Project Manager Management
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Jeffrey S.Kerlo
Sebastian, Florida U.S.A. 32958
CAREER GOAL
To obtain a fulfilling and challenging career in a Program Management/development capacity utilizing extensive management and technical experience in a manner beneficial to your products and company
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Technical & General coursework completed at Florida Tech: Melbourne, Florida.
Construction Project Management: Brevard Community College, Brevard County Florida.
Mechanical & Architectural Drafting Education
Commercial Building Contractor Certification from State of Florida:
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
V-Raptor Aircraft LLC Sebastian,Florida
Owner /Partner /Designer 2010-present
Established new company to manufacture and market composite general aviation kitplanes of my design. Company also performed assembly assistance and flight training to customers to assure safe,quality construction and operation. Company was also positioned to provide contract development and production of high tech advanced composite articles for the aviation and transportation sectors
Velocity Aircraft- Sebastian, Florida
Project Manager 2007-2010
Design and development of new products as well as enhancement of old product lines. Implemented new processes & techniques in fabrication and assembly to enhance and speed production. Interface with production staff and sales force to insure on time delivery as well as superior quality. Report directly to CEO and customer regarding project status. Direct contact with customers to maintain compliance with expectations, and insure customer satisfaction at the highest level. Create B.O.M. And coordinate with vendors and procurement personnel to expedite project completion.
Freedom/Orion/Aviation - Fort Pierce, Florida
Vice President/Partner 1999-2007
Design and development of 4 and 6 place composite aircraft. Design component configuration, Jigs, fixtures, high and low temperature composite tooling, process and materials specification & procurement, management & training of 30 plus individual production & development team. Production facility design & layout. Project employed vacuum bagged, pre-preg carbon fiber/epoxy components as well as wet layup processing for both parts and production molds and composite fixtures. Designed composite and metal assembly jigs, & fixtures, routing and drilling masks. Vacuform, tooling, for windows and windshield thermoforming. Metal hardware design (controls, landing gears, etc.) Prototype assembly to include powerplant installation and systems integration, hydraulic retract system design, composite assembly, control system design & integration, instrument panel layout & design, coordinate & participation in CNC machined mold patterns as well as manually generate patterns (airframe) Project assembly & production drawing & documentation. Prototype aircraft successfully completed and flown. Responsible for quality management of all phases of project.
Mangrove Boats-Miami/Port Saint Lucie, Fl.
Production Manager 2002-2003
Incorporated and implemented vacuum bagged aerospace epoxy sandwich core technology & processing in the production of a limited run of high end, high quality tournament level shallow draft flats fishing boats. Achieving unmatched quality, extremely light weight and durability demanded by a very exclusive clientele .
Excell Air- Sebastian, Florida
owner/manager
1995-2000
Contract development work for the following:
Velocity Aircraft-
Styling design, master patternmaking, production tooling design & fabrication, prototype development of their Velocity XL composite aircraft. Www.velocityaircraft.com
Stuart 5/Inc- Vero Beach, Florida
Composite component development& design, tooling, and fabrication incorporated in a 75% scale experimental kit built metal/composite North American P-51 Mustang Replica Aircraft.
Aircraft performance products:
Design, develop tooling & prototype performance enhancing engine cowling for Piper Comanche.
Lo Presti speed Mods Inc-
Projects similar to above for various certified aircraft.
Design Automation-
Participation in creating 5 axis CNC machined patterns, mold, design, and production for numerous Aerospace, marine, and high performance offshore race boat programs. Clients included, Vans Aircraft, Fourwinds Aircraft, Lockwood Aviation, Orion Aviation, Sea Ray Boats, Al Copeland (Popeye's Racing) Callan Marine, etc. Responsible for project oversight . Management, time scheduling and quality control.
Caniff Race Designs-
Design assistance, production tooling, process specification, and production training for carbon fiber sandwich core epoxy composite (vac bagged) crash cell center bodies for Formula 1/ SST120 Racing Tunnel Hull Boats for national and world class race teams (Rinker Boats, Bill May Racing, Florentine Marble.)
Other Projects-
Included numerous custom built experimental Aircraft for private-clients, numerous radio controlled proof of concept models for experimental development programs. (Building of units and piloting during test phase)
Diamond Homes
owner/Building Contractor
1992-1995
Project Management, Subcontractor scheduling, quality management in the construction of quality built homes.
Bill Bryant & Assoc-
Vero Beach, Florida
Project Manager 1989-1991
Full scope project management, scheduling, procurement, subcontractor relations, customer relations, quality management, warranty management, budget control, Etc of Muli-million dollar residential development projects. Brought projects in on time and under budget. Project taken over from Wedgewood Park Development.
Magna Properties/Wedgewood Park Development-Palm Bay/Vero Beach, Florida
Project Manager 1984-1989
Johnson Plastic Products- Palm Bay, Florida
Project Lead Tech. 1978-1979
Pattern making, mold building, part production & assembling of electronics, housing, automotive, custom one-off yacht construction net layup polyester/glass open molding processes.
TECHNICAL FIELDS OF EXPERTISE IN AVIATION/MARINE-
Composite Processes-Wet lay up, epoxy pre-preg, vac bagged(epoxy, vinylester, carbon, glass, kevlar) Solid laminate, sandwich core (foam, balsa, honeycomb) open molding, light rtm, infusion, closed molding, oven/autoclave curing, bonding
Electrical wiring-Marine, Aviation
Powerplant Installation- Marine, Aviation
Assembly- Composite, mechanical, electrical
Painting & Upholstery- Marine, Automotive, Avaition
Fine woodworking- Plexiglass, Lexas, Celluloid/Butyrate (extremely high quality execution of the above fields with serious attention to detail.)
INTEREST / HOBBIES
40 years experience in Radio Control Aero Modeling (Designing numerous aircraft & Boats)
Boating, offshore fishing, scuba diving, Fiberglass component Kitcars, Wooden Boatbuilding, Full Scale Piloting.
Organizations-
Numerous terms as President, Vice President, Event Director of Indian River Kontrol Society- R/C Modeling club.
Member- Southeast Miniature Pylon Racing Assoc.
Member/Technical Advisor- Valkaria, Fl. Chapter of Experimental Aircraft Association.
Member- National Miniature Pylon Racing Association
Member/Event Director-Academy of Model Aeronautics
Past member-North American Model Boating Association
Past member-Malabar Mariners Association
Achievements-
Designed, Developed, Flown 4 place 310 hp Experimental Kitplane Phoenix (Canard planform)carbon composite structure. V-Raptor Orion Kitplane ( www.v-raptor.info)
Styling Design Velocity XL composite kitplane.
Designed Former National Champion Radio Control scale unlimited hydroplane raceboat (Miss Technicolor)
Designed Numerous R/C Aircraft,control line, free flight & proof of concept aircraft.
Award winning competitor at the local National and International level in radio control pylon racing (200 plus MPH R/C racing aircraft)
Award winning pilot of soaring, aerobatic, giant scale R/C aircraft
Significant involvement in many successfully experimental full scale aircraft product development programs in the Kitplane arena
Enhancement and improvement in production, assembly and profitably of one of the most successful Kitplanes in the industry (Velocity)
References-
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