Engineer Management

Jack Salman

********@*****.*** 909-***-**** (C) / 909-***-**** (H)

Program Management – Product Development

PMP certified Senior Program Manager with over 10 years of experience in hardware,

software and complex systems development in the defense industry with proven track record

in successful program planning, monitoring and execution resulting in greater profitability,

business growth and customer satisfactions. Seeking a senior program management position

with a growth oriented company.

Summary of Qualifications

Program Management– Results oriented with strong experience in

the entire lifecycle of program planning, baseline, staffing, execution, monitoring, control

and closing IAW industry standard projects management practices and processes

Team Leadership – Effective leadership in building, leading and motivating cross-

functional team to achieve program financial targets and contracts requirements

Proposals Development – Diverse background and experience in capturing new

proposals and additional follow-on business in support of company business development

plans.

Customer Focused – Seasoned in primary customer interface with day-to-day customer

interactions and contracts negotiation that have resulted in scope creep prevention,

increased customer satisfactions, winning relationship and repeated business

Risk Management – Significant experience in risk management and mitigation through

out the program life cycle that have resulted in cost savings and early delivery

Domains and Areas of Concentration

Secured Wired and wireless Network Communications Systems

Commercial and Military satellites

C4ISR architecture development

GPS, RADAR, Radio and Combat Training Systems

Education and Certification

PMP Certified

MBA, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA

MS in Electrical Engineering, Comm. Systems, Loyola Mary Mount University,

LA, CA

BS in Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, Manhattan, New York

Program Manager – (GPS and Navigation Systems)

L3-Comm/ IEC, Anaheim, CA

Aug/2007- 7/2009

Managed over $25M GPS programs portfolio with responsibility for profit

margin, P&L, cost, schedule, and technical performance that spanned the full lifecycle of

the programs

Led Cross-Functional team and provided day-to-day oversight and coordination to

ensure programs milestone deliverables, budget and schedule are met

Updated program ETC/EAC as required to reflect program scope changes and

remaining tasks to be performed.

Managed customer’s interfaces and expectations through weekly conference calls

and a face-to-face meeting. Was very successful in identifying out of scope tasks and

preventing scope creep on the FY07 and FY08 Excalibur GPS Receivers Programs

Briefed and advise executive management of program status, issues and

resolutions

Managed and engaged major suppliers via weekly conference calls and meetings

to ensure that suppliers milestone deliverables are met and to minimize program schedule

risk

Managed and coordinated resources with other program and functional managers

to ensure programs staffing are adequate to support program deliverables

Developed risk management and mitigation plan for complex GPS receiver with

weekly risk status review that resulted in 25% improvement in production yield and

higher product performance

Led and captured multi-million dollar proposals and Engineering Change

Proposals (ECP) using Bases of Estimates methodology (BOE) that have resulted in

major program Wins

Negotiated and won 5 Million dollar GPS production and engineering program to

manufacture medium production rate for Militarized GPS receivers for use with AJ

Nuller and Navigation system

Sr. Engineering Program Manager - (RADAR, RF Test Systems, RF Wireless and Satellite

Communication Systems, C4RISR)

C3 Network, Integrated Defense Systems

The Boeing Company, Anaheim, CA

Dec/1994- Aug/2007

Led an IPT team of over 50 direct reports with supervisory and project

management responsibilities to develop and manage systems requirements, provide

network architecture & network management, systems implementation and validation for

a complex data network communication system for the Future Combat Systems (FCS)

Provided day to day directions and oversight to the team to meet allocated budget,

schedule and tasks

Responsible for the planning and execution of multiple projects with direct and

indirect budget of over $20M.

Successfully managed complex network communication program to a structured

cost, schedule, scope and technical baseline using standard program management metrics

and tools - EVMS, SOW, WBS, IMS, IMP, EAC/ETC

Developed and tracked technical and schedule risks management plans with

emphasis in risk mitigation and cost savings opportunities

Kept top management advised on program status and progress on a weekly and

monthly bases via formal and informal program reviews

Interfaced and worked jointly with the customer to develop an advanced network

communication systems requirements and architecture, and to ensure that the operational

needs for the FCS user are met through team engagement and collaboration

Led the development and design of RF test systems for the PAC-3 RADAR seeker

subsystem

Led the development and captured multi-million dollars major ECP proposal for

FAB-T program

Additional Experience

Senior Engineer

Hughes Space and Communication

El Segundo, CA

As a systems test and integration engineer, managed the development, integration

and test of the ground segment pilot program for DirecTV System. Performed system

validation and verifications of major system interfaces, and participated in the system test

planning to test and integrate DBS pilot system

Senior Engineer

Westinghouse Corporation

Long Beach, CA

Developed and integrated test software to test and fault isolates avionics control

units. Task includes but not limited to, S/W & H/W design, system analysis, test &

integration.

Senior Engineer

General Dynamics

Diamond Bar, CA

Led the design, development and integration of an automated test system for use

with RF and Microwave flight hardware. Lead Engineer - responsible for project through

out the design cycle of product development; schedule, budget, time to delivery, parts

selection, procurement, vendor interface and product support.

Test Engineer

Hughes Aircraft

Radar Systems Group

El Segundo, CA - MTS

Developed, tested and integrated test software for the F/18 radar test systems.

Performed RF system analysis and characterized of RF noise figure, insertion Loss, and

frequency spectrum and phase noise measurement. Supported the F/18 program office in

the development and management an airborne RADAR test system.

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