Project Manager Engineering

LARRY VAN DYK

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Morris Plains, NJ 07950

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SUMMARY

A Project Manager with over ten years experience as a project manager and

engineering manager for complex projects within an engineering environment.

Able to solve complex interdisciplinary problems, and work solutions to

successful project completion. Adept at communicating plans and solutions

to project workers, upper management, and customer personnel.

Plan project from bid request Plan and Control Finances

Coordinate proposal effort Adept using Microsoft Project

Lead engineering team in project Assure design meets requirements

Lead product testing phase Reporting of progress to customers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

L-3 SPACE AND NAVIGATION, Budd Lake, NJ 2003 - 2009

Project Manager for Improved Position and Azimuth Determination System for

US Army

. Managed product improvement project aimed at improved performance with

reduced costs.

. Completed implementation of several techniques to simplify

manufacture.

. Completed testing to qualify product for US army vehicles.

Control Account Manager for ISSA Program

. Managed resources to build several major assemblies.

. Controlled schedule and cost using MS Project.

. Reported project accomplishments to upper management and customer.

Project Manager for Hubble Space Telescope's Rate Gyroscopes

. Managed procurement of material for the build of Rate Gyroscopes.

. Worked with instrument assemblers under clean room conditions.

. Worked with team to build and test gyroscopes for delivery to NASA

team for eventual replacement of gyroscopes onto Hubble Telescope in

space.

Engineering Manager for Development of Low Cost Fiber Optic Gyro Package

. Led team that designed, built, tested a smaller, lower cost version of

existing inertial navigation platform.

. Product met size, cost, schedule and performance requirement goals.

SMITHS AEROSPACE ACTUATION SYSTEMS, Whippany, NJ 2002 - 2003

Project Manager for Design of Nose Gear Actuation System on UCAV

. Submitted winning proposal for the actuation system for Unmanned

Combat Air Vehicle.

. Led design team of system components.

. Developed manufacturing techniques capabilities.

KEARFOTT GUIDANCE & NAVIGATION, Totowa, NJ 1977 - 2002

Engineering Manager for Ship Navigation System for Israeli Navy Ships and

Submarines

. Designed components for naval vessel navigation system.

. Managed the design and procurement of system components.

. Developed test documentation and participated with testing program.

. Participated with Harbor and Sea Acceptance Testing of system in the

field.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

B.S.M.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

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