Project Manager Engineer

James Walcher

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ****** *** *** ***

City: Huntington Beach

State: CA

Zip: 92647

Country: USA

Phone: 714-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $50,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Job History / Details:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

* Recognized expert Program Manager/Project Manager/Project Engineer in all facets of manufacturing program development and execution by program stakeholders across Boeing, Northrop, the Air Force, and numerous other supplier companies relative to the long list of successfully proposed, won, and executed space qualified Infra-Red focal plane detector array development programs and military aircraft (B-1, F-4, etc.) modification programs programs.

* As a highly valued resource to the Boeing organization with technical expertise in solid state physics technology with a double major B.S. degree in Physics and Mathematics, a M.S. in Solid State Physics, and a graduate Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership program from the University of Phoenix, his contributions have resulted in perfect program success score rates.

* 20 plus years of experience in the areas of program technical, cost, and schedule development and implementation with expert skills/experience that include strong leadership abilities and strengths in integrity, teamwork, ethical standards, unique organization abilities, forward thinking, self starter work ethic with tireless energy, all of which have resulted in high marks in the areas of change management, Earned Value Management System implementation, and risk management process implementation.

* Consistently demonstrates the ability to lead and manage large and diverse Integrated Product Teams while engaged in large, high value, complex, and often times multiple on-going projects which have always resulted in a continuous string of highly successful programs throughout his career to date.

* Regularly exceeds expectations in every undertaking.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE/CORE COMPETENCIES

Communication - Consistently and proactively clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; and follows a logical sequence that results in highly effective weekly upper management reviews, bi-weekly customer status presentations and technical design reviews.

Customer Focus - Makes customers and their needs a priority; develops and sustains productive, high-level customer relationships as they relate to complex and large scale projects; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs as evidenced on all his program government generated Contract Performance Assessment Reports.

Decision Making - Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of highly complex, advanced, and specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization, and with external customers. Determines whether actions are needed and effectively completed as evidenced by his high success rate of on-time completed internal and external customer generated program action items.

Planning and Organizing - Identifies more critical and less critical activities and assignments as they relate to very complex situations; effectively adjusts priorities when appropriate as demonstrated by highly effective developed schedules and their on-schedule accomplishments. Prepared Work Breakdown Structures, Statements of Work, detailed task descriptions, process instructions, quality assurance test points, cost estimates and rationales, and Cost Accounting Package work statements which consistently resulted in rapid, cost effective transitions from the proposal phases to contract implementations. Implemented Total Quality Management and Integrated Product Team concepts coupled with data base applications to provide unparalleled low cost proposals and cost savings on program executions.

Program Management - Demonstrated expertise in creating comprehensive schedules for extremely complicated projects, collaborated with internal and external customers on all assigned complex projects, demonstrated the ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as program manager/project leader in support of complex large-scale projects which consistently resulted in consistent program implementations relative to technical, schedule, and cost.

Budget Management - Expert knowledge and 25 plus years of experience in budget management/earned value management practices resulting in a continuous record of successful program executions.

Engineer Knowledge & Comprehension - Demonstrates the ability to communicate with technical personnel across a wide range of technical skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues impacting design, production, and support of products, services, or other deliverables in all daily program activities. Extensive experience in leading the development and presentation of technical design reviews, such as SRR, PDR, CDR, and other project status reviews for internal and external customers/stakeholders and management with minimal oversight.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS SUMMARY:

The Boeing Company - Long Beach, CA (1990-2012)

(1990-2003) Performed as Project Engineer/Program Manager for the Aerojet Photo-Conductive Module production program. Led the technical, financial and administrative functions of a team of 40-50 engineers and manufacturing production technicians that developed, fabricated, tested, and delivered 26 space qualified infra-red detector modules in accordance with MIL-Q-9858A production line quality assurance procedures ahead of schedule and under cost in support of the Defense Support Program. Performance also resulted in the development of applicable product test specifications and procedures. Subsequent performance as Project Engineer/Team Lead/Project Manager resulted in the successful proposal and execution of the Towed Decoy System ($350M) manufacturing production program which was completed with a stunning $3M cost underrun by identifying manufacturing cost saving initiatives throughout the program implementation. The TDS Production Program Team subsequently won the B-1B Lancer Award (Customer Achievement Award) in 2000 and was a nominee for the Silver Eagle Award in 2000, and again in 2003.

(2003-2006) As Project Engineering, duties included the proposal development of the Threat Situational Awareness System (TSAS) Spiral 1 Program ($34M) and the Vertical Situation Display Upgrade (VSDU) Program ($58M) which were subsequently successfully awarded to Boeing as a result of the best proposal offers.

(2006-2012) Performed as Project Engineer with responsibility for the proposal development of the B-1B Radar Reliability & Maintainability Improvement Program ($189M over 5 years) which resulted in Boeing winning the contract and Northrop as the major subcontractor. The program program was completed on cost, on schedule, and with all desired technical specifications achieved. Additionally, as a result of the positive program performance, related spin-off program extensions including the Modified Airworthiness Certification Critera effort, the Degree of Compliance Qualification Test Execution program effort, the Waveguide Switching Assemblies procurement, and the Roll Resolvers procurement were awarded to Boeing by the AF customer and successfully accomplished.

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership

University of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ

Master of Science: Solid State Physics

Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) -- Dayton, OH

Bachelor of Science: Physics and Mathematics (Double Major)

Southwest Texas State University -- San Marcos, TX

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Infra-Red (IR) Countermeasures

Georgia Institute of Technology- Atlanta, Georgia

Advanced Infra-Red (IR) Technology

University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, Michigan

Certified Manager (1 year training) Graduate

National Management Association

Other Significant Formal Training includes the following:

Art of Program Management

Systems Engineering

Advanced Systems Engineering

Total Quality Management (TQM)

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