Manager Program

Personal Resume for Terence Barker

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Rural Hall, North Carolina 27045 Cell: 661-***-****

Senior Program Manager – Consultant

Key Words:

Program management, consultant, contractor, large and small scale commercial and military programs, aerospace projects, proposals, negotiations, design, development, test and certifications, production manufacturing through delivery, budget, schedule, mentor, integration, integrated project teams, interpersonal relationship skills, stop light tracking, communications, customer interface, direct report management, resource performance appraisals, new product introduction, high volume manufacturing, data item management and customer and internal reporting to senior management level.

SUMMARY:

30 years as a Senior Program Manager engaged in the successful management of domestic and international R & D aerospace, naval ship building, NASA related satellite projects and off shore military co-production programs. Last 15 years as a SPM on commercial aircraft executive seating and seat control programs.

Examples:

Senior Program Manager (SPM) Consultant at ITT Aerospace Controls (Enivate Division), Valencia, California with full responsibility for the design, development, certification and production deliveries of seat actuation systems for the High Speed China Railway VIP seats.

SPM management at ITT of several commercial aircraft seat actuation systems installed on B/E Aerospace business and first class seating projects.

SPM at Crane Aerospace, Burbank California with full responsibility for the management of multiple actuator control systems installed on B/E Aerospace business and first class seating projects.

SPM at B/E Aerospace Seating Products Group, Winston-Salem NC assigned to the JAL B747 Lie Flat seat design, development, test and certification. Placed in Kilkeel, Ireland to manage startup of production and delivery of seats to Japan Airlines in Tokyo.

Have worked with the following customers; Weber Aircraft, Britax, B/E Aerospace and Avio Interiors. Airline customers were Delta Airlines, Swissair, Etihad Airways, Air Italia, Qatar and Air Canada.

Extensive program(s) interface with Boeing Commercial Airplane Company and Airbus Industries.

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Consultant – Senior Program Manager – ITT Enivate

October, 2010 to February, 2013 (2 years 5 months) Valencia, California.

Hired by the GM to participate and manage the transfer of this project from Cleveland, Ohio to Valencia, California. This included the management of an integrated project team involved in the expedited startup of production capability and high rate deliveries of the seat actuation systems to China in support of their high speed railway seating program.

Senior Program Manager – Crane Aerospace and Electronics

July, 2005 to August, 2010 (5 years, 1 month), Burbank, California.

Responsible for the design, development certification and delivery of multiple executive seating actuator control systems that were installed on Boeing B767, B777 and B757 aircraft. Also systems that were installed on Airbus A330, A340 and A380 aircraft. Extensive “hands on” projects which required working at the production floor level through to the senior management levels.

Management of Change of Scope issues netted an additional $175 K in revenue for the company.

Senior Program Manager – Regent Aerospace

July, 2004 to July, 2005 (1 year), Valencia, California.

Employed by this company to set up and improve their United Airlines flight station seating retrofit and repair program. Improved turn times on the floor using Kaizen and Kanban stations to improve turn times for seats from 72 days to 7 days. Short assignment period with this company was due to an offer of employment being received from Crane Aerospace.

Senior Program Manager – B/E Aerospace.

August, 1999 to June, 2004 (4 years and 10 months), Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Managed several types of business class and first class seating programs which ultimately delivered to Boeing and Airbus for their aircraft product lines. Largest program managed was the JAL B747 Lie Flat seat which was at the cutting edge of seat design at the time. Seat ultimately won the design award for excellence from the Chicago Athenaeum - Museum of Architecture and Design.

Also included the on-time delivery of two major JAL seating programs for their B767 and B777 aircraft.

Project Manager – Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company.

July, 1998 to August, 1999 (1 year and 1 month), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Off site manager stationed at the Qantas Air Base in Sydney, NSW with full responsibility for a flight management upgrade to the RAAF C-130J fleet. I had 30 direct reports with tight schedule requirements from the customer. The first of type C-130 was completed on schedule and on budget. I left Boeing to return home to the USA following an offer of employment from B/E Aerospace.

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Flight Management System Program Manager - Honeywell, Australia.

November, 1997 to July, 1998 (8 months), Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Development of an Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) FMS system in Indonesia.

The project was on budget and schedule but the IPTN closed all projects due to the country’s financial issues. My project was the only program that received the full NRE payment after this country wide closure.

Platform Project Manager - ADI Pty Ltd. (now Thales)

June, 1996 to November, 1997 (1 year and 5 months) Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Management responsibility for an engineering, logistics and subcontracts group with full responsibility for the design, development, procurement and production support of the basic Huon Class mine hunter ship (first of type).

Re-planned the entire layout of this department into an IPT concept. Also held the title of Cost Account Manager for a $183 million budget. First ship launched ahead of schedule and under budget.

Recommendations: Quotations taken from my Linked In Account, https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=17820143&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile;

Ash Green

Director of Engineering at ITT Aerospace Controls

“Terry has an extensive background and skillset that he draws on to provide excellent service & support to internal and external customers alike. In the program management role at Crane, Terry always provided me with forthright feedback on my team’s performance, assisted where he could, and kept my team apprised of customer status; he was a valuable asset in supporting excellent customer relationships”

October 23, 2008, Ash worked with Terence at ITT and Crane Aerospace & Electronics Company

Irfan Khan, MS, PMP

Engineering Project Manager at Zodiac Aerospace

“Terry is organized and detail oriented in accomplishing all Program Related tasks. He has a pleasant personality and winning attitude which allows him to establish deep rooted relationships with his customers. I highly recommend Terry for a Program Manager position in order to make an organization successful”.

November 4, 2008, Irfan worked with Terence at Crane Aerospace & Electronics Company.

Kevin Wright

Senior Vice President, Strategy, Sales and Marketing at Meggitt Control Systems

“I was always impressed with Terry's focus on supporting the customer. He was a true advocate for them within Crane and held us to very high standards of performance. He can be credited for turning some challenging situations into win-wins and hence positioning us for future business opportunities. I can recommend him highly”.

January 22, 2009, Kevin managed Terence indirectly at Crane Aerospace & Electronics Company.

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Kevin Manie Project Manager/General Manager, ADI Ltd.

Independent Defense & Space Professional

“Terence's performance as the Platform Project Manager was outstanding. The Platform program had few issues and generally was on-time with all of its many elements. Terence's management of his large multi-disciplined group at all times provided the program managers with excellent visibility of progress; both technical and financial and we were aware of a smooth functioning team with no personnel issues. Terence was an excellent people-manager. His management style is measured and unemotional and he allows members of his team to take the lead in their own areas of expertise through sensible delegation of responsibilities under his authority”.

“I would have no hesitation in endorsing Terence for similar work”.

August 30, 2009, Kevin managed Terence indirectly at ADI Ltd.

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