Project Manager Engineer

ALI R. ROSTAMI

LI OSTAMI *****@***.***

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PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGER

ROJECT ROGRAM

Action-focused and solution-oriented leader who:

Drives organizations to substantially higher levels of performance

Provides forward-looking solutions, strategic, operational and financial leadership

Leads technical business improvements/transformations and increases stakeholder values

Focuses on internal/external customer service, integrity and responsiveness

EXPERTISE & SKILLS

XPERTISE

Continuous Improvement / Cost-Saving &

Project & Program Management

Values

Operations & Financial Management

Testing- Validation / Verification & Reporting

Strategic Planning & Analysis

Engineering Applications-Principles & Tools

Risk & Earned Value Management

Supplier Development & Material Selections

Lean Product Design & Development Process

International Market & Global Management

Lean Manufacturing & Production Support

Solution-Driven & Progressive (CAN-DO)

Attitude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MFH - Environmental Corp, Midwest Region - Emerging growth Environmental Company 2009 - Present

Privately held company servicing environmental remediation that specializes in the asbestos, lead and other hazardous materials

for governmental, industrial and commercial projects consist of time and material maintenance contracts.

"Project Manager" - report to the Vice-President and President

Responsible for planning, execution and closing of multiple projects, including creating and attainable project

objectives, scope, deliverables, building project requirements, and managing the constraints (cost-time-quality).

Develop and implement project plan, stakeholders, cross-functional team, risk management and quality plan to control

process, milestone, changes, cost, procurement, schedule, staffing, trouble-shooting and conflict resolution.

Champion and lead as an internal consultant within technology and business groups to re-engineer technical processes

for greater efficiency and provide direction to less experienced technical project management staff.

Manage and monitor engineering designs, blueprints, bids & estimates (cost and production), procurement, material

and equipment selections, supply chain, inventory & logistics and sales of components, devices, and residuals.

PALL AEROPOWER CORPORATION, New Port Richey, Florida - Aerospace / Defense / Marines 2006 - 2009

$2.2 billion Aerospace Company (NYSE:PLL) is a filtration, separation and purification leader providing solutions to meet the

critical fluid management needs for commercial and military aircraft, helicopters, military vehicles and ships.

“Engineering Manager" - reported to the VP-Engineering, SVP-Sales & Marketing and President

Responsible for operations (Design/Drafting, IT/Programming, Qualification/Validation-Labs, Technical-Writing/

Orders, Administrative), Technical Staff (52), Hardware/Software and Capital Expenditures ($1.5 million annually).

Completely turned around and restructured an outdated Lab facility & re-assigned staff. Used strategic planning and

internal controls to expand and update equipment and automation to reduce delivery time and rework/waste by 25%.

Expanded and updated the Hardware/Software with new equipment and effective engineering programs and tools.

Instrumental in establishing an advanced automation in technical writing capability by creating in-house

programs/templates, which resulted in 35% overall improvement in on-time delivery with an impressive 3% defects.

Prepared and implemented personal development planning and standards operating-procedures systems and all

appropriate regulatory requirements and industry practices for both Commercial and Military applications.

BOEING- Military C17-GlobeMasterIII Airplane Facility, Long Beach, California contract 2006

$350 billion commercial, defense, space and security aerospace and aeronautical company is a recognized leader in providing

and supporting large-scale systems that combine sophisticated communications networks with air-land-sea and space-based

platforms for military, government and commercial customers around the world.

“Project Modification-Retrofit Program Development Specialist" - reported to Department Manager & USAF

Managed the financial, applicable technology, certification, and schedule performance of revenue-producing

modification programs of C17-Airplanes such as, Kit-Configuration notices, master changes, avionics upgrades, and

major modifications within cost limitations, established standards and customer schedules (US-UK-AU Air Force).

Coordinated proposal preparation, statements of work and specifications, estimates of product and service costs,

negotiation, and administration of contracts in compliance with Boeing & AS-9001Quality Management Systems.

Directly interfaced with customers and suppliers in the performance of program functional tasks including design and

service engineering, certification, contractual and business operations, service bulletins, spares procurement,

manufacturing and technical publications quality control.

Responsible for continued modification projects for new, in-service, and out-of-production airplanes, utilizing project

management, logistics processes including spares, technical orders, Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTO),

kitting, Cost Accounting Management (CAM) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS).

NICKOLAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY, El Paso, Texas 2002 - 2006

Former $25 million conglomerate of three (3) business units; Environmental clean-up, Services and Construction.

“Project Manager - Business Analyst” - reported to VP-Operations

Managed multi-million dollars environmental hazards control projects for commercial, residential, government (EPA),

and industrial agencies throughout the Southwest. Sustained at remarkable rate of 70%.

Conducted on-going business development, marketing & sales, strategic planning, cost analysis, supply chain &

development, inventory & logistics, and presentations to engineers, executives, and suppliers to develop, promote,

improve and support sales of products and services.

Managed & supervised personnel in a labor-management partnership environment with mentoring, training, job

description-instruction, personal development, scheduling, work flow, and payroll.

DELPHI – Automotive Systems, Mexico Technical Center – Juarez, Mexico 2000 - 2002

$52 billion is a leading global supplier of electronics and technologies for automotive, commercial vehicle and other market

segments. Operating major technical centers, manufacturing sites and customer support facilities in 32 countries.

“Product Design & Project Engineer" - reported to Product Development Manager

Directed and coordinated design and development of HVAC products for the global OEM automotive industry.

Utilized structured product development process (PDP) to execute systematic requirement objectives from concept to

prototype to production and after-market in collaboration with customers and suppliers.

Evaluated and approved design changes, specifications, tolerances, drawing releases, suppliers’ quality development,

and design/process validation using DOE, FMEA, PFA, and project reports.

Deployment champion for the Innovation & Continuous Improvement Methodologies (I&CIM) of design and

modification, which resulted in significant saving of $250,000 for equipment / tooling and $2 million in materials &

manufacturing processes during 10 years of production and aftermarket.

“Industrial Engineer”– (Math Modeling-Simulation & Process Engineer) - reported to Group-Leader & Dept. Manager

Supported the Global-Manufacturing-System-Engineering in implementing tools and technologies (e-Solutions

DELMIA & Ergo), which promoted proactive design and improvement of lean/agile manufacturing processes.

Utilized Systematic Layout Planning (SLP), Tech-Optimizer, Value-Stream, MOST work measurement,

Shainin & Kaizen techniques to generate and document layout alternatives, which resulted in remarkable headcount

reduction of 17 people, 5% reduction of waste, 9% less re-work, 11% increase in productivity, and elimination of

weekend shifts for 5 production assembly lines.

As a quality coordinator, maintained all controlled documents and procedures for ISO-9001, QS-9000, TS-

16949, revised Manufacturing Processes and Materials Specifications for the entire Global Manufacturing System

Group.

TRW – Automotive Body Control Systems, Winona, Minnesota 1996 - 2000

$17 billion is the global leader in automotive safety and among the world's largest automotive suppliers and one of the top

financial performer in the industry, supplying more than 40 major vehicle manufacturing and 250 nameplates.

“Product Design Engineer” - reported to Design Engineering Manager

Designed and supplied complete electro-mechanical control systems of HVAC (Driver-Control Modules, Actuators,

Panels), ranging from manual to fully automatic multi-zoned controls, Rain and Light Sensors, Instrument Panels, and

Transmission-Position-Sensor-Switches for OEM-Automotive Industry (USA & International Market).

Utilized SDRC-Ideas solid modeling 2D-3D, detailing per ASME-Y14.5 standards, ANSI-ISO geometry dimensioning and tolerances

GD&T assembly, surfacing, FEA, ANSYS, sheet metal, modeling translation to IGES.

Verified and validated product functionality and quality utilizing many engineering productivity tools such as, DFMEA-PFMEA-

SFMEA, FEA/FEM, DVP&R, APQP, PPAP, BOM, ECO, RCT, MRP, PDM, PPM, CMM, mathematical tolerances analysis, and

conducted feasibility studies using SPC, Cp-Cpk, DOE, VA/VE.

Researched extensively to establish proper material selections and specifications such as polymers, composites, injection-molded

plastics, sheet metals, cad electrolysis nickel plating, and electronic packaging (IC-PCB-SMT).

EDUCATION - TRAINING & SERVICES

DUCATION RAINING

Quality Management Systems - Deployment Champion (ISO-9001 / QS-9000 / TS-16949 / AS-900*-****-****

Master of Business Administration (MBA-Global Management), University of Phoenix….(Distinction 2003

Six Sigma, Innovation & Continuous Improvement Methodology, IPD-IPM, Solid-Edge Modeling 2001-2002

Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application (DELMIA), Motion & Time Study (MOST 2000

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University.…(Dean-List / VP-ASME 1994

Leadership & Empowerment - Guest Speaker & Moderator at WellsFargo, Bally-Fitness, United-Way, Target, Sams

Board Member & Community Services-School District (former),YMCA (former),Youth Soccer Coach & Facilitator

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