Project and Program Management

Paul Downs

Bellingham, MA ***** · ****.*.*****@*****.*** · 774-***-****

· linkedin.com/in/pauldownsmass

Over 25 years’ service as a versatile technical program manager with experience managing both DoD and commercial projects with a proven record of utilizing a wide range of Program Management Institute tools and techniques available from product development to delivery, including project and program KPI / Metrics development and management, and vendor / contractor coordination, ensuring regulatory compliance such as Export Controls, and Earned Value Management. Additionally, I am proven in the management and delivery of multiple concurrent and cross-functional projects, on time and within budget. Throughout my career I have developed and demonstrated my capabilities in cross-functional team building and coaching, performance optimization, and operations oversight.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Export Control Compliance (ITAR / EAR) Project & Program Management

Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) MS Office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint)

Sub-Contract Data Requirements List (SDRL) Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

Cross-Functional Team Management. Global Team Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Program Manager December 2022 - Present

Senior Metal Bellows (SMB)

Role Overview:

Development and implementation of a program management function for the execution of New Product Introduction projects across a diverse range of industries including civil and military aerospace, incorporating CDRLs relating to various military standards such as MIL-STD-810 (Environmental Testing), MIL-STD 167 (Shipboard Vibration), MIL-DTL-901 (High Impact Shock). I also facilitated the Preliminary (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR) process, and similar customer required program meetings. Delivered products primarily contain temperature or pressure compensating (or operated) bellows manufactured from metallic materials as thin as a few thousandths of an inch, which are designed to monitor or control fluid flow in gas turbine fuels systems, aircraft flight controls, and oil and gas industry well management systems, or actuation of semi-conductor manufacturing equipment.

Key Contributions:

Acted as the primary point of contact for the Business Innovation Platform implementation and integration, developing and refining new and existing business processes.

Development and implementation of project management processes for use by Account Managers and Project Engineers.

Managed complex NPI projects and retained responsibility for the execution of ‘standard’ NPI projects which were managed by project engineers.

Provided guidance on the location and integration of SMB products with the customers systems to optimize product build, test, and certification processes.

Facilitated technical meetings with customers.

Instructed project teams in budget and schedule management procedures.

Senior Program Manager November 2020 – December 2022

American Superconductor (AMSC)

Role Overview:

Development and restructuring a Program Management organization for the management of contracts with the US DOD (Navy), including the transition of P&L ownership from General Management organization to Program Management with project budgets of $10m to $15m+. The product line is a new technology system for the protection of ship and submarines from magnetic threats

Key Contributions:

Voice of the Customer for the business and Voice of the Business to the customer.

Management and development of multiple SDRL and CDRL responses.

Provided guidance on the installation and location of the product within new build and retrofit of naval vessels of domestic and foreign navies.

On-site attendance in new-build ships for optimal system installation procedures.

Managed the recording and sharing of technical data with fellow NATO navies and suppliers using ITAR procedures

Value Engineering Project Manager. January 2020 – November 2020

Kidde-Fenwal part of the Carrier Corporation

(Contractor at Aerotek)

Role Overview:

Development and deployment of project management processes for multiple (40+) concurrent Value Engineering projects, and supervision of the VE solution implementation. Planned savings ($3m +) phased to occur over a 24-month period

Key Contributions:

Developed and implemented program management process documents and tools to ensure process compliance.

Achieved first savings realization in month 2 of the 24-month process.

Identified additional Value Engineering savings of 60% over 4 months

Collaborated with Product Management to identify an additional project with significant savings (in the order of multiples of $100k)

Refinement of savings expectations to increase savings of one project by 80%

Coordinated Root Cause Analysis process to recover project execution following sub-optimal product testing

Developed and implemented End-of-Life and New Product Introduction change management processes

Strategic Program Manager September 2018 – April 2019

INCOM USA

Role Overview:

Management of the strategically important ERP implementation project, reporting to the CFO.

Development of Program Management Office processes, and team training in those processes.

Support for the Research and Development department in creating project plans and tools.

Key Achievements:

Developed and implemented program management templates and process documents.

Guided a diverse team on ERP Implementation process and activities.

Implementation of SCRUM methodology.

Process oversight to the ERP system vendor.

Rolls-Royce Marine North America (Department of Defense sub-contractor for Military Shipping Propulsion, Maneuvering, and Power Generation equipment)

Program Manager June 2015 – September 2018

Engineering Project Manager August 2012 – June 2015

Customer and Product Training Manager February 2005 – August 2012

Overview:

I was selected for increasingly responsible positions within the business over a 14-year career, based on my knowledge, experience, and drive for customer success.

Financial, scope, risk, and quality management of military vessel propulsion system projects.

Ownership of projects relating to gas turbines, generators (diesel and GT prime movers)

Leadership for multiple international product centers and ownership of the program schedule.

Technical review of engineering documents to ensure contract compliance

Ownership of multiple concurrent projects with a combined value of up to $30m

Identified by senior Program management directors and executives as highly desirable as a Program Manager for the financial, scope, risk, and quality management of military vessel propulsion system projects including Subcontract Data Requirement Lists (SDRL), and Export Control compliance.

Key Contributions:

Management of scope, schedule, and delivery of 40+ projects valued over $150m.

New Product Introduction for propulsion and electrical generation system projects.

Provided direction for equipment evaluation testing for New Product Introduction.

Alignment of project processes to support Long Term Service Agreement proposals

Supervision of the development and execution of a repair plan to recover post-warranty equipment failures at reduced customer cost

Orchestrated roll-out of synchronous research and development cost reduction projects.

Developed spares analysis for a United States Coast Guard cutter program.

CERTIFICATION

National Vocational Qualification Level 5 in Management (European Master’s equivalent) Awarded by the National Examining Board of Supervisory Management

National Diploma in Marine Engineering (United Kingdom Associates equivalent) Awarded by the British Technical Education Council

6 Sigma Certificate: Awarded by Rolls-Royce Marine

Project Management Certificate: awarded by Rolls-Royce Marine

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