Adam B. Hartman

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Active US Government Secret Clearance

Technical Director / Program Manager

Systems Engineering Technical Project Leadership Agile Development

Summary of Qualifications

Experienced, technically proficient program or project manager with proven ability to lead and motivate

technical teams to achieve increased efficiency and productivity through enhanced communications,

process and tool modernization, collaborative work estimates, team building, and personnel development.

Customer focused and quality focused, decisive problem-solver, assures all deliverables are completed on

budget and on schedule via hands-on management. Technical, leadership, and communication skills

merge to generate high quality work estimates and schedules, team trust, and understandable program

requirements and program status, to best satisfy US Navy, US Army, and DHS customers.

Spearheaded Engineering Agile Process Winning Proposal Capture Manager

Modernization & Communication Aids Full Life Cycle System Engineering Design

CMMI Level 5 Certification LOB Strategic Technology Road Map

Employment History

Technical Director / Program Manager Nov 1998 Sept 2011

DRS Technologies Inc.

Project Engineer (Technical Project Lead) Nov 1998 Aug 2005

DRS Technologies Inc.

Manufacturing Engineer Sept 1997 Oct 1998

Axcelis Technologies Inc

Graduate Research Assistant Sept 1995 May 1997

University of Illinois

Quality Assurance Engineer Jan 1995 Aug 1995

Mitsubishi Motors America

Professional Experience

DoD Command and Control (C2) System Development

Organized and directed a strategically critical 18 month IR&D effort to develop a fully capable, novel,

command and control system for border security operations.

Completed effort with 15 person engineering team within budget, while doubling benchmark

development efficiency metrics, and greatly exceeded technical goals and expectations.

Leveraged modern, open communication and process tools (Wiki, VNC, WebEx), increasing

collaboration and staff effectiveness while modernizing CMMI Level 5 processes.

Small Boat Market System Development and Marketing

Coordinated and led a two year, $6M project to design, develop, demonstrate, and field an enhanced

command and control system capability for SOCOM MkV.

Established user group relationships, goals, and design requirements as the primary customer interface.

Managed multi-disciplined, multi-location engineering development effort to generate novel hardware

and software solutions, and successfully field a demonstration system.

Navy Common Operator Console Development (IR&D)

Organized and led a critical IR&D project to design next generation Navy Operator Consoles.

Project initiation to operational prototypes in under 9 months, contributed to proposal success.

Established multiple proven competitive advantages in parallel with proposal theme (usability,

commonality, value) via innovative, team-oriented engineering design process.

Navy Advanced Operator Console Development (ICWS Program)

Led the full development life cycle for a new US Navy lightweight operator console.

Introduced cost savings of >45% and weight savings >30% through introduction of new composite

materials, thin client displays, and manufacturing process improvements.

Collaborated with Navy Labs and customer to conduct early HMI study leading to improved

ergonomics and usability of the prototype and final product.

OJ-451 Emulation Development and Integration (CNDi Program)

Coordinated and led the software and electrical engineering development, integration, transition to

production, integrated logistics, and test effort for the CNDi program.

Coordinated with the prime contractor (Lockheed Martin) and the Navy Development Lab (Dam

Neck) during the entire software development life cycle.

Maintained schedule and budget constraints while achieving all technical program objectives.

Transition to Production (MMA, Axcelis, DRS)

Launched the domestic production of the European model of the Mitsubishi Eclipse.

Coordinated and verified engineering changes and new model transition to production of the Axcelis

photostabilizer semiconductor production equipment.

Transitioned rugged Army and Navy flat panel displays and thin clients, along with several operator

consoles from engineering to production, coordinating between engineering and the manufacturing

center while maintaining configuration management and quality control.

Education

Master of Science of Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois, Urb-Champaign May 1997

Master of Business Administration University of Illinois, Urb-Champaign May 1997

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering University of Illinois, Urb-Champaign May 1994

Qualifications and Skills

Active US Government Secret Clearance

MS Project / MS Project Server, Earned Value Reporting, CMMI Level 5

[Agile] Scrumworks, WikiMedia, Shipley & Associates Proposal Development

Rational Requisite Pro, DOORS, WelcomRisk, Kepner Tregoe Problem Solving

Led and organized Employee Soccer Teams at Axcelis and DRS

Shodan (Black-belt) and first level instructor of Aikido

Key Words

SDLC, Agile Development, Scrum Master, Program Manager, Product Manager, Technical Director,

Project Engineer, Research and Development, Software Development, Aerospace, Defense, Army, Navy,

US Secret Clearance, MS Project, Earned Value, DoD, Systems Engineer, IR&D, Risk Management

Strong References Gladly Provided

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