Project Manager

Career Profile

Experienced and versatile Program Manager/Engineer possessing a strong

background in administration, operation and system management/engineering.

During my 26 years in the aerospace industry, focusing on Primary and

Secondary Avionics, I have successfully completed a number of projects, on

time and under budget for commercial, military and flight simulation

development programs. The complexity of each project required the constant

monitoring of both engineering efforts as well as financial concerns in

order to maintain the expected profit margins. Managing customer's

expectation, ensuring accurate schedules, assigning engineering resources,

risk mitigation and status reporting were part of my ongoing activity that

led to their successful completion. I have a strong and proven capability

in developing and implementing strategic business plans and interfacing

with the engineering and financial communities. I have been a member of

Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2004 and I am PMP certified.

Resourceful and energetic, I am able to analyze, interpret and deal with

today's rapidly changing business environment.

Employment History

Bombardier Aerospace August 2010 to October 2014

Civil Aircraft Manufacturer

Project Manager- Project Change Management (PCM) - CSeries

Primary& Secondary Avionics, Advanced Flight Deck Design

. Led Change-Management activities from initiation to engineering

implementation completion for a portfolio of Program Change Requests.

. Ensured timely presentation of changes to the Technical Review Board for

conclusive dispositions at various stages of the process.

. Chaired decisive Technical Integration Meetings involving internal

stakeholders and suppliers to ensure proposed solution is well defined

and understood by all parties.

. Reduced average turnaround time for a Program Change Request from

initiation to implementation by 35%.

. Prepared and updated comprehensive weekly reports using Key Performance

Indicators.

Project Manager -Project Planning and Risk Management (PPRM)- CSeries

Primary& Secondary Avionics, Advanced Flight Deck Design

. Reported to the Director of the Work Pack. I was responsible for managing

the development of the Primary Avionics and Fly-by-Wire Systems for the

CSeries. Which includes

o Flight Managements System (FMS)

o Flight Display System (FDS)

o Communication Systems (Comms)

. SATCOM

. Datalink

. Radio

. WIFI

o Autopilot

o Navigation

o EICAS

o PFCC (Primary Flight Control Computer)

o REU, IIM and MCU

o Control Surface Actuators

. Developed and managed program schedules using standard scheduling

applications.

. Coordinate daily activities related to project information flows

. Prepare and submit weekly and monthly reports

. Maintain the Document Management System

. Tracking deliverables.

o Interface with Suppliers - Rockwell Collins, 3rdparty, internal

. Managing action items database

. Project risk analysis and elaboration of risk mitigation strategies

. Verify and validate project information through system report

. Developed project WBS, Templates, schedule, model

. Developed, drafted and managed statements of work (SOW) and technical

statements of requirements (TSOR) relating to aircraft modification.

. Develop and implement business processes and related governance.

Sargent, A Dover Company (Contract) February 2009 to Sept 2009

Manufacture of Custom Engineered Products for Commercial/Military Aerospace

Industry

New Programs Manager - Sales and Marketing ( 8 Month Contract )

. Worked with marketing partners to enhance our overall business growth.

. Maintained revenue goal achievement through prospecting, networking and

developing relationships.

. Sought out and acquire new business while also maintaining relationships

and representing the company to external parties.

. Duties & Responsibilities:

o Cold call and respond to inquiries to acquire new accounts and

build the business

o Develop and deliver sales presentations face to face and via

telephone

o Communicate regularly with customers to develop long-term

relationships

o Network to develop relationships for future business prospects

o Meet and exceed sales goals as set by the Sales Manager

o Coordinate with other Sales Consultants to develop an effective

sales strategy

o Provide exceptional customer service

o Additional duties as assigned

o Support planning, operations strategies

Messier-Dowty (Contract) June 2004 to February 2009

Manufacturer of Commercial Landing Gear and actuator systems

Supply Chain Program Manager - North America

. Develop and maintain purchasing strategy

. Coordinated Engineering meetings involving internal stakeholders and

suppliers to ensure proposed solution is well defined and understood by

all parties.

. Liaise with supply chain members to maximize delivery reliability

. Continually improve supplier quality through the application of supplier

development techniques in conjunction with the Quality department

. Manage supplier performance

. Analyze, develop and implement long term agreements as per strategy

. Develop value-added suppliers, utilizing pre-processing, kitting, self-

inspection

. Manage the activities of facility buyers

. Manage purchasing costs, material standards, performance measures, and

any other projects as required.

. Support planning, operations strategies

CAE Inc. February 1989 to February 2004

Manufacturer of military and commercial simulators

Project Manager/Engineer December 2000 - February 2004

. Successfully led and managed assigned project teams, being accountable

for the achievement of the specification on time and within budget.

. This included systems such as:

o Electrical

o Power Plant

o Navigation

o Communications

. Radio

. SATCOM

. Mission Systems - P3C ( Military)

. Datalink - Data Encryption (Military)

. Sensors Systems - P3C (Military)

. IRDS

. Flight Systems

. Display Systems

. Etc..

. Was the contractual point of contact with our external customer - this

included negotiating and preparing change orders and pursuing business

opportunities relating to the contract.

. Successfully led the project team and coordinated the resources on

assigned projects.

. Produced and maintained a credible and achievable project plan based on

budgets and timescales agreed with team members, ensured that the plan

was communicated to all.

. Liaised with functional group leaders as necessary, ensuring that the

project was adequately resourced by people with appropriate skills and

experience.

. Established and managed all technical, financial, and commercial and

schedule risks on the project, producing containment and fallback plans.

. Initiated the project launch and established and controlled project

budgets, constantly reviewing the design solution and implementation and

identified savings in forecast expenditure and so improved project

margin.

. Led regular project reviews and produced monthly Project Status Reports.

. Ensured that the project technical specifications conformed to the

requirements of the contract.

. Led customer review meetings and managed the customer acceptance process,

ensuring that the product met all customer requirements.

. Established, developed and managed partnerships with prime and

subcontractors involved on the project.

. Contributed to the continued development of project management processes

and tools.

Senior Project Engineer January 1997 - December 2000

. Commanded a clear understanding of all technical requirements for

assigned projects.

. Ensured that all functional areas within engineering were responsive to

the allocation of technical requirements for assigned project. Controlled

and monitored the design process which created hardware and software

elements. Controlled and implemented internal design reviews during the

hardware and software development phases. Controlled all engineering

releases. Monitored all of the manufacturing issues during construction

and controlled any corrective measures deemed necessary to fulfill

technical requirements.

. Scheduled and coordinated hardware and software integration phase.

. Commanded a clear understanding of Hardware and Software Integration

(HSI) issues and implemented corrective measures for all HSI issues that

were not compliant to requirements.

. Provided technical expertise during subjective and objective evaluations

of training devices.

. Managed the resolution of all acceptance faults. Participated in

installations and final sell off of training devices. Coordinated and

reviewed technical/operational deliverables prior to submission to

customer. Responsible for training device from requirements to final

acceptance.

. Participated in Project Team Meetings (Weekly meetings with assigned

staff).

. Conducted Project Engineering Meetings (Monthly meetings with Engineering

Functional Managers)

. Supported Program Reviews (Monthly Program Reviews covering schedule &

financial)

. Customer Reviews (Authored, coordinated, and led presentations of formal

reviews with customers as required by assigned project).

Integration Specialist January 1996 - December 1997

. Performed all levels of software and hardware designs; utilizing

established engineering standards, to support training device

modification requirements.

. Installed, verified, and documented new / modified software / hardware

designs.

. Identified the need and assess the requirements for modifications to the

training device software and / or hardware to enhance realism or correct

discrepancies.

. Assisted members of the Technical Support staff in resolving complex

technical problems that require detailed knowledge of specific hardware

and software systems.

. Developed and conducted technical training courses related to area of

expertise.

. Designed, developed and documented operational, maintenance and

troubleshooting procedures.

Chief Technical Instructor/Customer Training 1994 - 1996

Technical Instructor/Customer Training 1991 - 1994

Project Coordinator/System Generation 1990 - 1991

Technical Staff Associate 1989 - 1990

Education

. D.E.C., Electrotechnology - Dawson College (1989)

Other Courses

. PMP

o Project Integration Management

o Project Scope Management

o Project Time Management

o Project Cost Management

o Project Quality Management

o Project Human Resource Management

o Project Communication Management

o Project Risk Management

o Project Procurement Management

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