LEVENT UZKAN

adihiz@r.postjobfree.com Phone 630-***-****

Frisco, TX 75033

OBJECTIVE: Senior Mechanical Engineer

CLEARANCE: Active TS - SCI until 2022

EDUCATION: Masters M.B.A., Business and Project management, DeVry University 2016

B.S.M.E./E.E., Mechanical - Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana 1984

Pending PMP exam December 21, 2020

SKILLS POSSESSED and REQUIRED BY ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS

-Manufacturing Plant Operations from 1985 - 2016 in multitude industries of Metal, Plastics and Automation and Packaging, had my own plastic molding plant for a period of time in a 10,000 sq ft. area

-Graduated with Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering

-25 years of mechanical / electrical engineering experience in manufacturing related environment

-30 years of electro-mechanical and opto-system design experience including with step and servo motors

-10 years of SolidWorks and Autocad experience, Designed and had 38 injection molds built

-Have strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail, and be able to work closely with electrical, firmware and software engineers as interdisciplinary team

-Ability to create multi-level Bills of Materials

-Have strong writing and verbal communication skills and able to present design reviews for other engineers and management

-Experience with fluidics- Act as a Fluid Mechanics Teaching Assistant for a professor

-Contributes to team effort by accomplishing tasks within time standards, efficiently, as needed.

-Takes ownership of all things mechanical from product conception to manufacturing.

-Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

-Rapid Prototyping experience to present ideas to management during project planning lifecycle.

-Ability to execute and implement project scope baseline, cost baseline and schedule baselines

GOVERNMENT RELATED TECHNICAL SKILLS ACQUIRED from 2016 - 2020

- Work experience at C2ISR facility on defense Acquisition Contract Sustainment Intelligence providing

technical proposal evaluations with data analysis working as an Integration - Test lead

- Planned and implemented direct project management scope, cost and schedule baselines including risk analysis,

financials budget and estimating

- Interfacing, engagement with senior level customer and stakeholders in project planning and meeting milestones

- Working in agile team environment on integration and test activities against baselines

- Lead and motivated teams to solve problems, to achieve a common goal

- Knowledge and experience with software verification and validation

- Experience with C/C++ and Matlab performing quantitative algorithm data analysis

- Process working knowledge of DOORS, Oracle/Dell, Linux OS, Red hat,Solaris, VMware, - Understand contract requirements and familiar with Federal Acquisition Requirements (FAR) and CLIN’s.

- Provided expertise on budgetary estimates, source selection and proposal evaluation on contracting efforts

- Analyzed operations data affecting the sustainment and support of assigned programs

SOFT SKILLS

- Lead teams from 8 up to 54 people in various environments and settings for the past 25 years.

- Always demonstrate interpersonal communications, Self motivation, Leadership and Teamwork, Innovative and problem solver, Decisive, Able to work under pressure and time management, Flexible and Responsible, Natural in negotiation and conflict resolution.

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING:

USAF Cyber security certifications

US Air force Research & Technical Evaluator for Defense Acquisitions and Sustainment Projects

System Engineering, V Model Agile Certification

Lean, Agile, Scrum master training

Peregrine Academic Certification

Design Patent US D510867 * Utility Patent US 719807781 with 4 foreign patents

EIT License * ISO 9001 Implementation Certificate * Safety director

FEMA Homeland Security initiated Technical Project Specialist Certificates (PA/IA)

Project Bid-Cost, RFP, PW, DDD, SOW, 428-406HMP, PAPPG certificates

PMP certification in process Dec 21, 2020

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Operating systems - Unix, Linux, Microsoft, QNX, Virtual Machine

Database-DOORS, interfacing with databases such as MySQL, python

Rbase (Received $1000 award with recognition for a relational software program implementation), Dbase, Access, MySQL, Python

Learning SolarWinds Multi-vendor network monitoring for cloud base systems

Proficient in Microsoft Project, Office and Visio, Solid Works, Auto-Cad, MS Project, C++, Minitab, Stat-graph, Mathlab, PLC Ladder Diagrams, Fortran, Adobe Products, Python

Familiar with GeoINT database systems ENVI, ERSI and ArcGis, SYbase, Oracle, MySQL

Experience with EVMS project scheduling/budget software: MS Project, Primavera, SAP / Prism

Languages: Turkish (Read-write fluently) Lived in Turkey 8 Germany: Lived 2 years

WORK EXPERIENCE

C2ISR, Warner Robins US Air Force Base, Bldg 350, Georgia Jun 19 – Feb 20

Senior System Test Engineer, C2ISR active TS/SCI clearance until 2/2022

Delivered Technical Evaluations and Research on C2ISR defense projects.

Performed unit tests, checked the results of inputs per the software specs to conclude output is what’s expected. Analyzed and performed regression tests upon a group of software modification are implemented to verify and evaluate the overall business process systems methodologies are not altered. Quickly detected bug issues with performance tests to measure the response time of the software after software modifications. Upon any issues found, documented the bugs with examples for the developers to fix them. Assured QA standards are met and software integrations are verified and checked for with all security tools available.

C2ISR provides sustainment for research and development, systems design, analysis, and integration activities for the next generation of war fighting systems. I examined technical evaluations and research on system designs for C2ISR defense projects submitted by many US Air force vendors. Managed PIT Agile team members on assigned projects. Conducted and participated in technical team leadership reviews throughout the product life cycle of design, development, integration and flight test requirements, verification. Participated in customer program technical review presentations. Provided task progress status updates and work schedules to the team lead.

Regulated and Supervised all explicit and implicit system operations.

Ensured system and subsystem meet design system requirements.

All projects are related to data links and (DCGS) Distributed common ground systems, including

software, hardware and integration testing at DCGS Systems Integration Laboratory (DSIL)

Saved the US Air Force over $6 M on project technical evaluations in a relatively short period.

Department of Homeland Security

FEMA Management Agency, Florida & Puerto Rico as a Program Tech Specialist Sep 16 – May 19

Planned and organized projects, communicated ideas with and interacted both orally and in writing, with all levels of management of FEMA organization.This position required motivating people skills with disaster victims and government agencies. (Local, State and Federal)

Projects are implemented in various sizes and scope of government properties.

Executed high level presentations with good analytical and math problem-solving skills to complete the mission of cost estimating, including disaster damage reports for reimbursement.

Received numerous US governments training in project management, technical/business skills

Cultivated complex, cross-functional, multiple phase projects which required a high level of skills. Applied analytical math modeling to problem solving techniques.

Ambassador Products and Packaging May 99 – Sep 16

New Business Development and Project Manager

Manufacturer of plastic co - packaging products. As a manager, I made critical business decisions to keep production levels running at 2 shifts, 16 hour day operation.

Developed and implemented database manufacturing software programs in the fields of Accounting Management, Maintenance, and Productivity. Designed innovative packaging products, improved the quality and performance to achieve company objectives. Negotiated in purchasing 9 molding machines and 18 fillers, including all necessary packaging equipment.

Prepared many business and customer reports to shareholders.

Quantum Chemical Inc, Plastics Film Division of Enron Jul 88 – Mar 99

Senior Mechanical Engineering and Supervisor

Plastic Film Extrusion company. Delegated multi-phase projects ranging from $100K to $3M. Initiated cost savings, an award-winning Production database program using C++ and Rbase.

Increased production output by 7% and quality by 5%, increased sales revenue by 3%.

Prepared technical monthly financial status reports and presented them. Re-engineered equipment, increasing yield by 35% and return on investment (ROI) by $400.000 over one year. Delegated engineers, electricians, bricklayers, mechanics responsible for production operations.

Reynold Metals Company

Maintenance Supervisor and Planner for the finishing department March 1985 - May 1988

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