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E-mail: ac0ifo@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 207-***-****

SENIOR OPERATIONS / PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Accomplished, hands-on, dynamic Senior Management professional with over 20 years proven successes managing complex government and commercial projects with budgets greater than $50Mil and extensive leadership experience directly managing teams and subcontractors up to 120 members.

EXPERIENCE

Program Manager

American Contract Group, North Andover, MA Oct 2014 – May 2016

Led Cobham Mission System’s Engineering (ENG), Manufacturing (MFR), Supply Chain (SC) and Overhead Cost Reduction Initiatives for the KC-46 Body Fuel Tank (BFT) system and organized and managed the transition of a multi-million-dollar program from an Engineering Manufacturing Design (EMD) to Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) (18 EMD tanks - with 2 for Qualification and 76 LRIP tanks).

•Established MFR, SC and ENG baseline and future cost projections, the foundation of the successful $400Mil+ omnibus contract renegotiation with Boeing.

•Spearheaded a 34% material cost reduction from initial EMD cost at completion and an additional 6% reduction from renegotiated LRIP estimate to complete costs.

•Exceeded LRIP renegotiated estimate to complete build - 38% reduction in labor hours from first LRIP tank.

•Worked with MFR Engineers, Planners and SC Commodity Buyers to develop and implement Part and Component scheduling and delivery, production manning and schedules and worked with Quality Assurance (QA) and ENG to enhance Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and tracked and coordinated Nonconformance (NC) mitigations.

•Developed and managed lowering recurring and non-recurring risk by 12% and expanding opportunity cost exposures by 21%.

•Supported monthly Contract Reviews, and led Production Readiness, Phase and Cost Reduction Initiative Reviews and various get it done meetings.

Deputy Program Director

HCL America, Denver, CO Mar 2014 – Oct 2014

Managed HCL’s functional design, development, testing and implementation for restructuring the Unemployment Insurance (UI) operating system, procedures and processes for Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and North Dakota (WyCAN), a four-state consortium.

•As part of the PMO, updated the Design Change Request (DCR) Process, Risk Management Plan (RMP), Standardized GAP Analysis Process Flow, HCL Iteration Change Control Procedures, Lessons Learned Tracking Document, and the UI Tax Integrated Management Plan and Master Schedule (IMP/IMS).

•Directed 3 UI Tax Scrum teams simultaneously conducting Sprint Backlogs, on schedule, at various stages of development that included requirements definition and gap analysis (storyboards, use cases and supplemental specs development), business process design, scenario development, configuration and customization, user and application reviews and user training and testing.

Management Consultant

Self Employed, Jay, ME Feb 2013 – Mar 2014

Planned, developed and organized a start-up Pilot Car (Escort for Oversize Load Movements) and Site Traffic Control Company supporting the gas and oil producer’s industry in southwest Pennsylvania.

•Identified business work environment and competition, company description, mission statement, policies and procedures, code of conduct, organizational structure, roles and responsibilities/job descriptions for key personnel, table of organizational equipment, recommended material purchases and pricing, and developed employee recruitment and training plans.

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Sr. Program Manager 3

Cogent Infotech Inc. Pittsburgh, PA Oct 2011 – Feb 2013

Led Maine’s Department of Labor (DOL) Bureau of Unemployment Compensation (BUC) cross-functional Information Technology (IT) projects, exceeding $16Mil.

•Developed Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Overpayment Detection and Case Management Software Request for Proposal, evaluation criteria, scoring sheets, and down selected candidates.

•Updated and submitted UI benefits and tax data reports with USDOL Data Population validation. On-time, with no discrepancies.

•Automated and enhanced the BUC’s ability to electronically exchange separation information from Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) and employers (SIDES).

•Implemented an E-Response, web services solution to conduct paperless UI Benefits enrollment, request and response procedures with TPAs and employers through a federally managed Central Broker system (SIDES 2).

•Transitioned Oracle based Benefits real time processes off problematic server to a Solaris 10 Operating System, upgrade existing backend processes, interfaces and converted databases, jobs, screens and reports to 11G.

•Initiated an IRS approved tax refund offset payment process to identify and collect unemployment compensation debts owed to Maine (TOPS PLUS) and develop and implement multiple cross match procedures and collection processes.

•Received DOL 2012 Teamwork Award

Associate, (Program Assurance)

SM&A Inc. Newport Beach, CA. May 2004 – Oct 2011

Provided integrated solutions tailored to address unique cost, schedule and performance challenges faced by large Aerospace and Defense corporations by integrating best practices for Program Planning, Control and Technical Management. Programs supported included:

Project Manager/ Responsible Engineer (Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD))

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I)/Sensors System Integrated Product Team (IPT), Huntsville, AL/Woburn, MA

•Managed Software (SW) and Hardware (HW) issue resolution for the Sea-based X-Band Radar (XBR) and Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) systems to support GMD compliance, and hand-off to the Navy, respectively.

•Led Raytheon’s classified UEWR Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Lab transfer from MA to CO. Completed effort $70,000.00 under budget, 3 weeks ahead of schedule and received 100% award fee.

•Managed SE&I’s XBR Early Integration Working Group Tiger Team; implemented system upgrades, ensuring system validation for Ground/Flight Testing (G/FT) of the GMD system.

•Coordinated GMD FT 3, 4-01 and GTI-03a (IGT-7) flight preparation.

Project Manager (VH-71 - US Presidential Helicopter Replacement)

AgustaWestlandBell, LLC. CEO, Reston, VA

•Led a 4-person team to develop and implement operational, programmatic and SE&I processes and controls for the new VH-71 replacement fleet.

•Developed Award Fee Management Plan and completed initial submission for a 94% rating.

•Developed the System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and supporting compliant annexes including System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) approach, QA, Configuration/Change Management (CM) and Risk Mitigation (RM) processes.

•Established and coordinated the IMP and IMS baselines.

•Designed and implemented horizontal and vertical organizational management processes and procedures for corporate, multi-national partners, IPTs and client coordination.

Proposal Technical Manager (USAF Special Ops Combat Search and Rescue-X Proposal)

Lockheed Martin Systems Integration (LMSI), SE&I, Owego, NY

•Ensured proposal compliance with system operating objectives, contract work breakout structure, system design and development process, production Statements of Work (SOW), proposal sections L and M, contract deliverable list, system and training requirements, A-specs and the IMP and IMS.

•Authored 8 modules for the Technical volume.

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Project Manager and Engineer IV (F-35-Joint Strike Fighter)

Lockheed Martin Aero (LMA), Harness & Interconnect (H&I) IPT, Ft Worth, TX

•Led revamp for LMA’s multi-national H&I IPT for the F-35 variants.

•Developed and implemented IPT IMP and IMS.

•Coordinated the design, production and delivery with a foreign supplier for approximately 270 wire harnesses and special cabling affecting over 9,000 signals per aircraft variant.

•Participated in test incident reporting, NC, QA, RM and CM processes at all board levels, ensuring designed system performance and verification.

•Implemented initial IPT Earned Value Management (EVM) practices within the LM corporate enterprise management system and identified areas to apply and manage metrics to track progress.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

•Radars SW/HW Principle/Responsible Engineer, Boeing IDS, 2008

•Enterprise Change Processing & Estimating System, Boeing IDS, 2006

•Proposal Author/Volume Lead, SM&A Inc., 2004

•Project Management Professional (PMP) Course, USSPACECOM (USNORTHCOM now), 1990

•Undergraduate Space Training Course, Lowry AFB, 1988

•BA, Psychology; The Citadel, Charleston, SC

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