WHITFIELD R. THOMPSON

**** *********** *****, **** *****, TX 76123

Ph# 561-***-****

E-mail: ad4bs2@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Simon Says Promotional Products Plus, LLC.

General Manager – Crowley, TX (June ‘19 – Present)

• Responsible for day-to-day operation of a 5-employee custom imprinting startup.

• Developed standard operating philosophy and corresponding procedures with a focus on efficiency and safety.

• Responsible for the identification and incorporation of emerging technologies into our business model.

Luminant Power (Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant) Senior Systems Engineer – Glen Rose, TX (July ’09 – June ‘19)

• Responsible for support various systems essential to power generation.

• Responsible for the chemical conditioning of the condensate before entry into the Turbine Generator Sets.

• Responsible for the nuclear waste processing systems (Solid, Liquid and Gas). Worked closely with nuclear operators to ensure nuclear waste management is in accordance with NRC requirements. Lockheed Martin Corporation, Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2) Senior Systems Engineer – Riviera Beach, FL (Sept ’07 – July ‘09)

• Lead a Simulation Trainer configuration management effort to streamline the process for software deliveries to a special mission’s customer.

• Supported the Requirements Verification Traceability Matrix development to ensure all customer specifications are met.

Senior Electrical Engineer – Riviera Beach, FL (Feb ’06 – Sept ‘07)

• Senior member of the four-member electrical team providing technical support for production of the Remote Mine-hunting Vehicle class of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV).

• Supported building a first of a kind Electrical Test Lab to recreate, analyze and solve problems encountered by our UUV customers. Served as the primary Test Engineer to develop the test procedure, perform the testing, analyze the test data and generate the test report. Developed a test matrix from which the test procedure, analysis and report were easily generated. Lockheed Martin Corporation, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Inc. (Fleet Support Operations) Fleet I&C Senior Test Engineer – Schenectady, NY (Aug ‘05 – Feb’06)

• Generated test procedures for the qualification of the second-generation advance Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system design for nuclear-powered submarines.

• Developed data transfer files to facilitate integration testing to ensure the functional requirements are met.

• Composed equipment signals database to build new test devices that will serve as the test platform for second-generation advance I&C systems.

• Implemented process improvement initiatives to standardize various processes used in the advance I&C qualification program.

Principal Field Engineer

Resident Field Engineer – Newport News Ship Building, Newport News VA (Feb ‘03 – Aug ‘05)

• Principal Project/Field Engineer responsible for oversight, coordination and technical support of all Newport News Shipbuilding contracted maintenance availabilities on nuclear-powered submarines.

• Oversaw all aspects of work performed during the Newport News Shipbuilding’s first-of-a-kind maintenance availability. The first-of-a-kind availability was completed ahead of schedule.

• Aided the shipyard in identifying and implementing several process improvements in their preventative maintenance program. The improvements eliminated timely and costly re-work of reactor plant components.

Resident Field Engineer – Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth VA (Sept ‘98 – Feb ‘03)

• Helped the shipyard achieve and maintain a high-quality training program for over 120 Norfolk Naval Shipyard engineering department and ship’s personnel on the first generation advance I&C suite.

• Trained approximately forty Project/Field Engineers and local Naval Reactor’s office personnel on the first generation advance I&C suite.

• Coordinated a first-of-a-kind reverse osmosis (RO) system installation. Facilitated a cost analysis for process improvements for subsequent RO installations.

• Mentored several prospective Project/Field Engineering candidates in shipyard and naval operations during their temporary assignments at the shipyard.

• Championed several process improvement initiatives to expedite problem reporting and resolution during shipyard availabilities.

Project/Field Engineer Trainee – Schenectady, NY (Jul ‘95 – Sept ‘98)

• Successfully completed an extensive Project/Field Engineering qualification the included obtaining more than 200 signatures from systems engineers on their individual systems. Qualification also included satisfactory completion of an oral board that validated sufficient systems interaction level of knowledge.

• Developed UNIX-based scripts to validate the Engineering Model I&C equipment for the next generation of nuclear-powered submarines. This initiative reduced the execution time of validation testing from five days per test suite to one day.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. National Society of Black Engineers, Alumni Extension TRAINING

Servant Leadership

Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt)

Kepner Tregoe Decision Making & Problem Solving

Project Management

MS Office Suite

EDUCATION

• MS Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

• BS Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

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