Manager Engineer

RICHARD GADSON

Goose Creek, SC *****

813-***-**** *********@***.*** LinkedIn URL

SUMMARY

Top-performing manager with more than 25 years of extensive diverse leadership experience in

Engineering, Manufacturing, Contracts and Acquisition management. Action, results, and team

oriented with consistent record of exceeding standards and expectations in complex technical

environments. Excellent business, communication, and leadership skills uniquely combined with

interpersonal, analytic, and technical strengths. Expertise includes:

• Acquisition Manager • Government-Contracts

• Contracts Manager (SOCOM and CECOM)

• Six Sigma

• Manufacturing Program Manager

• TS/SCI-Clearance

• Test Engineer

• Level Il Program Management

DAWIA-Certified

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Defense Acquisition, Inc., MacDill AFB, Florida

Senior Engineer Acquisition Analyst 3/2011 - Present

• Coordinates test and evaluation strategies, test and evaluation master plans (TEMPs), test concepts,

and test plans as well as certifying annual test and evaluation (T&E) budgets.

• Supports development and execution of (T&E) processes, standards, methods and techniques.

• Developing and implementing program plans, acquisition milestone documentation, and preparing

related acquisition documentation, briefs for program executive decisions and Milestone approvals.

• Providing timely and correct acquisition advice to the Project Officer; serving as the Assistant Project

Officer and participant in Integrated Product Teams. Formulate and coordinate procurement

proposals, oversee contract administration, and handled interaction with Customers to provide proper

contract acquisition and fulfillment services.

Raytheon (Defense Communications Systems), Largo, Florida

Contracts Manager 2005 – 2/2011

• Prepared proposals, participated in contract negotiations, oversaw contract administration, and

handled interaction with SOCOM to provide proper contract acquisition and fulfillment services.

• Led negotiations for a 15M repair contract with CECOM which resulted in an 8% profit.

• Examined estimates of material, equipment services, production costs, performance

requirements, and delivery schedules to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Performed and oversaw millions of dollars of complex contracts for procurement and

engineering service, including professional design services and maintenance contracts.

• Coordinate and perform contract close-out actions and maintained a close working

relationship with financial analysts.

• Strong knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), problems solving, and assistance to Program Managers

in achieving their financial and performance goals and objectives.

• Reviewed and responded to Request for Proposals (RFP) maintenance and services

including the acceptance of FAR and DFAR resulting in over 50M dollars in contracts.

Manufacturing Program Manager 1995 - 2005

• Led successful acquisition and then turn around of $40M Airborne and Ground Radio

program. On-time delivery improved from 12% to 90% in six months.

• Created forecasting process to fill customer expected lead-time to Operations lead-time

gaps. Action resulted in On-time delivery increasing from 67% to 92% in seven months.

• Successfully implemented staffing, training of 76 employees (8 salaries and 68 supports)

for startup of production line.

• Received first Special Recognition Award site for successfully transitioned an Airborne

and Ground Radio program from design to mainline production two month ahead of

schedule and 20% under budget.

• Automated time-consuming functions and evaluated and streamlined overall processes,

which increased production capacity 50%.

• Used six sigma tools to analyze manufacturing problems, determined corrective actions

and implemented recovery plan.

• Implemented procedures to monitor product and process quality in real-time, which

allowed operators to detect, correct and prevent process variations that caused defects.

• Responsible for managing over 20 Overhaul & Repair Product Lines, which includes

implementing procedures, metrics, costs control, and tracking tools to process repair

items.

• Implemented schedules to assemble and test over 900 hundred Airborne and Ground

Radios.

• Initiated cost reduction program that saved $2.7M within first 2 years of implementation.

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Senior Test Engineer 1991 - 1995

• Transitioned and Implemented 5M automated test stations and burn in chambers on

schedule and 23 % under budget.

• Managed high frequency receiver radio projects with the responsibility for developing

and implementing schedules and bids.

• Implemented test equipment transition plans for the facility site.

• Represented the test engineering discipline and assess product risk on Independent Gate

Review Teams.

Electrical Engineer 1985 - 1991

• Designed test fixtures and wrote software for automatic test station to test circuit boards.

• Implemented test procedures for radios and power supplies.

• Aligned, test, troubleshot modules for receiver-transmitter radios.

• Provided technical support to production line, test lab, design engineering, drafting,

quality engineering, vendors, and customers.

• Implemented test station and test fixtures drawings onto computer Aided Design (CAD).

EDUCATION

Ed.D., Education, Organizational Leadership / Conflict & Resolution

NOVA Southeastern University, North Miami Beach, Florida

MBA, Business Administration

Saint Francis University, Fort Wayne, Indiana

B.S., Electrical Engineering

• South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina

Accreditations

• TS/SCI Clearance

• Level II Program Management DAWIA Certified

• Certified in Conflict & Resolution

• Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist

• Raytheon Business Leadership and Strategic Leadership

• Big Brother/Big Sister

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

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