Project Manager Management

Danny Owens, PMP

Cellular 321-***-**** **** Cairo Rd

Home 321-***-**** Port St. John, FL 32927

Work 321-***-**** ********@*********.***

SUMMARY

Certified Project Manager with over Eleven years of combined experience in Avionic / Electrical

Systems, systems integration and software enhancements. Demonstrated project management

expertise with schedule, budget, planning and interaction with stakeholders and customers. Strong

experience managing programs/projects with significant subcontract content. Excellent communications

skills and a demonstrated ability to build strong teaming relationship with Government customers.

Demonstrated success managing Cost Plus, Earn Value Management and fixed price contracts.

Experience in CMMI / Supply Chain Management and Integrated Master Plan / Integrated Master

Schedule process.

EXPERIENCE

United Space Alliance, Kennedy Space Center, FL 2004 to Present

Program Manager

• Experienced Program Manager and Integrated Project Team (IPT) Lead specialized in managing

high dollar/ highly complex projects through design, development, prototype, validation and

production phases for a diverse range of avionic hardware and software upgrade enhancements.

Successful management as prime and sub contractor for contracts ranging from $250k dollars to

$65 million dollars annual for the Space Shuttle and Constellation Programs. Currently the Program

Manager lead for the Avionic system used for the Solid Rocket Booster program with an Annual

program budget responsibility of $56M. Accountable for a team of 40 members from engineering,

quality, operations, configuration management and reliability organizations.

• Vast experience throughout the program lifecycle with focus on design, development, validation and

production for electronic and software integration programs. Adept at developing effective

engineering policies and procedures, preparing integrated schedules, estimates and proposals

project documentation and milestones, and technical / business specifications; Coordinated Critical

Design Reviews (CDRs), Production Readiness Reviews (PDRs), and Manufacturing Readiness

Reviews. Lead and supported various teams such as; hardware acceptance, failure investigation,

vendor review/audit, flight readiness reviews, risk management, first article inspections and change

review boards utilizing excellent analytical & problem solving capability.

• Lead across functional teams for the develop Statements of Work (SOW), Work Breakdown

Structure (WBS), preparation of budget estimates, evaluation of vendor proposals, write technical

evaluation and participation on negotiation teams. Experienced in managing various contract types

– both fixed price and cost reimbursement types. Monitored vendor cost/schedule performance

using a strong business minded consultative approach with focus on continuous improvement efforts

in the areas of cost reduction and performance enhancement. Experienced with financial reporting

and budget aspects of program management, including proficiency with earned value management

(EVM) cost accounting and reporting. Presented project status and electronic test failures to all

levels of staff including the senior management team.

• Hands-on experience leading all stages of Oracle and UNIX software development efforts using

the CMMI process. This experience included requirements definition, design, architecture, testing,

and support as part of the software development cycle. Skilled with strong understanding of complex

data relationships within and between Oracle relational database systems.

• Developed corrective action plans to resolve schedule variances and missed deliveries for the

various projects. Monitor costs and performs monthly variance analysis and identify corrective

actions as required. Reduced procurement cycle times by 20 – 25% that have resulted in reducing

financial risk for the corporation and Improved monthly supplier on-time delivery performance rating

program. Experience following ISO processes and procedures.

Key Contributions:

• Instrumental in completing development, design and production 5 months ahead of

schedule for the Solid Rocket Booster Integrated Electronic Assembly.

• Completed a flight critical development, re-design and installation 6 month ahead of

schedule to support customer request for early implementation.

• Served as Team lead for Integrated Electronic Assembly Pad abort failure analysis

project.

• Managed key (high-risk) supplier, such that within one year of assignment they received

the Supplier of the Year Award for Space Shuttle Program.

• Received several USA and NASA accolades for teamwork, performance, and hardware

and software development.

United Space Alliance, Kennedy Space Center, FL 1999 to 2004

Project Manager

• Experienced Project Manager for the Shuttle Connector Analysis System (SCAN) software system

specialized in managing complex software projects. Hands-on experience leading all stages of

software development efforts, including requirements definition, design, a development, prototype,

validation, and support as part of the software development cycle. Responsible for a diverse range

of upgrade enhancements.

• Vast experience in design, development, validation and production for software integration

programs. Adept at developing effective engineering policies and procedures, preparing integrated

schedules, estimates and proposals project documentation and milestones, and technical / business

specifications; Coordinated Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), Production Readiness Reviews

(PDRs), and Manufacturing Readiness Reviews. Lead and supported various teams such as;

software acceptance, failure investigation, and change review boards utilizing excellent analytical &

problem solving capability.

• Hands-on experience leading all stages of Oracle and UNIX software development efforts using the

CMMI process. This experience included requirements definition, design, architecture, testing, and

support as part of the software development cycle. Skilled with strong understanding of complex

data relationships within and between Oracle relational database systems.

• Adept at developing effective engineering policies and procedures, project documentation and

milestones, and technical/business specifications. Experienced with strong understanding of

complex data relationships within and between Oracle databases. Incorporated engineering

changes into the SCAN database to reflect Orbiter modification work. Resolve engineering issues

and database problems by making use of related VDD schematics and VS documents.

• Posses a strong understanding of Oracle SQL. Responsible for creating SQL scripts to perform

troubleshooting of the database for data errors.

• Coordinated with Boeing in the development of USA ability of building specific products from the

CDF&TDS database.

Key Contributions:

• Spearheaded transition of UNIX / Oracle base system to a Web based platform which

resulted in over 1000 hour man hour and 1 million dollar savings.

• Developed and implemented documentation and tracking process for system engineering

training

• Received several USA and NASA accolades for teamwork, performance, and hardware

and software development.

United Space Alliance, Kennedy Space Center, FL 1999 to 1999

Network Design Engineer

• Network Design Engineer intern responsible for replacement of the Outer Band management

Network. Assisted with the design and implementation of engineering drawing and procedures for

network replacement. Performed cost benefit analysis for all recommended strategies. Coordinated

with the customer during all design and implementation phases.

Department of Juvenile Justice, Melbourne, FL 1996 to 1999

Assistant Network Administrator

• Assistant network administrator for the Department of Juvenile Justice in Brevard County.

Assisted in troubleshooting the Department MIS system and Microsoft programs within the case

management units.

Department of Juvenile Justice, Melbourne, FL 1992 to 1996

Senior Probation Officer

• Responsible for supervision for Juvenile offenders.

Certification

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification # 1356141

Training

Root Cause Analysis, American Society for Quality

Reason – Root Cause Analysis

Earn Value Management

Mishap Investigation, Florida Safety Council

USA Lean Six Sigma training

Education

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fl 2006

M.S., Industrial Engineering

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fl 1999

B.S., Electrical Engineering Technology

Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Oh 1987

Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Law

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