Customer schedule

Provides monthly As-built Shipping/Status reports

to Customers.

Work with Program Finance to develop short term and

long term financial forecasts

Provides support for all engineering efforts and

supports resolution of production and test issues.

CAM (Control Account Manager) on multiple ACES HY

contracts managing 70% of program budget (~$55M).

IPT Lead within Aces Hy program

Oversee 20+ projects from scope development to

completion of project, manage all aspects of

requirements and products within Integrated Product

Teams including but not limited to budgeting, cost,

schedule, technical, quality, customer

satisfaction, and supplier relations.

Responsible for all Engineering release activity

including Initial drawing releases as well as

Method of Changes (MOC) and effectivity updates.

Review and endorse drawings.

CCB Chair and last to sign on drawings and changes

prior to release.

Prepared detail customer reports to provide status

of failure trends, corrective actions, and path

forward.

Determined root cause analysis of failures by

troubleshooting various assemblies and components.

Identified current failure trends, root cause, and

corrective action

Occasional supervision of Production Techs

Built great rapport with procurement and

manufacturing employees to ship final products to

customers prior to deadlines

Managed Major Subcontractors - Purchase Order value

over $30M+. Responsibilities include EVMS

tracking, R&O management, and technical oversight

April 2005 - Dec. 2007 Lockheed

Martin Baltimore, MD

Mechanical Design Engineer

Designed and overseen the fabrication,

installation, modification, maintenance, and repair

of mechanical equipment such as conveyor systems,

production machinery, and other material-handling

equipment used in fabrication, assembly, and other

production functions; analyzes engineering

sketches, specifications and related data, and

drawings to determine design factors such as size,

shape, and arrangement of parts.

Program: Maritime Systems and Sensors

.Compose Class II Engineering Change Proposals

(ECP's)

.Conducted bid walks as part of the bid process to

choose Contractors

.Compose and Incorporate Notice Of Revisions

(NOR's)

.Compose Technical Data Packages (TDP's) and track

them throughout release process.

.Intimate Knowledge in the use of Pro/E and Catia

Cadam Drafting software.

.Answer, investigate and complete Production

Liaison Calls.

. MK 41 VLS Production support, performed

evaluations, produced solutions and revised

drawings to keep production stoppages from

occurring; Assistant Liaison Engineer.

.Traveled to Yokosuka, Japan to perform a Ballistic

Missile Defense (BMD) Installation on board the

John S McCain DDG 51 Naval ship.

. MK 57 Anti-icing VLS Four-Cell Module program,

Vertical Launching System (VLS) Tomahawk Blk IV and

ESSM integration for Spain, and Japan Aegis

Ballistic Missile Defense (JABMD) program,

Mechanical lead for MK 683 team.

. Create and maintain Engineering drawing

Documentation and Verification Matrixes for MK 57

Anti-icing Module.

. Revise JABMD Mechanical Interface Control

Document (MICD) Interface Change requests (ICRs)

and completed Liaison Information Transfer Report

(LITR) process for review by Japan.

. Perform evaluations and solutions, revisions and

release of JABMD Cable block diagram, Fly-out

analysis, Installation Assembly Drawing Notice of

revision (IAD NOR), Installation Control Drawing

(ICD) NOR, Weight report, top level drawings and

tech manuals.

. Support US Navy Missile/Canister ICRs, NORs, and

Design Change Notices (DCNs.)

. Compose and present design proposals/solutions to

managers and peers using PowerPoint.

. Participate and produce ideas for performance

improvement, product improvement and cost savings

in the Product Build to Print Configuration Control

Board Meetings(CCB's).

. Mentor new hires.

Program: Maritime Systems and Sensors

.Completed design of MCCS Rack for NLOS-LS Program

. Participate in Product Build to Print

Configuration Control Board Meetings (CCB's) and

NLOS-LS logistics telecoms.

. Participate in NLOS-LS logistics telecoms.

. Knowledge of Reliability, Maintainability, Human

Factors, and Software Safety.

Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2003 Turner

Industries Geismar,

LA

Scaffold Laborer/Crew Supervisor

Safely transport materials to carpenters during

erection and disassembly of scaffolding.

Supervise four man scaffolding crew.

Conduct daily safety audits.

May 2001- August 2001 General Motors Orion

Plant Detroit, MI

Co-op Quality Engineer

Assist in manufacturing seal process for wind,

noise and water leak protection.

May. 1999 - August 1999 General Motors

Pontiac Plant Detroit, MI

Inspector

Inspection of Knuckles, Pinion gears, welds and

various mutilations. Worked closely with UAW

workers.

Summary of DoD SECRET Clearance obtained

qualifications MS Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, Quattro

Pro, Project, Word, Pro/E wildfire 4.0, Pro/E

Mechanica, Catia Cadam Drafting, MATLAB, IDE, PDM.

GD&T trained. Great team player

Six Sigma -Raytheon Six Sigma Certified

Ability to work well both independently and in a

team environment

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