Management Engineering

Michael Fox

Email: abpsk8@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Eagan

State: MN

Zip: 55123

Country: USA

Phone: 651-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

I wish to confront challenging, multi-disciplinary problems requiring analytical tools, business strategy, and workplace psychology in Project Engineering, Engineering Management, or Management consulting.

Educational Background:

Master's Degree (MA, MS) from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 9/2005 to 8/2011 (Master of Science in Industrial & Systems

Engineering

Master of Science in Mechanical

Engineering)

Other Postgraduate Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJ 1/2008 to 12/2009 (Certificate of Special Study in Systems

Engineering and Architecting

)

Bachelor's Degree (BA,BS) from Cornell University, Ithaca NY 9/1999 to 5/2003 (Concentration in Mechanical Systems and

Biomechanics

Bioengineering Minor)

Job History / Details:

MICHAEL T. FOX

1343 Sigfrid St E, Eagan, MN 55123 651-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/mtfox

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT/SYSTEMS ENG CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

One year management consulting experience achieving buy-in for Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), then implementing and training associated PM strategies.

Eight years multi-discipline engineering experience throughout product life-cycle in a complex and highly-regulated market.

Advocate of philosophy of management strategies like Theory of Constraints, Lean/Six Sigma, Quality Engineering, Total Quality Management, and Human Resource Management.

Passionate believer in continuing education * including two technical master 's degrees and a wealth of career-based training tailored for technical leadership.

Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interact at all levels within the organization.

Proficient in many workplace and engineering software suites including Microsoft Office, Adobe, and engineering analysis, simulation, management, statistics, and drafting packages.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Realization Technologies Inc., San Jose, CA

Senior Implementer 2011 2012

Coaching, design, and implementation of CCPM strategies in a 7000-person organization. Results by project type:

Type 1: cycle-time reduced from 102 to 69 days prompting receipt of the 2012 government Operations Excellence Award.

Type 2: 20% improvement in employee productivity.

Type 3: WIP reduction from 31 to 22 and cycle-time reduction from 130 to 100 days.

All: aggregate late days reduced by 97% (FY11: 6830 days, FY12: 200 days).

Solution design and process training in New Product Development resulting in 50% project throughput increase during a pilot program and contract extension for a full-organization implementation.

Designed and conducted training for CCPM management processes, network building consultation, and software implementation with a $1B-rev Singapore-based oil exploration, installation, and engineering company * supporting viable vision TOC implementation.

Sales investigations, analysis, and solution design on four occasions * to date, two have been converted to finalized sales.

Co-lead of in-house software/process R&D effort resulting in a new release of Concerto CCPM software and development of new consulting implementation plan.

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Eagan, MN

Lead Mech Eng, Lean/6-Sigma Green Belt, Ops Liaison Eng 2004 2011

Consistently under-ran design budgets and benefitted operations with design-for-manufacture and installation knowledge that reduced production rework and late lifecycle changes.

Produced prototypes for a DARPA demonstration which won Lockheed a follow-on contract targeting a 50,000 unit production run.

Developed a management plan for communication between five Lockheed sites conducting five programmatic activities (program management, system design, detail design, manufacture, and installation).

Designed management databases for program coordination across multiple company locations. I have been sought to enact similar infrastructure for every Eagan P3 program since (six instances).

Achieved status of operations and automation subject-matter expert (SME).

Architectural Testing Incorporated, St. Paul, MN

Test/Field Engineer 2003 2004

Conducted lab and third-party field testing for installation and design of windows and doors resulting in design feedback, market certifications, and litigation resolution.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 2012

Master of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 2011

Certificate of Special Study in Systems Engineering and Architecting

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 2009

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2003

Concentration in Mechanical Systems and Biomechanics

Bioengineering Minor

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) 2011

Green Belt Certification, Lean Processes and Six Sigma Capability 2005

Earned Value Management (EVM) and Cost Account Management (CAM) 2005

Configuration and Data Management Professional Certificate 2004

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

Organizational Development: Organizational Studies, Business Psychology

Project Management/Quality Engineering: Theory of Constraints (TOC), Total Quality Management, Baldridge Criteria, Human Resource Management, Design of Experiments, Process Control and Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma Tools

Systems Engineering: Conceptual/Architectural Design, Design For X, Voice of Customer

Mechanical Engineering: Computer-Aided Engineering

Industrial Engineering: Optimization, Linear Programming, Decision Analysis, Stochastic Modeling and Simulation

AFFILIATIONS:

American Red Cross, Volunteer CPR/PR Instructor

DOD Secret Security Clearance (Reissued in 2009)

Eagan Fire Department, Fire/Rescue, Community Service (2002-2008)

Emergency Medical Technician, Minnesota, New York, and National Registry (2002-10)

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