Engineer Quality Assurance
Resume:
Leo Henton
Seattle, WA 98118
206-***-**** home
206-***-**** (cell)
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Current secret clearance
I am a Systems Engineer with expertise in the following areas:
. Identifying Customer requirements and verifying capabilities.
. Managing a product life cycle with Configuration Management.
. Reducing costs and expediting delivery schedules.
. Concurrent Engineering & Continuous Process Improvement
within the Integrated Product Team (IPT).
. I had sole responsibility for documenting changes in
technical requirements, plans, schedules, and budget.
. I presented to Change Control Board and Safety Review Board.
. I maintained specifications and test procedures for various
programs including: Air Force aircraft, space boosters and
payloads, Navy missiles, Army vehicles, and automotive ABS.
. Conformed to NASA, FAA, MIL- and ISO standards.
. Aware of the principles of electro-mechanical product design,
analysis, simulations, systems integration, and test procedures.
The Boeing Company
2003 - Present
Contract (and direct) Systems Engineer
Hazelwood, Missouri and Seattle, Washington
Supplier Program Integration and Configuration Management Engineer on the
Army's Future Combat Systems. Successful problem solver within Manned
Ground Vehicle, C4ISR, and Force Development Integrated Product Teams
(IPT's). Worked through ambiguous situations with individual initiative.
Communicated between IPT's. Researched and synthesized an accurate
description of baseline(s). Used DOORS requirements tracking tool.
Provided input to the Systems Engineering Management Plan. Commented on
supplier Configuration Management Plans.
Technology Ventures Inc.
1998 - 2001
Senior Systems Safety Engineer
Warren, Michigan
Provided technical advice as an independent engineering safety consultant
to executive management at government Program Executive Office (PEO-GCSS)
TACOM regarding the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Considered hardware
/ software / systems issues from the operational field, maintenance
activities, logistics, and manufacturing (including sub-supplier's)
perspectives. Analysis included Human Factors Integration, Reliability,
Maintainability, and Systems Engineering.
General Dynamics Land Systems
1996 - 1998
Contract Senior Systems Engineer
Sterling Heights, Michigan
Systems Engineering representative with signature authority at Change
Control Board (CCB). Maintained specifications (including Verification
Cross Reference Matrices) of vehicle electronics on U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams
main battle tank. Approved the work of four technical writers.
ITT Automotive (presently Continental Automotive)
1994 - 1996
Contract Senior Systems Engineer
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Secretary of the automotive braking systems Change Control Board.
Controlled the program plans, procedures, drawings and specifications.
Prepared for ISO 9000 certification audit.
General Dynamics Land Systems
1992 - 1994
Contract Senior Systems Engineer
Sterling Heights, Michigan
Documented specifications, including Verification Cross Reference Matrices
for U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams main battle tank.
The Boeing Company
1991 - 1992
Contract Systems Engineer
Renton, Washington
Created System Description Document for the civilian 777 wide-body aircraft
avionics Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL). Outlined architecture,
interfaces and functional flows within avionic system.
Delco Systems Operation (GM defense) (presently GD)
1987 - 1991
Contract Configuration Management Engineer
Goleta, California
Leader of ten people that produced project requirements documents including
specifications with Verification Cross Reference Matrices, test plans and
test procedures.
Critiqued and checked 4000 hardware - software changes and originated 60
original computer, avionic, power supply and control device specifications,
test plans and test procedures. Supported:
Air Force space boosters (Titan IV, Inertial Upper Stage),
F-16 Falcon fighter aircraft flight control computer,
AC-130-U Gunship, C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft glass cockpit,
Navy guided missile program,
Army Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX), and
Marine Light Armored Vehicle (LAV).
Performed status accounting of as-designed and as-built records.
Coordinated changes throughout the Integrated Product Teams including
design engineers, productions engineers, technicians, supplier management
and procurement, project management and independent Quality Assurance
personnel. Expedited support for preliminary design reviews (PDRs),
Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), Test Readiness Reviews, Verification /
Validation, and conduct of qualification test, and on-going acceptance
tests.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautical
1986 - 1987
Contract Systems Engineer
Marietta, Georgia
Contributed to industry standard for composite aircraft structures.
Conducted industry survey of aircraft structural and avionic drafting
standards of (potential) suppliers to Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) pre-
F22 program. Member of Contractor Operations Review team.
Simmonds Precision Products
1985 - 1986
Contract Configuration Management Engineer
Vergennes, Vermont
Coordinated Engineering Changes to plans, specifications and procedures for
aircraft fuel management system for B-2 bomber.
Vought Aircraft Industries (LTV)
1984 - 1985
Contract Configuration Management Engineer
Grand Prairie, Texas
Defined corporate data development, and external data release procedures
for a portion of the Air Force B-2 Spirit strategic bomber. Documented
checkout and calibration procedures for the Iron Bird process that would
test an entire test article, an assembled airplane.
The Boeing Company
1984
Contract Configuration Management Engineer
Seattle, Washington
Prepared specifications for Air Force MX Inter-Continental Ballistic
Missile (ICBM) about logistical ground support equipment for test /
acceptance and periodic diagnostics on-site (deployed in the silo).
Presented to Air Force Customer at Preliminary Design Review (PDR).
Lockheed-Martin
1981 - 1983
Associate Systems Engineer
Littleton, Colorado
Analyzed mission requirements for Air Force payload integration onto NASA
Space Shuttle and Interim Upper Stage (IUS). Implemented traceability for
Shuttle Payload Integration Facility, Interface Control Document (ICD).
Critiqued the NASA Space Transportation System as anticipated to be
modified for Air Force "blue" space shuttle. Documented reference
configuration descriptions of Air Force MX Inter-Continental Ballistic
Missile (ICBM) launch control center.
University of Denver
(09/15/1981 - 11/23/1983) (class of 1984)
Denver, Colorado
United States
Degree: MBA - Major: Management
GPA: 3.2 Quarter Hours: 86
Masters of Business Administration.
8 quarter hours of quantitative methods (statistics) and 4 hours of
operations research (aka, industrial engineering).
Montana State University
(09/15/1976 - 06/04/1980)
Bozeman, Montana
Degree: B.S. ChE
GPA: 3.6 Quarter Hours: 212
Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering
Diverse engineering degree from a ABET accredited university. Have many
hours of advanced work. 24 quarter hours of advanced calculus, 16 quarter
hours of physics, 36 quarter hours of chemistry, 9 hours of thermodynamics,
11 hours of operations including hydraulics, 4 hours of statics and
dynamics, and 4 hours of electronic circuits.
Successfully completed and passed the written Engineer-In-Training (EIT)
from the State of Montana in June 1980.
Awards at Boeing-FCS, TVI, and Delco Promotions at Delco
Memberships in Mensa, IN2Thinking (IN2INdotorg) (aka, West Coast W. Edward
Deming practitioners), and INCOSE (International Council of Systems
Engineers).
Interests: Continuous Process Improvement, Six-Sigma Quality Assurance
(QA), Deming, Lean (Kaizen), and Theory of Constraints (alternative multi-
project management).
Formal industry class work: Theory of Constraints, Lean, Ethics, Security,
Constructive Changes, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK).
Personal library of texts from USC, Cal Tech, CSU Northridge and UW.
Analytic aptitude has been demonstrated by test to be beyond the 99th
percentile of the general population.
Intelligence aptitude has been demonstrated by test to be beyond the 98th
percentile of the general population.
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