Engineer Manager

Kent Morrett

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Energetic and results-driven Quality Engineering Manager with over 25 years

of experience developing and leading people, projects, and programs in fast

paced environment. Long track record of effectively utilizing resources to

provide quality deliverables on time and under budget. Strong communication

skills; comfortable speaking with all levels of an organization. Proven

dedication to driving quality improvement.

. Demonstrated success identifying and tracking appropriate quality

metrics and reporting criteria; Used multiple methods from informal

discussions to formal milestone reviews to communicate program quality

levels to multiple management levels (up to and including CEO),

vendors, and customers.

. Proven ability to manage all aspects of complex programs serving both

government and private customers; throughout career, led teams

developing quality metrics, Material Review Board (MRB) analysis,

product and program quotes, development and production schedules,

vendor procurement, deliverables, annual budgets, and milestone

checkpoints

. Exceptional management skills, with experience developing new teams

and leading established teams; as the Principal Lead for EWA,

determined staffing needs, wrote job descriptions and performance

reviews, hired and trained new staff members, and managed teams

developing innovative systems

. Highly developed technical knowledge, with the ability to communicate

with and understand both customers and staff members; as a Program

Manager, documented client needs while simultaneously leading and

participating in teams developing programs and deliverables including

official documentation and training regimens.

Quality Control . Program Documentation . Government Document Writing and

Publishing

Deliverable Quality Control . Reliability Verification

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project) . Visio . Cadence Design System .

AutoCAD

LabView . FORTRAN . COBOL . Basic . C

Quality Test Generation . Report Generation and Publication . Budget

Development

Grant and Proposal Writing . Cost Reduction Programs . Sales . Public

Speaking

DOD SECURITY CLEARANCE - SECRET LEVEL (in-active)

Active clearance can be reinstated with a secret program requirement

designation.

EXPERIENCE

IBM Corporation, Inc., Essex Junction VT Nov 2009 - Current

Quality Engineer (Dec 2012 - Current)

Design and redesign manufacturing and early development quality metric

structures, ensuring all specifications are up to date with current

technology and customer requirements and standardizing business practices.

. Design test vehicles for early reliability manufacturing monitors;

design activity includes documentation for both internal applications

and external customer communications

. Audit manufacturing line quality measurements for established

processes; review existing documents to ensure that metrics and day-to-

day manufacturing specifications are adhered to

Engineering Program Manager (Nov 2009 - Nov 2012)

Managed all technical and administrative needs for a three-year engineering

program which developed and implemented component data recognition software

in a technical manufacturing facility. Software significantly decreased

time from product initialization to manufacture from an average of 2 weeks

to 4 days by recognizing required product components and generating a bill

of materials; program currently rolled out to over 30 unique customers with

0 failures.

. Led cross-functional teams of up to 20 engineers developing,

implementing, testing, installing, and documenting a data recognition

software using industry standard programs

. Led team generating specifications, documentation implementation

updates and introduction of new program level qualifications

. Led team that wrote manufacturing documentation to support the

installation of data recognition programs

. Chaired weekly team meetings tracking successful results and

schedules; used multiple methods to communicate the program status,

weekly results, and quarterly outlooks to appropriate levels of

management

. All scheduled deliveries and deliverables met or exceeded program

targets and dates

EWA Government Systems, Inc., Montpelier VT Jan 2005 - Oct 2009

Principal Engineer

Recruited to manage, direct, and assist with establishment and operation of

a technology Design & Development center providing products and services to

the U.S. Government. Duties included hardware, software, and facility

review and selection, workforce development, project management, product

specifications, proposal generation, and customer presentations. Center was

completed on time and within budget.

. Obtained multiple vendor quotes and schedules and negotiated T&Cs and

deliverables while selecting Center's hardware and software

. Managed publishing of the Center establishment schedule which included

costs, vendor and supplier deliverables, key milestones and

checkpoints, documented deliverables, and installation schedules

. Wrote job descriptions, interviewed and hired personnel, and

established performance guidelines; developed training methods for all

personnel and conducted yearly reviews

. Served as project engineering lead while developing a Rough Order of

Magnitude (ROM) program and schedule requirements for 4 designs and 2

system engineering projects

. Served as principal OEM program sales and technical transfer project

engineer for manufacturing installation and transfer of technologies;

this included system and program documentation, specification and

requirement generation, technical drawings and communication to

appropriate levels of engineering and management

. Submitted white papers, wrote program statement of work,

specifications and system and test requirements

. Led various teams of up to 12 engineers in the writing of project

specifications and proposals and the design of various products:

o Coordinated and led team that wrote System Performance

Specifications (SPS) for US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

proposal efforts

o Led proposal effort for wireless portion of a prototype

residential remote control door lock; proposal included design

analysis and simulation and utilized commercially available

parts and industry standard programming methods

o Contributed to a team that provided inputs for the reduction in

power usage, size, and reliability improvement for an OEM power

supply board

o Designed, fabricated and built multilayer RF printed circuit

boards (PCBs)

o Researched and wrote a proposal for a traumatic brain injury

(TBI) and body detection sensor system

o Led a team that submitted research grant and development

proposals for airport explosive identification sensor methods;

system included gas or vapor identification methods, remote

robotic interrogation and control software

Insurance Sales GE LTC, Essex Junction VT Aug 2002 - Jan 2005

Specialist

. Sold long term care policies by gathering detailed medical information

and making informed underwriting estimates in the field

. Sold annuities in support of clients that could not qualify for Health

or Long Term care policies

. Completed field underwriting, policy and client reviews, and proposals

for updates and improvements in new and existing accounts

. Generated new leads and accounts by networking with existing

communities and individuals

IBM, Essex Junction VT Aug 1982 - Aug 2002

Program Manager, Project Engineer, and Test Design Engineer

. Held multiple Engineering and Management positions, with over 10 years

of project, program and people management experience and 5 years of

CAD layout, analysis software writing, and electrical test programming

. Built teams that transferred purchased technologies from IBM to select

customers; wrote portions of system documentation for both

manufacturing installation and OEM transfer of new technology

installation; installed 2-3 new technologies per year for 5 years

. Utilized Advanced Planning to reduce project completion time from 1

year to 6 months resulting in approx. $1.7MM savings

. Served as Lead Test and Characterization Engineer; developed test,

reliability and production methods for new processes

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN

M.S., Electrical Engineering

Anderson College, Anderson IN

B.A., Physics

IBM, Essex Junction VT

Device Physics, Principles of Accounting, Program Management Courses

PUBLICATIONS & US PATENTS

US. 5,233,263: "Lateral field emission devices", John E. Cronin, et al.

US. 5,308,439: "Lateral field emission devices and methods of fabrication",

John E. Cronin, et al.

US. 5,312,777: "Fabrication methods for bidirectional field emission

devices and storage structures", John E. Cronin, et al.

US. 5,530,262: "Bidirectional field emission devices, storage structures

fabrication methods", John E. Cronin, et al.

US. 6,329,690: "Method and apparatus to match semiconductor device

performance", Kent E. Morrett, et al.

US. 6,476,483: "Method and apparatus for cooling a silicon on insulator

device", Eric Adler, et al.

US. 6,683,345, "Semiconductor device and method for making the device

having an electrically modulated conduction channel", Eric Adler, et al.

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