Quality Assurance Project Manager

George A. Noyes III

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Qualifications Summary

Employer

Dynamics Research Corporation

Labor Category

Subject Matter Expert (Manufacturing and QA)

Work Experience

Thirty years in Manufacturing/QA

20 years in Total Quality Management/Lean/Six

Sigma

5 years in developing and implementing MRLs

10 years in adult education (platform and web-

based)

6 years in e-Business/Electronic

Commerce/Supply Chain Management

6 years in Knowledge Management/Communities

of Practice

Security Clearance

Top Secret

Retired Air Force Officer with over than 30 years of experience in managing DoD acquisition

programs with a focus on manufacturing and quality assurance. He has held a wide-range of

positions from Chief of the QA Division at Wright-Patterson AFB, to Program Manager on a DAU contract, to a

Senior Manufacturing Engineer with the Missile Defense Agency.

While on active duty I was a certified acquisition professional in Program Management, Production, Quality and

Manufacturing and in Contract Management and taught for four years at the Defense Acquisition University on

numerous subjects. My many skills and talent make me a sought after resource on many topics of interest to senior

leadership. I am on the leading-edge of efforts to develop a Manufacturing Readiness Risk Model to assess technical

risk early in the acquisition lifecycle. I am a dynamic speaker having spoke at numerous conferences, seminars and

training events to thousands of people. I have written several noteworthy articles for professional journals and for the

Defense Acquisition University, and am in the process of re-writing the Defense Manufacturing Guide for Program

Managers.

Education/Professional Certifications

● MA, University of Northern Colorado

● BS, University of New Hampshire

Detailed Work Experience

Dynamics Research Corp. November 2002 – Present

Senior Manufacturing Engineer. I currently support several DoD activities to include OSD’s Manufacturing and

Industrial Base Policy Office (MIBP), the Defense Acquisition University, and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in

the areas of Manufacturing/Quality Assurance. I am developing Learning Modules on Sustainable Manufacturing and

Manufacturing Considerations for the Executive Program Managers for DAU. I supported the Missile Defense

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Agency and was responsible for identifying investment strategies for emerging technologies (advanced

materials/composites). I review and track Advanced Material SBIR/STTR and Core Funded manufacturing technology

projects. I supported MDA and DUSD (IP) in the conduct of industrial base assessments for MDA programs offices

and accomplished sector studies. I reviewedprogram and contractor progress on various manufacturing issues to

include Production Readiness and Manufacturing Readiness Assessments, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and

Material Shortages (DMSMS) and Obsolescence, Value Engineering, Producibility and Risk Management on MDA

programs. I supported MDA's development and deployment of Engineering and Manufacturing Readiness Level

(EMRL) and Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) assessments. I support OSD and the Joint Defense Manufacturing

Technology Panel (JDMTP) with the development and deployment of Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRLs). I

support the Defense Acquisition University with the deployment, training and socialization of MRLs, Lean/CPI and

other leading edge manufacturing/QA capabilities and processes. I coordinate with other services and agencies on

ManTech, MRL, Lean/CPI and other manufacturing issues that cross organizational boundaries.

Dynamics Research Corp. December 2002 – November 2008

Program Manager. I was responsible for the Defense Acquisition University Distance Learning Project valued at

$1.1M. Responsibilities include cost (profit/loss), schedule and performance on developing and deploying acquisition

related web-based courses for DoD Acquisition personnel, and supports the development of Knowledge Management

(KM) tasks. My team developed numerous long and short web-based courses (3-40 hours long). These highly

interactive are designed for acquisition professionals so that they may attain and maintain their professional

certifications. Knowledge Management tasks include the standup of Communities of Practice and the development a

process and repository for acquisition Best Practices/Lessons Learned, Policy and Guidance, and the development and

deployment of an "Ask a Professor" function where community members can ask and receive timely answers to

acquisition related questions..

Andrulis Corporation July 1996–December 2002

Project Manager. I provided project management support to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in

the management of Electronic Commerce Center Program (ECRC). I provided COTR support to

DLA, acting as a primary liaison between DLA and the prime contractors. I performed the

following activities: program management, programming and budgeting, strategic and operational

planning, contract management, delivery order development, tracking and approval, outreach and

marketing at numerous seminars, and education and training development, and oversight and

control. The ECRC program enables DoD organizations and their supply chains to communicate

electronically with other supply chain members, the DoD, and prime contractors. I provided

oversight of 17 Regional Centers that provide support on a wide range of management EC/EB

issues to over 100,000 clients a year.

Defense Acquisition University (DAU, was DSMC) July 1992–July 1996

Professor of Engineering Management. I was the lead instructor for Production, Quality, and

Manufacturing (PQM) in the Advanced Program Managers Course (APMC), DoD's premier course

for senior program managers. I was the Course Director for Advanced Production and Quality

Management. Both of the listed courses are taught at the graduate level. I worked directly with

senior OSD officials, academia and senior technical managers at prime contractors on a regular

basis to keep the course current. I was a major participant in the school's Malcolm Baldrige

National Quality Award for Education application. DAU is one of first schools in the nation to

receive a site visit. I introduced The Machine that Changed the World to the Program Managers

course and taught Lean Principles to senior Program Managers. I was the school's representative

to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lean Aircraft Initiative working very closely with

senior academic and Air Force acquisition professionals to develop training, policy and guidance

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on ways to streamline acquisition practices for the development and deployment of new weapon

systems. Previous to DAU I was assigned to Air Force Systems Command as a Senior Product

Assurance Manager, and prior to that was the Chief of the Quality Assurance Division for

Aeronautical Systems Division (now Center).

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