PROFILE
Seasoned professional with over seventeen years of experience in engineering and program management. Successfully developed capture strategies to win and executed a production job in excess of $200M. Leveraged supply chain strategies, implemented agile methodologies, and directed daily scrums to reduce over $100M on production. Experiences in commercial and DoD Acquisition Lifecycle phases include upfront strategic planning, business acquisition and strategic proposal strategies, to internal releases
Core Competencies
Technical: Programmatic:
Systems Engineering Agile & Scrum expert
Life Cycle & Functional Analysis Earned Value Management
System Architecture Development Control Account Management
System Trade Studies Project Management
Mechanical Design Affordability Management
Product Integration Risk & Opportunity Management
Test, Verification & Validation Subcontract Management
Requirements development Program Management
Planning & Scheduling Proposal Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northrop Grumman, Marine Systems
Program & Proposal Manager January 2010 to Present
Developed and led cross-functional teams for projects and programs ranging from $1M to well in excess of $200M. Created and executed management plans for end-to-end project/program startup to product delivery and customer support. Orchestrated teaming and partnering relationships, shaped and prioritized investments to develop customer solutions and secured multiple contracts.
oDelivered CEO must-win development contract in excess of $200M by implementing price-to-win competitive strategies and influencing make/buy tactics and evaluating market intelligence and competitor technology
oDelivered surface ship gear assemblies in excess of $100M by prioritizing resources, allocating funds for over 320 releases, and leveraging common subcontracts
oAchieved ROS in excess of 23% by leveraging supplier base and consolidating common commodities
oAccelerated shipment schedule by 25% by incorporating first time process measures into manufacturing instructions to reduce process risks, and reconciling shortages using DBO2 and MCAV reports
oChampioned and secured strategic capital investments and successfully executed affordability initiatives to reduce manufacturing cost in excess of $100M
oConducted product price benchmarking using agile methodology for competition price assessment, assessed execution confidence using Monte Carlo analysis of program planning, risks, and schedule critical path
oCreated work breakdown structures, developed RAM, and executed management and communication plans for cross-functional teams
Deputy Director of Engineering March 2009 – 2012
Site technical advisor to streamline agile management to reduce cycle development wastes, institutionalized sprint concept modeling, and implemented cloud based cross-campus features to leverage core competencies and common tools.
oCoordinated for site wide SAP transition for financial accounting, manufacturing, operations, and procurement to maximize efficiency and reduce non-value added department functions
oPiloted several cloud based skill set enablers such as iKNOW and E2E between different business campuses to resolve requirement traceability, availability, and batching/handling of codes for procurement and pegging visibility, and skill-sets and tools
oCollaborated and pitched metrics for internal releases of concept for trade studies, modeling to analysis feasiblity, design to production and manufacturability, and to improve release checklist and guidelines
oCollaborated and developed design defect strategies to measure, contain, and minimize defects within product releases
Principal Engineer June 06 –2010
Principal systems engineer responsible for developing requirement metrics, interface control documents, requirement traceability and mentor to junior engineers
oDefined features and developed product release requirements for prototype, design, test, and qualification of component to sub-systems, sub-systems to system and product delivery.
oLed cross-functional teams for prototype build, design, manufacturing, assembly, test verification & validation of 2 development programs, and 2 production programs for strategic naval systems
oDeveloped system life cycle analysis with states/modes, decomposed interfaces and developed Interface Coordinated Drawings/Documents using N-square diagrams, and established system trade parameters for model based analysis
oSpearheaded Cost as an Independent Variable methodologies to establish technical, performance, schedule, risk, and technology readiness for concept trade feasibility
oChampioned digital design methodology for manufacturability & produceability to reduce recurring costs associated configuration change management
oLed Risk and Opportunity Management Board Reviews for multiple development and production programs using ARM
Project Engineer Nov 98 – 2006
Senior project engineer responsible for component prototype, design, testing, and integration and qualification of multiple hydraulics, electronics, and control features of experimental, development, and production products.
oLed technology and design development teams
oDeveloped concept visibility, PRO-E designs, and analysis using Pro-Mechanica
oCollaborated on system capability & manufacturing concept demonstration
oEstablished requirements for component and system test
oConducted system qualification
oProvided technical and logistical support for product delivery
oManaged subcontractor work scope in excess of $3M
Applied Materials 11/97 to 10/98
Start-Up Engineer
oCoordinated, inventoried, installed, test and support site customers with equipment troubleshooting, process mapping, and testing
oProvided service contracts covering equipment training, maintenance, and system upgrades
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Program Management Certification - UCI
Control Account Management Certification - NGC
Dynamic System Engineering Certification - NGC
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
SECURITY CLEARANCES
Security Clearance: Valid DOD Secret Level Security Clearance
U.S Citizen