Project Manager
Resume:
John Montgomery
Poway, CA *****
abg159@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE
A position in Project Management.
SUMMARY
Five years experience managing engineering projects and over three years experience managing
production projects. Earned a Professional Certificate in Project Management from the
University of California San Diego.
EXPERIENCE
SAIC San Diego, CA, May 2008 – Present.
Production Project Lead. Manage production projects for the Navy at SPAWAR Systems
Center San Diego. Plan, create detailed schedules, and monitor & control the execution of
hardware integration projects for production of US Navy ships and submarines. Set and
continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders. Prepare
project status reports, including performance against schedule, for upper management and
government Project Managers. Utilized Earned Value Management on several critical
projects. Analyze problems and develop corrective action plans to keep projects on schedule.
Interface directly with customers and equipment installation teams in the fleet. Support
engineering projects by providing engineers with detailed schedules, production personnel,
and weekly status reports during prototype builds.
• Created an upper management tool, using MS Project, to ensure that major project
and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across the
Network Integration and Engineering Facility.
Delta Design, Inc. Poway, CA, Mar 2006 – Sep 2007.
Product Engineer. Managed IBM projects for new features and options required for their
next generation semiconductor test handlers. Developed scope of project, prepared and
monitored budgets and detailed schedules. Conducted weekly meetings with IBM Program
Managers and engineering team to present project status. Compiled software requests and
advocated IBM needs at department staff meetings. Interfaced with mechanical, software,
electrical, quality, safety, and other departments to coordinate projects. Developed test plans
ensuring that adequate hardware and software testing was performed prior to deployment.
• All deliverables completed on time and within specifications.
• Reduced component cost, for a handler option, from $20K to $11K by switching to
COTS components while dramatically increasing functionality.
Unisys Corp, San Diego, CA, 1983 – 2006.
Engineering Project Manager, Unisys Unigen Organization, 2004 - 2006. Led a team of
10 engineers designing a portion of an IC burn-in system for Intel. Evaluated project
progress and presented project status to Unisys senior management during weekly program
review meetings. Presented design details, project status, and schedules to Intel
management during monthly program review meetings. Interfaced with mechanical,
electrical, and pneumatics groups during design phase of project and directed
engineering/manufacturing teams on assembly of prototype and pre-production units.
Worked closely with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of critical materials. Interfaced
with manufacturing team to enable a seamless transition from engineering to high volume
production.
• Delivered product on an aggressive schedule on time and within budget.
• Designed new electrical interface for powering ICs during burn-in.
Hardware Engineer, Unisys Unigen Organization, 1998 – 2004. Member of core-team that
designed and built a high volume semiconductor burn-in system for Intel, used for testing
the entire Pentium family. Member of team that brought in a $200M Intel contract.
Managed a group of engineers designing the thermal interface and power delivery
subassemblies. Created detailed schedules and provided upper management with weekly
status reports. Ran cost reduction program, reducing system cost by $36K. Led effort to
obtain Intel approval for design changes.
• Won two Unisys awards for Outstanding Contribution.
• Won Unisys award for automating a burn-in process.
Associate Engineer, Advanced Technology Organization, 1995 – 1998.
Implemented test-during-burn-in of high-speed semiconductor devices, developed outside
business for burn-in services and trained personnel. Ran semiconductor reliability monitoring
program.
Technician/Senior Technician, Advanced Technology Organization, 1983 – 1995.
Led semiconductor burn-in laboratory. Performed equipment maintenance, trained
technicians and ran environmental tests. Developed custom hardware for testing
semiconductor devices. Performed qualification testing on CMOS and ECL semiconductor
technologies. Characterized semiconductor devices on various types of automatic test
equipment.
EDUCATION
Professional Certificate in Project Management, UC San Diego, May 2010.
Systems Requirements Analysis, Jun 2007, UC San Diego.
Systems Engineering Software Overview, Mar 2007, UC San Diego.
Systems Verification and Validation, Dec 2006 UC San Diego.
Associate Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology
Lyons Technical Institute, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 1982
COMPUTER SKILLS
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Project.
REFERENCES
Personal and professional references available on request.
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