Project Engineer

Luciano G. Castro

Management - Engineering

321-***-**** Experienced Project & Program

Management

********@***.**.*** Held Secret

Security Clearance

+ Project Management + Critical Analysis + Leadership & Supervision

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND CORE STRENGTHS

Project and Logistics engineer with over 15 years of experience in carrying

out projects through design, procurement, manufacturing, testing and

delivery within budget and scheduled goals. Worked on SMT Technology

production lines. Strong operational skills and ability to organize and

supervise personnel and resources in a fast-pace environment.

EDUCATION

University of South Africa, Pretoria, Masters of Business Leadership

(MBL),

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, Bachelors in Electronic

Engineering,

Brevard Community College, Cocoa, FL, Associate in Science and Arts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

L & S Telecoms, Inc. - Melbourne, FL

Logistics and Management Consultant. 2010 - Present.

. Developed Political, Economical, Sociological and Technological (PEST)

analysis for business opportunities in South America and Africa.

. Developed Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) plan and Logistics

Support Analysis (LSA) for initial and spare hardware provisioning.

. At international level, developed a Logistics and Marketing study to

introduce new telecoms products in South Africa.

ITT Industries. Patrick Air Force Base, FL

Project and Systems Engineer. 2002 - 2010.

. Technical leadership experience (cost, technical and schedule).

Baseline ownership, engineering team leadership, experience with all

phases of product life cycle.

. Worked with Program Managers, Systems and Logistics Engineers and

cross functional engineers to drive engineering development

activities.

. Conducted tasks that included Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

and Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).

. Participated in developing Bill of Materials (BOMs), Process flow and

Control Plans.

. Developed, monitored, updated and reported project execution costs to

upper Management.

. Mentor and coach less experienced engineers.

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Com-Net Ericsson, Boca Raton, FL

Regional Manager for Latin America. 1999 - 2001.

. Responsible for wireless critical communications products, VHF, UHF,

800 and 900 MHz.

. Participated in product planning, costing, budgeting and proposal

preparations.

. Participated in contract negotiations, distributorship, network

management and equipment warranty management.

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office, Excel, Power-Point, Outlook, Visio, Windows XP, and Internet

Applications.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, Spanish and French; conversant in German.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Project/ Program Manager. Based at Bremen, Germany, coordinated all

Spacelab activities between the European Space Agency (ESA) member

countries and MDAC-KSC. Conducted on-site surveys of ESA consortium

members, including software release audits, reviews of test equipment,

personnel skills, technical and repair procedures, training, manufacturing

and support capabilities, production schedules, supply and programmatic

operations. Successfully planned and implemented a 10-year spare program

for the Spacelab project in conjunction with ESA. Developed an excellent

working relationship with ESA and its respective contractors such as MATRA,

CIMSA-SINTRA, ALCATEL ESPACE (France), AEG, SEL, MBB-ERNO, MBB-Ottobrunn

(Germany), LABEN, MICROTECNICA, AERITALIA (Italy) Denmark's TERMA, and

England's BRITISH AEROSPACE.

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