Manager Engineer
Resume:
ORDAN T. CARLETON
Professional Experience
Program
Management
Self-driven business manager leading multi-disciplinary, international teams – including engineering, marketing, sales, and operations – who sets concise goals, establishes data-driven priorities, addresses international & cultural complexities, and through positive-influence, productively resolves conflict.
Profit and loss (P&L) accountability on business portfolio, leading corporate-level financial reporting with internal leadership and external auditors.
Turned-around two of the division's largest and most visible programs – one as a subcontractor to a Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rated Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) program, the other a strategic corporate international customer – instituting a new organizational structure, assigning explicit accountability positions, and setting unambiguous deliverables.
Conceived out-of-the-box contract modification for a significantly at-loss program which eliminated future financial liabilities while also addressing new customer technical needs.
Developed metrics and tools to enable data-driven decision making and to support attaining annual operating plan targets, profitability, and staff plans.
Defined technical strategy and scoped the corresponding trade space for program portfolio while ensuring comprehensive and complete functional specifications.
Proactive risk manager; avoided $23M in redesign and missed production costs by leveraging $6M of labor and material funds – a 72% cost avoidance. Business
Development
As the client-face, translates complex customer issues into a clear problem statement and key technical requirements; leads the pursuit team to develop creative, well-engineered solutions and negotiates a deal that ultimately balances the technical and business needs of all stakeholders.
Championed successful entry into new strategic markets by driving focused business case analyses and cross-functional planning, increasing projected revenue by 32% over next five years.
Negotiated and established Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in support of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) testing.
Roadmapped UAS strategic priorities by aligning R&D funds against long-term market forecasts and developed action plans on how to move from marketing to customer contact to program capture.
Launched new product development of a Control and Non-Payload Communications (CNPC) datalink for UAS operation in the National Airspace System (NAS)
Fostered new and existing customer relationships, continually seeking and securing follow-on contracts while developing alternative technical or acquisition strategies to meet customer needs. Research &
Development
Managed R&D at nanotechnology start-up from early technology readiness through product integration and test; maintained cost, schedule, and technical targets through division acquisition.
Took over stagnant lithium-ion battery R&D program, successfully reached Phase I technical targets and won Phase II follow-on; contract closed out on-budget and on-schedule, met customer expectations, and resulted in additional development and productionization contracts.
Successfully led integration of nanotechnology-enabled memory device with emerging FPGA technology; prototype used as a customer demonstration vehicle.
Speaker for state-of-the-art nanoelectronic devices at conferences such as Air Force Research Laboratory's Radiation Hardened Electronics and Lockheed Martin’s Anti-Tamper Symposium. Software
Engineering
Detail-oriented engineer who worked complex, quick-response-capability projects across distributed architectures; identified cross-architectural impacts, defined system interfaces, allocated subsystem requirements, and performed overall system integration, verification, and validation.
While in the field, proactively integrated new C++ software routines and manual procedures to reduce collection and analysis time from two hours to ten minutes on high priority mission system.
Designed and developed signals intelligence (SIGINT) web applications utilizing MySQL and XML data structures along with PHP, Python, HTML, and Javascript programming. J
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ORDAN T. CARLETON
Employment History & Performance Review Excerpts
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Unmanned & Control Tech
Principal Program Manager
Deputy Site Director
2011 - Current
“Jordan is a key contributor to our business and, importantly, its future. He has been an important part of what we're doing to reshape our business and strengthen our position for long-term growth. He's a strong performer and I'm very glad to have him as a member of our team. I'm looking forward to working together and growing his roles and responsibilities in our business.”
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Advanced Technology Center
(Via Nantero GBU acquisition)
Program Manager
2007 - 2011
“Mr. Carleton willingly accepts new tasks and is able to proficiently complete projects and tasks with minimal supervision. He excels when given a program that he can take ownership of the product or outcome and then drive the activities of the effort. He has used his organization skills and prior experience in leading significant proposal efforts to make himself an invaluable contributor. -- He has a great deal of natural talent as both a staff engineer and leader.”
The Boeing Company
Integrated Defense Systems
Systems Engineer
Project Manager
2005 - 2007
“Jordan is a great asset for our team. Jordan quickly understands the requirements of a job, he works well in team environments, he produces very high quality products, and he communicates results clearly. Overall, he is performing at a level well beyond his experience. -- He leaves a great legacy behind of high quality work and understanding the programs from a technical perspective.” National Security Agency
Software and Field Engineer
2002 - 2004
“Very good, hard worker, shows initiative by challenging the status quo and finding more efficient ways of completing tasks. Capable of taking on a task and running with it. Jordan was very eager to learn new skills, apply them in a timely manner, and was trusted with a multi-million dollar system in a very short time.” Education
Master of Science
Systems Architecture & Engineering
University of Southern California
3.78 / 4.00 Cumulative GPA
Bachelor of Science
Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
3.65 / 4.00 Cumulative GPA
3.97 / 4.00 Major GPA
Skills & Domain Expertise
Program Management
Strategic Planning
Product Management
Earned Value Management
Business Development
International Business
Business Case Analysis
Contract Negotiation
System Architecture
Software Development
Engineering Management
Risk Management
Unmanned Vehicles (UAV)
Nanotechnology
Defense & Intelligence
Active Security Clearance
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