Quality Assurance Project
Resume:
Shawn Maurice Hall
Friendswood TX 77546
************@*********.***
Summary:
Technically sophisticated and business-savvy management professional with a
pioneering career reflecting strong leadership qualifications coupled with
"hands on" electronic hardware manufacturing and R&D expertise. Maintains
focus on achieving bottom-line results while formulating and implementing
advanced technology and business solutions to meet a diversity of needs.
Superior record of delivering simultaneous large-scale, mission critical
projects on time, under budget and with an extremely low rate of return for
rework deficiencies. Team based management style and excellent
interpersonal communication skills.
Professional Experience Summary
. Green Belt Certified
. System Engineering
. Project Management
. Risk Management
. Strategy Based Business Concepts
. Customer Intimacy
. Process Development
. CMMI Knowledge
. ISO9001 Knowledge
. Technical Team Leadership
Employment History
Project Controls Professional
Manufacturing Technical Solutions (MTS)
9/2008 - 1/2010
. Responsible for Project Controls at the Project Office level for the
James Webb Space Telescope using Microsoft Project Server 2007
. Responsible for maintaining, tracking and variance cost reporting for
a 43M budget
. Responsible for Schedule Integration and Earned Value tracking for
NASA Flight Projects for the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson
Space Center. (ESCG)
. Conduct Risk Analysis and Variance Reporting.
Lockheed Martin (2000-2008)
Mission Services -Project Engineering Manager
9/2007 - 8/2008
. Certified Control Account Manager
. Coordinated the planning, organization, control, integration and
completion of engineering projects within area of assigned
responsibility.
. Planed and formulated engineering program; reviews product design for
compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer
contract requirements, and related specifications.
. Evaluated and approved design changes, specification and drawing
releases.
. Coordinated activities concerned with technical developments,
scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
. Set up cost control system, monitors and controls costs and schedules
on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system.
. Performed analyses and prepares reports in order to ensure that
contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and
government cost control guidelines.
. Prepared budgets and schedules for contract work and performs and/or
assists in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook,
and variance analysis.
. Prepared program plans to ensure program requirements and statement of
work are captured and scheduled. Performs schedule risk assessments to
identify and mitigate program cost and scheduling risks.
. Ensured adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records
of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and
submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government.
. Incorporated contractual changes into control systems by staying aware
of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain
realistic contract cost and schedule baselines.
. Perform all planning and scheduling to ensure contractual requirements
are met.
. Responsible for performing Earned Value Management and Variance
Analysis Reporting
Integrated Systems and Solutions Electronics Engineer
7/2005 - 8/2007
. Perform test and System, Evaluation, Integration and Testing of Input,
Output and Digital Analog Formatters, Conversion Chassis', Power
Supplies and Timing Distribution assemblies.
. Perform Solaris administration, as well as, configuration and
maintenance of Sun Servers, V440, V480 and V450, Cisco Maintenance
Routers and Gateways, and other network components located within the
system network architecture.
. Perform check-out and troubleshooting of system cabling, both inter
and intra- rack configurations, and verify correct network timing
exists to ensure correct data flow.
. Configuration and installation of COTS equipment such as Sun Blade
workstations, RCPM and Raid StorEdge on a UNIX based platform.
. Devise methods of test and requisition materials needed for developing
test fixtures within the manufacturing and test environments.
. Coordinated and planned engineering activities and guided execution.
. Maintained and acquired technical information pertaining to multiple
subsystems and full system operation.
. Presented critical information to engineering teams and customer.
Integrated Systems and Solutions
Project Coordinator (3/2003 - 7/2005)
. Maintain work scheduling and resource planning in the areas of
manufacturing, test and depot in a high paced R&D environment,
supporting both unclassified and classified programs.
. Assist in the proposal process by formulating a Basis of Estimate from
information provided on the Work Breakdown Structure. Perform cost
accounting on all work and task orders for assigned programs. Serve as
liaison between test department, customers and vendors.
. Develop and implement strategic operational plans to ensure that work
completed on schedule, within budget and with zero defects,
significantly limiting return for repair costs.
. Support new business launches as well as support sustained support
contracts.
. Identify opportunities for, and implement changes to, all
manufacturing process instructions.
. Coordinate staffing and production planning meetings for R&D,
Manufacturing, and Test departments.
Integrated Systems and Solutions - Field Technician Sr. Specialist
(4/2000 - 2/2003)
. Perform Functional, Acceptance, and Factory acceptance testing for
Lockheed Martin product
. Provide depot and site support and quick response.
. Develop testing procedures, perform drawing reviews and ensure
compliance with IS&S and Quality standards for all programs assigned.
. Identify and implement improvements to policies and procedure within
the Manufacturing and Test departments.
. Institute 6S and LM21 process to ensure lab environments are audit
ready.
United States Navy (1990 - 2000)
Lemoore Naval Air Station /USS John C. Stennis (1998-2000)
Communication/Navigation Work Center Supervisor
. Production Supervisor for two work centers directly responsible for 33
technicians and 2.5M in government equipment.
. Set the priority for in-shop repair in support of F/A-18 platform
ashore and seven aircraft platforms while underway.
. Scheduled rework to be accomplished between other work centers to
ensure that work was accomplished within priority and established
procedures.
. Reported progress to Production Control on a daily basis.
. Quality Assurance Representative directly responsible to the Quality
Assurance Officer.
. Performed Quality Assurance, safety and training audits within the
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department organization.
. Over a two-year period, led the work centers accomplishment of a rate
of repair yield of 97 percent while maintaining zero items returned
for rework.
. Saved the government $1.5M by repairing defective test equipment.
. Received a Navy and Marine Corp Achievement medal for my leadership
ability.
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (1995-1998)
Communication/Navigation Work Center Supervisor
. Production Supervisor for three work centers directly responsible for
25 technicians and 5.2M in government equipment, including classified
equipment contained within a secure environment.
. Prioritized repair tasks within the work center in support of the EA-
6B and P-3C platforms.
. Served as the Quality Assurance Representative within the work center,
responsible for witnessing and certifying the testing of the Emergency
Radio Beacons and the survival radios installed in the ejection seat
assembly as well as the pilot parachute pack.
. Approved all parts orders for the work center and was final signature
authority within the work center once the repair process was complete.
. Reported shop progress to the Production Control officer on a daily
basis.
. Over a three year period, led the work center in reducing the backlog
of items in need of repair from 346 items to 23, all while maintaining
the daily flow of priority items and maintaining a rate of repair
yield of 89 percent.
. I was runner-up for NAS Whidbey Island Sailor of the Quarter in 1997
in recognition of my leadership abilities.
North Island Naval Air Station/USS Constellation/USS Carl Vinson/USS
Abraham Lincoln (1991-1995)
Aviation Electronics Technician/Quality Assurance Collateral Duty Inspector
. Assigned to Naval Air Station North Island Sea Operation Detachment as
a Tactical Air Navigation Technician, in support of 4 aircraft
platforms.
. Attended additional training to expand my knowledge base to include
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR),
Radar Altimeter and Doppler systems.
. Assigned as one of five Collateral Duty Inspectors within the work
center, directly responsible to the Quality Assurance Officer for all
rework, testing and ensuring all repairs were done according to
established procedures.
. Served as the shop Training and Safety Petty Officer.
. While underway on the USS Abraham Lincoln, I earned my Enlisted
Aviation Warfare Specialist designation.
. I received numerous letters of commendation for my technical and
leadership abilities.
Naval Air Technical Training Center Millington TN (1990-1991)
Student Basic and Advanced Electricity and Electronics Course
Education
. Basic/Advanced Electricity and Electronics School United States Navy
Millington TN
. University of Phoenix Bachelor of Business Administration - ONGOING
Additional Training
. Subcontract Program Management
. Program Management
. Planning and Scheduling
. Proposal Writing
. Control Account Management
. Earned Value Management
Software
. Microsoft Office Suite
. Microsoft Project
. Microsoft Project Server
. Primavera P6
. wInsight/Cobra
Memberships
. IEEE
. PMI
. Scheduled to take Project Management Professional (PMP) exam June 2010
Clearances
. Inactive DOD Secret (5 yr Update completed April 2006)
. Completed Single Scope Background Investigation
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