Project Manager Management

DANIEL R. LEGER

480-***-**** . *******@***.***

SUMMARY

Customer-oriented Senior Manager with extensive experience in program,

project, and product management. Extensive aerospace experience in flight

crew operations, sales, business development, marketing, engineering

management, and general management. Recipient of Monetary performance

awards from Pan Am Systems, Honeywell and NASA. Background includes P&L

of $70M annual business, leadership of product life cycle from pursuit,

development commercialization through product sun setting phases.

Experience with small projects and very large (1,000,000 lines of software

code) multi function, embedded systems projects.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Program, Project and B.S in Aerospace Program

Product Leadership Engineering Management/General

Management

Six Sigma Black Belt MBA in Technology On Site & Virtual Team

certified Management Development & Leadership

Professional (PMP)

certified

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AVIATION COMMUNICATION AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, Phoenix, AZ

Senior Program manager, 2006 to 2009

Managed the Program Management Department. Directed multiple development

programs focused on Terminal Collision Avoidance and Terrain Awareness

systems. Led and facilitated monthly and quarterly financial review of all

direct engineering spend in the company ($30,000,000 annually).

. Key Account team lead for Hawker Beechcraft (2nd largest customer)

resulting in multiple installations of product across fleet of aircraft

types and successful entry into service on 3 aircraft types.

. Managed military contract for aircraft transponder development. Finished

all milestones within 10 days of plan and under ran program spend by

$135,000. Program later used as sample for milestone program success to

future customers

HONEYWELL, INC., Phoenix, AZ

Senior Program Manager, Boeing 777 Electronics, 2005 to 2006

General Manager for all Honeywell electronic content ($70 Million in sales

annually). Leadership oversight included development, ongoing field

support, obsolescence, product roadmap, contract negotiations.

. Executed incentive plan to maintain schedule despite last minute

requirement changes from customer after design freeze, allowing Boeing to

deliver first 777 200LR on time. Incentive plan included five figure cash

bonuses to key engineers payable upon completion of planned milestones.

First time customer has EVER reimbursed vendor for employee incentive

bonuses.

. Oversaw response to Federal Aviation Administration issuance of emergency

Airworthiness Directive. Led and facilitated response team, including

daily status, establishing and managing unplanned development activity,

briefing of FAA, Boeing and NTSB. Project ultimately lead to software

change implemented on schedule and under planned spend.

Program Manager, Air Data Reference Systems, 2003 to 2005

Led $3,000,000 787 Air Data Reference System product development.

. Established program plan for both non recurring and recurring that

improved product level Internal Rate of Return by 90% from proposal

estimates.

. Led team that executed production transition/sunset of Modular Air Data

Computer.

Product Line Manager, Cockpit Weather System/ Project manager Automatic

Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Operational Evaluation, 2001 to

2003

. Wrote and executed business plan for cockpit weather service

. Set up and led FAA funded effort that resulted in new functionality in

product offering, while under running budget by $163,000.00

Project Manager, $15 Million dollar Cockpit Weather System, 1998 to 2001

Lead contract pursuit, negotiation, development set up, development

oversight and marketing.

. Managed team of nine technical software and systems personnel (direct

reports) and four administrative personnel

. Won Space & Aviation Control Top Performer marketing award for capturing

program

. Author of Honeywell patent #7,027,898 "Weather Information Network

Including Graphical Display"; Received NASA financial award for authored

patent

Honeywell Technology Center, Phoenix, AZ

Business Development Representative, Advanced Displays, Fiber Optic

Sensors, 1997 to 1998

Responsible for pursuit of research and commercialization opportunities

. Won HTC center wide award for "Outstanding Management of Four

Simultaneous Multi-department Proposals to DARPA over Four-Week Period"

four months into employment

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Held positions of increasing levels of responsibility in the Aerospace and

Information Technology. Led $10 million dollar proposal submittal to

Minnesota Department of Transportation for a statewide Road Weather

Information System. Successfully managed delivery of a one million dollar

Doppler Weather Radar to the Beijing International Airport, Beijing China.

Awarded a $1.0 million dollar contract by the country of Jordan, for a

Doppler Weather Radar.

MILITARY SERVICE

Captain, United States Air Force, Robins AFB, GA

Navigator, KC-135R Aerial Tanker. Decorated combat veteran of Operation

Desert Storm.

EDUCATION

MBA in Technology Management University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona

MS, Mechanical Engineering, Mercer University Graduate School of

Engineering, Macon, GA

BS, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Institute

of Technology, Minneapolis, MN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

George Washington University short course: Rapid Assessment and Recovery of

Troubled Projects

George Washington University short course: Risk Management

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Project Management

Institute

HY Silver Proposal Writing Seminar

Wilson Learning Center Counselor Salesperson course

Licensed Private Pilot, former aircraft owner and aircraft builder

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