Manager Project

William Christensen Jr. Phone: 973-***-****

** ******** **** ******: 973-***-****

Landing, NJ. 07850 Email: *****@*********.***

SUMMARY:

** ***** ********** ** ******* management of electrical, mechanical,

software, and test systems. Proven skills in design, development,

qualification and production entry of aerospace and medical equipment

to industry and military development standards. Excellent

interpersonal skills with customers, peers and staff allowing for

creative problem solving to: preserve schedules, comply with

requirements, meet budget goals, and satisfy demands of multiple

stakeholders.

EXPERIENCE:

GE Aviation Systems LLC - Whippany, NJ 2006 - Present

GE acquired this Smiths Aerospace division for its electro-mechanical

aerospace actuator products to compliment GE engines and avionics

product lines.

Senior Program Manager 2006 - Present

Single point of contact for all actuator units provided to Sikorsky

Aircraft for the SH-60 and H-92 blade fold systems. Provided program

direction for product development and ongoing manufacturing activities

including problem resolution and business strategy utilizing cross-

functional groups.

. Managed 2 new development programs worth $7 million in NRE sales,

maintaining schedule and budget targets while adjusting for

customer requirements changes.

. Managed a $28 million dollar multi-year production contract for the

SH-60 helicopter.

. Provided monthly presentations to executive management and Sikorsky

for all program aspects (schedule compliance, strategy, development

status, financial profit-loss, quality assurance).

. Provided contract change management, generated out-of-scope claims,

and coordinated proposal submittals and negotiations.

. Established excellent customer relationships at Sikorsky, Lockheed

Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

. Acted as proposal manager for multiple proposals and 3

demonstration programs, coordinating proposal generation, pricing

and approval.

. Utilized Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Projects, Manufacturing

Resource Planning (MRP), Project Gate Review and supplier portal

tools.

. Trained in export control, ITAR compliance and FAR and DFAR flow

downs.

Smiths Aerospace - Whippany, NJ 1982 - 2005

A multi-billion dollar UK conglomerate designing and manufacturing

aerospace subsystems to both military and commercial customers

globally.

Senior Program Manager 2000 - 2005

Provided program control and oversight for solid-state power systems

and mechanical actuation systems designed and implemented from the

Whippany site. Acted as site manager for a group of 25 employees.

. Successfully managed 7 major development programs worth $15 million

in sales meeting or exceeding schedule and budget targets.

. Established excellent customer relationships at Boeing, Lockheed

Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

. Established and maintained processes for US/UK co-development of

products including ITAR and import/export requirements.

. Implemented tools and procedures to allow for operation of a

satellite development group with the parent company in the UK and

successfully transitioned a US designed and prototyped system into

production in the UK.

. Provided program and budgeting information, and approved numerous

proposal activities to provide 3 winning and 3 pending bids

allowing for staff retention via maintained business backlog.

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Program Manager 1995 - 1999

Responsibility for all engineering aspects of unit design, including

systems, hardware, and software development as well as product

support.

. Used the increased responsibility as Program Manager for the F/A-18

Stores Management System to allow skills development in new areas

of discipline to increase core capabilities.

. As Program Manager for the Pylon Interface Unit on the Apache AH-

64D weapons control unit, I worked with McDonnell Douglas

Helicopter to field and qualify the unit for on time roll out of

the aircraft. This included the proposal and successful negotiation

of a major design change ($2M).

. With DARPA and McDonnell Douglas provided the prototype for a

microprocessor controlled solid state solution for secondary power

control system which yielded the successful proposal wins on the

Boeing UCAV X-45A & C ($4M) and the C130J Electronic Circuit

Breaker Unit (ECBU) ($6M) for NRE implementation.

. Key participant in generating the C130J ECBU and the JSF X-35

proposals, which resulted in awards to Smiths in 1999 and 2000.

Both programs yielded major UK production orders of over $100M.

Software Project Manager 1986 - 1994

Provided project management and direction for Operational Flight

Software for two of the company's Stores Management Systems.

. Successfully took over the lead of the F/A-18 Stores Management

Software, maintained schedule and budget with no impact due to the

staffing change and resolved 1 year old delinquent data issues.

. Implemented 3 major design changes to the F/A-18 Software

coordinating with McDonnell Douglas and Navy personnel at China

Lake, Ca. as technical liaison.

. Coordinated 1st implementation of DoD Std 2167 to show company

capability with the standard on the A6-F Stores Management System.

Principal Analyst 1984 - 1985

Promoted to software manager of the test equipment software group of 5

engineers.

. Provided test equipment software for the AV-8B Stores Management

test equipment which was delivered under budget and ahead of

schedule, fully supporting production needs.

. Planned and presented training program for test set operation

allowing delivery of offset test equipment to Spain and Australia;

a billable international offset milestone for the F/A-18 program.

. One of 3 individuals who evaluated and recommended a mainframe

based project management software tool, which was used company wide

for program management and tracking.

. Only accredited engineering representative in the employee

suggestion program allowing for active engineering participation in

the Quality Circles program.

Associate Analyst 1982 - 1984

Responsible for the development of production test equipment software

utilizing a group of 3 junior software engineers.

. Developed, released and implemented software for 3 test equipment

boxes for the F/A-18 Stores Management System allowing for

increased production capacity to meet increased customer product

demand.

Electro-Nucleonics, Inc. - Fairfield, NJ - Computer Engineer 1980 -

1982

AM Varityper - East Hanover, NJ - Systems Analyst 1977 - 1980

United Community Services - Upper Saddle River, NJ - Data Processing

1976 - 1977

EDUCATION:

Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJ. 1976

Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, minor in Computer Science

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Secret Clearance (expired)

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