Engineer Manager

CHRISTOPHER LESLIE

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AEROSPACE TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER / PROJECT ENGINEER

( Successful Program Management ( Complex Systems Design and Development

( Management of Multi-disciplined International Project Teams ( Military

DOD and Commercial Programs / Contracts ( Bids and Proposals for New

Business Development ( Requirements Management / Systems Engineering (

Excellent Communications ( Customer Centric ( Language Skills ( Military

Leadership Skills ( Security Clearance

Highly successful, dedicated Program Management Professional with proven

success in Design and Development for the Aerospace industry. Hands on,

working manager with broad knowledge and ability to communicate with all

engineering disciplines and other functional teams to accomplish program

objectives. Successfully managed each phase of product design and

development from bids and proposals, requirements definition, design and

development, qualification, and sustainment phases. Focused on needs of

internal and external customers and meeting program objectives and

milestones in an efficient manner. Experienced with earned value and

performance tracking and reporting to senior management. Creative problem

solver with a team engaging and collaborative management style. Strong

work ethic combined with a commitment to excellence in achieving short- and

long-term corporate objectives.

Career Highlights

> Program Customer Milestone Critical Delivery: Division Level

Recognition and Bonus Award received for taking ownership of and

meeting a major customer milestone on a troubled program where previous

program manager had resigned. Worked 3 weeks straight with project

team to implement technical solution to pull in development schedule

and support internationally publicized ARJ-21 Jet customer first

flight. Upgraded hardware with new design solutions arrived with

customer days before the first flight rather than months late. First

flight occurred on schedule and our company avoided penalties and

received positive feedback from customer executive leadership. [Eaton

Corp: COMAC Advanced Regional Jet 21 Cockpit Panel and Dimming

Controller Program]

> Successful Bid on 20 Million Dollar Contract: Key participant in

proposal team for new Asian commuter jet program. Parlayed successes

and excellent rapport on customer's previous program to provide a high

confidence bid to the customer on a hybrid digital/analog cockpit panel

system. Winning bid provided strategic market position for our

company. [Eaton Corp: COMAC C919 Jet Cockpit Panel and Dimming

Controller Program.]

> Military Program Turnaround: Over the course of 9 months, increased

customer score card rating by 100% on critical military helicopter

cockpit control panel program where previous program manager and

project engineer had resigned. Led project team to expedited

resolution of product qualification challenges in order to support

critical customer ground test activities.[Eaton Corp:Navy /Sikorsky CH-

53K Cockpit Panel, Dimming Controller Program]

> Successful Cost Savings: Supported significant cost out activities on

legacy programs by working with other functions on executing both

alternate vendor development, process improvement, and manufacturing

labor efficiency initiatives. Gains provided direct financial impact

as well as improved position to bid on new small component projects

that were previously assumed to have low profit margins. [Eaton Corp:

Legacy Products]

> Contract Scope Change Management: Supported design and implementation

of late breaking customer changes of scope. Implemented changes in a

timely manner that supported customer system certification milestones.

Negotiated scope change cost impact proposals to customer that resulted

in significant revenue for additional Non Recurring Engineering work

[Eaton Corp: SAGEM Pedestal Flight Control Lighted Panel / Plate

Program]

> Joint Service DOD Project Management. Introduced and managed a joint

system for the Air Force and Navy program offices to prioritize

aircraft hardware and software problems on shared aircraft platforms.

Improved system to regularly to have defense contractor suppliers best

allocate resources for resolution of high importance issues.

[Department of Defense: Joint Service Failure Reporting and Corrective

Action Systems FRACAS]

> Leadership: Received unit and personal recognition for leadership

while serving as a Non Commissioned Officer with expeditionary

logistics team during operations in Iraq. Later received promotion to

Commissioned Engineering Officer. [Air Force: Expeditionary Logistics,

Navy: Engineering ]

CHRISTOPHER LESLIE

Education, Certifications, Training:

-MBA through Keller Graduate School of Management 2010. Sigma Beta Delta

Honor Society (3.9 GPA)

-MS in Systems Engineering at Naval Post Graduate School - (In Progress

Est. Grad 2014)

-BS/ BS in Mechanical / Aeronautical Engineering / Japanese minor from

University of California. 1999

-PMP Certification from Project Management Institute. 2005

-Project Management Certifications through Boston University (Schedule,

Cost, Scope, Risk, EV Mgt.) 2006

-Formal Technical training in Flight Test Engineering at National Test

Pilot School 2002. Pilot License 2003.

-Military Reserve Officer with formal leadership, technical, and team

development training.

-Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Certification 2008

-Defense Acquisition Certifications (DAWIA) in Program Management and Test

and Evaluation 2004

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

EATON Corp. Cockpit Control Panel System, Dimming Controller, and

Aerospace Switch Supplier

Technical Program Manager / Project Engineer

5/2007 to Present

> Successfully managed multiple complex cockpit system design and

development programs to completion. Led and coordinated Multi-

Disciplined, International, and Multi-Functional Projectized Matrix

teams. Smoothly worked with functional areas such as Supply Chain,

Manufacturing, Quality, Customer Service, Sales, Finance, and OpEx.

> Actively managed each phase and milestone of product development from

proposal, requirements definition and systems engineering, design and

development, qualification, production, and sustainment. Managed all

major program milestones including RFI response, Bids and Proposals,

NBR, PDR, CDR, Design Reviews, TRR, QTP, QTR, Ground Test Light Off,

First Flight, Flight Test, Production Launch, Contract Scope Changes,

Sustainment.

> Extensive experience with Aerospace environmental and electrical/EMI

qualification testing per DO-160, DO-178 software, DO-254, and Mil

Standards. Experienced with military lighting standards for normal and

NVIS lighting.

> Coordinated Labview Based Test Equipment Designs and Build Activities.

Understanding of COTS Test Equipment

> Actively utilized risk management methodology such as Design for Six

Sigma, FEA / Thermal / Electrical Simulations and Modeling, and Design

Validation Testing to mitigate schedule and cost risk to the programs.

> Tracked Program Schedule and Budget Performance with Earned Value

metrics in an efficient manner.

> Excellent communications skills with program stakeholders and both

technical and non-technical audiences.

> Cost reduction measures. Infrastructure improvement, Kaizen, Value

Stream Mapping, Continuous improvement.

> Solid experience with MS Project and all MS Office tools.

DOD. Joint Program Deficiency Reporting Database and Process Projects

Technical Project Manager - FRACAS/DRACAS

5/2004 to 5/2007

> Responsible for the successful implementation, evaluation, and

management of deficiency reporting processes and databases for joint

aircraft development programs. Worked with all major aircraft

subsystems and components and their suppliers. Active Liaison with

military users, contractor suppliers, and DOD acquisitions /contracts.

> Introduced new system for the Air Force and Navy program offices to

merge legacy service specific processes to efficiently prioritize

aircraft hardware and software problems/solutions. New process avoids

duplication of effort.

DOD. Aircraft Platform Reliability Management Center

5/2002 o 5/2004

Aircraft Reliability Engineer Planning, acquiring, analyzing, and

reporting reliability test data for military aircraft.

United Technologies. Military Missile Programs

7/1999 to 2/2002

Test Engineer -Executed environmental and stress testing of military

missile components.

Military Reserves. Navy Engineering, Air Force Logistics, Marine Aviation

Support 3/1993 to Present

Commissioned Officer - Engineering, Leadership, Aviation Support, UAV/UAS,

Prototypes, Radar, EW.

Solectron. High Volume Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing

6 to 9/1997, 6 to 9/1998

Associate Manufacturing Engineer - Six Sigma Statistical Process Control.

PCB documentation and processes.

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