Theron Edward Barr, Jr., PMP

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KEY SKILLS

Effective Leadership

• Global Acumen

• Strategic Planning

• High Level Decision Making

• Change Management

Business Operations

• Budget & Capital Management

• Process Development

• Staffing & Organizational

Restructuring

Engineering and Manufacturing

• Product Design

• Program Management

• Product Launch

• Environmental Stress Screening (ESS)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Program Manager; General Motors (GM) Dec. 2009 – Present Responsible for coaching, motivating and providing managerial and technical direction to more than 100 program managers and engineers in Canada, Mexico, and USA. Oversees all aspects of the program from developing strategic initiative to align the processes and product to project management including integration plan, pre- Vehicle Program Initiation (VPI) deliverables, procedural enhancements, quality improvements, program costs, schedule, and manpower requirements.

• Manages $140 million project across multiple functional groups.

• Executes projects on time, with high quality customer expectations and within budget requirements.

• Provides timely communication with cross-functional teams on project status including progress on all business deliverables.

• Possesses high level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with stakeholders including customers and suppliers.

• Provides technical leadership for advanced technology development.

• Drives process, product and system improvements across all functions.

• Develops and implements new innovative technology into manufacturing processes World Book Global Manufacturing Lead; GM Dec. 2006 – Dec. 2009 Manufacturing/Quality lead in the global strategic initiative to align the processes and product description data from Product Engineering with Manufacturing processes. This initiative provided product and manufacturing global flexibility across all functions.

• Coordinated global resources 20 resources in USA, Germany, South Korea and India during the rigorous validation of all initiatives to minimize or eliminate process and documentation impact to plant operations.

• Accomplished 50% reduction in processes and documentation globally on time. Chief of Staff to Manufacturing Engineering (ME) Vice President; GM

• Developed strong interconnected liaisons with ME executive staff (six ME functions) and the executive leadership counterparts in the manufacturing and product engineering organizations.

• Represented the ME VP in conferences and meetings concerning the full range of operations (e.g., Design Studio reviews and Product Development/ Manufacturing/ME strategy meeting).

• Facilitated leadership success by creating and leading the development of the ME organization business plan with each center’s goals, the methods for attaining those goals, and the time - frame for the achievement of the goals. These goals include over 50 business deliverables including safety, people, cost, product and process across six business functions

• Reviewed, Developed and Evaluated leadership meeting presentations and directions to assure they are in line with company goals and leadership expectations.

EGM, Product & Process Integration; GM Oct. 2001 – Mar. 2002 Managed engineer group for ensuring parts and assemblies were designed to integrate with production tool process/design and to optimize manufacturing.

• Achieved 10% reduction in part proliferation across 4 high profit vehicle plants. GM Fellow, Northwestern University; Evanston, IL. MEM degree Aug. 1999 – Sept. 2001 Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineering Assembly; GM Aug. 1995 – Aug. 1999 Lead Engineer responsible for engineers in the design, build, integration and installation of body shop production tooling.

• Coordinated and integrated the activities between four (4) internal support organizations and seven (7) external companies.

• Created manufacturing processes for vehicle production. Theron Edward Barr, Jr. PMP (continued)

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Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Lockheed-Martin Technology July 1985 - Aug. 1995 Led high performing engineers and project managers in budget development, execution plan and implementation of high technical test equipment (vibration, thermal, optical, laser and gas delivery systems) used to environmental stress screen to verify correct product test levels and to evaluate the product designs and capabilities.

• Developed and then implemented procedural testing and build enhancements to align with product technology.

• Conducted vibration and thermal surveys and analyzed the data to produce ESS profiles (in accordance with MIL-STD- 810D) and performed complex design analysis.

• Wrote program plans for ESS production and development.

• Designed, built, installed and certified HPU, pneumatic and electro-mechanical systems.

• Designed mechanical systems utilizing CAD/CAM tools for static and dynamic environments in commercial and military applications and analyzed (using nodal analysis) the results for specification verification.

• Supported production and manufacturing activities in multiple plants in U.S. and Europe. Reliability Engineer; E-Systems Aug. 1984 - July 1985 Performed reliability mathematical and computer models of weapon systems. The models provided for the apportioning of reliability requirements to various functions/levels of hardware within the total system. Reliability Engineer; ERC June 1983 - Aug. 1984

Administered reliability and maintainability analysis on weapon systems, subsystems and equipment to simulate system failure.

EDUCATION

• Northwestern University - Master’s in Engineering Management (MEM) General Motors Fellowship Recipient

• University of Maryland - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Execute programs utilizing Traditional and Agile project management methods

• Leadership and Supervisory Skills

• Bill of Process (BOP), Bill of Equipment (BOE)

• Value Stream Mapping

LEADERSHIP AWARD AND RECOGNITION

• General Motors Recognition Award

• Exceptional performer

• President, Northwestern University Alumni Association

• General Motors Fellow

Selected as a GM Fellows recipient after receiving recommendations and sponsorship from executive staffs. Chosen from a pool of high-potential candidates who were evaluated during a rigorous interview process and after the approval of their written goals, expectations and master’s program. EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY

• Created a business to meet the shifting needs and desires of the new look, more culturally diverse customer base where companies must recognize that a diversified workforce is a key factor.

• Helped companies to bridge the gap between the desire to increase workplace diversity, without disruption of vital business functions.

• Provided companies with the tools to successfully facilitate the transition of the diverse candidate pools. Including the focus on the personal/professional development of employees to provide a continuous pipeline of fresh talent for leadership positions.

• Assisted professionals at all levels of organizations ready, willing, and able to contribute to the company’s goals.

• Coach and one-on-one mentor to prospective, young and seasoned engineers to become more effective in newly appointed positions.

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