Fork Lift Activity Leader

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Ronnie L. Williams

*** ****** ***. 310-***-**** (cell)

Venice, Ca. 90291 e-mail: **.*************@*****.***

Preface: I am anxious to utilize my 10+ years of line/project management, 20 years of space hardware experience, and my 34 years of overall experience in the Aerospace industry toward the advancement of your company’s goals and industry objectives in the areas of Function and/or Project Management, Test, and/or Systems Engineering, or Tutoring given the opportunity of employment.

Key Skills/Strengths:

•Possess broad aerospace technical/systems and project engineer background, a key element in resolving complex anomalies/problems, or managing an engineering function or task.

•Self-motivated and proficient at multitasking and/or coordinating multiple projects simultaneously.

•Able to read electrical/mechanical engineering drawings and wire schematic diagrams/drawings. Familiar with ANSI Y14.5 design standards. Proficient in technical writing of various specifications.

•Excellent group interfacing and interpersonal skills, strong team building and leadership skills, always present a professional image to customers/management. Work effectively in fast paced, dynamic, high tech environments independently or in a team/IPT environment. Taught LEAN/5S

•Customer focused: Received several letters of commendation from customer/tech reps and program offices of several programs written on behalf of my work/interface with them.

•Good PC skills in Microsoft Office/Project, DOORS. Conducted/created Make-Buy Trade Studies

•Familiar with ISO 9000/9001 standards; taught readiness training classes for Systems Engineers

•Worked on several Proposal teams at Northrop, Hughes and Boeing

Accomplishment Highlights – Function/Project Management:

•Operations Leader (Dept. Mgr.) - Lead Wire Harness department for entire Satellite factory for both commercial and classified programs performing all management duties for 56 direct reports, including workforce reduction and screening/interviewing of potential new employees for hourly and salaried positions. Participated in development of SOW’s, WBS’s, and update of ERP and EV systems. OSHA Health & Safety Interface for department

•Managed budgets totaling over $2.5 million, calculated/prepared and reported Earned Value on the budgets for all programs supported by Wire Harness Operations.

•Activity Leader (Function Mgr.) - Coordinated all activities to integrate flight wire harnesses onto spacecraft structures for both classified and commercial space vehicles by managing the daily efforts of both hourly technicians and salaried Vehicle Engineers (VE’s) to satisfy program harness requirements and test needs for every spacecraft in the entire factory complex. Lead LEAN and 5S Initiatives. Quality control overseer for department.

•Spacecraft (Project) Manager – Managed all spacecraft component, structure build/integration, and test activities to from contract start, up to and including all launch site activities for several spacecraft costing as much as $150 Million. (see responsibilities below)

Employment History:

June 2008 thru Present

•CEO - Your 1st Choice Renovation & Building, LLC. Sole proprietor of a residential and commercial renovation, solar installation and structure building company. Generate contracts for client’s projects.

•Project Manager for Home Improvement/Solar Company – Organize and manage touch labor for remodeling and solar installs; hands on labor as required; scope work, and generate bids for jobs.

•Tutor – Tutor mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) for Middle School students; Education Director - Rites of Passage Mentorship Program - Faithful Central Bible Church - Inglewood, Ca.

•Audio/Visual Contractor – Set up computers/projectors for presenters, erect screens, High Definition Monitors and record break-out sessions for various major conferences in several different states (NAACP, NAEYC, NMSDC and others).

•Independent Electrical - Reverse engineer control unit for CNC machine and develop schematics from continuity check; electrical and construction work with Habitat for Humanity

Boeing Satellite Design Center – October 2000 thru June 2008

Propulsion Subsystem Engineering - 4/03 thru 6/08:

•Propulsion mission team member for launch of next generation weather satellite [GOES N] for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.) performing all mission duties up to spacecraft handover.

•Developed/prepared qualification parameters documents to qualify replacement component for Liquid Apogee Engine. Presented the qualification documents and delta qualification test proposal to Qual. Review Board (QRB) for review by senior scientists. Anomaly resolution on Xenon Ion Propulsion System (XIPS) thrusters. Worked Proposal for installing XIPS on nest gen spacecraft, In space refueling vehicle

•Developed the process by which a failed propulsion component can be replaced on a fully integrated spacecraft, by being welded back into the system, without having to de-integrate the vehicle in order to protect sensitive units from current sunk into the S/C structure and E/H field effects of weld head.

•Wrote requirement verification statements with all trace document references for a classified program.

•Requirement decomposition and allocation from Space Segment and/or customer documents to unit and subsystem level documents for verification and creation of VCRI’s and VCRM’s. DOORS literate.

•On console/offsite mission support for launch of space vehicles for propulsion subsystem.

•Development of mission data book containing component operational history data and coefficients.

•Developed “Gold Standard” bid model for propulsion subsystem tasks to standardize bids/budgeting for new programs and identify savings for follow on programs as Prop Subsystem Engineering Lead.

•Taught Subsystems Engineering Principals training classes to new hire engineers.

•Created component Product Specifications from supplier product fabrication drawing requirements.

•Performed Crossover SE work (schematics, wire diag. etc.) as wire Harness SE on MUOS program

Bus Systems Engineering, NASA Programs - 10/00 thru 3/03

•Program Office bus systems engineer for NASA (NOAA) program next generation US weather satellite (GOES) responsible for document review, systems test anomaly NCR review/closeout, test anomaly troubleshooting, unit hardware sell-off to spacecraft, design review support/presentation.

•Support of Big “S” systems engineering duties for several programs performing system specification and environmental specification revisions, on-orbit anomaly review/resolution for both NASA and commercial programs.

•Support Mechanical Systems Engineering with deployment issues of new developed solar wing

•Participated in Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews (PDR, CDR) for content and as presenter.

Hughes Space and Communications Co. – January 1988 thru October 2000

Manager, Wire Harness Integration and Spacecraft Support - 5/93 thru 10/00

•Responsible for all activities to integrate flight wire harness onto spacecraft structures for both classified and commercial space vehicles while Activity Leader. Lead dept. LEAN initiatives

•Managed both technicians and Vehicle Engineers (VE’s) to coordinate program needs for every spacecraft in the entire factory complex. This included daily scheduling of technician manpower to support the programs, providing VE support of those operations to ensure documentation and the necessary raw stock items needed to install harness was in place. Oversee CNC machine operations, department Quality control and OSHA inspection interface for health & safety.

•Provided floor space, process flow, and hired expertise to implement FACT testing equipment and operations for in-house testing of flight wire harnesses and resolve any anomalies found during test.

•Responsible for Performance review for VE’s and technician evaluations on bi-yearly basis.

•Responsible for hiring, terminating, resolving personnel/HR issues, etc. for all my direct employees.

•Contributed on new business contract development and proposals with technical content input and coordination

•Evaluation and implementation of process improvements for reduction in cycle time for wire harness installations, coordinated co-location of offices for engineers/factory floor space for tech workforce.

•Evaluation and review for implementation of new products to save weight and aid in installation of wire harness (i.e. composite connectors, subminiatures in lieu of splices, etc.).

•Managed budgets totaling over $2.5 million for the entire department while Operations Leader.

•Performed required workforce reduction candidate identification and processing.

•Calculated and reported Earned Value on all programs supported by harness.

•Responsible for implemented 5S organization of both office and integration floor work space

Work-Cell Leader, Bus Module Integration – 6/92 thru 5/93

•Responsible for integration of all items onto a bare Bus Module structure up to delivery of the fully integrated module to Bus Module Test. This included the installation of all units, brackets, thermal control circuitry, and harnesses, with a full continuity/ground and check of all harness circuits & units

•Responsible for scheduling of all integration planning activities inserting them into the master phasing schedule for the factory to synchronize/coordinating of the modules from other programs.

•Developed process to reduce cycle time from 28-31 to between 18-21 days depending on model of spacecraft being built. Scheduled tasks within work-cell with 98% on time delivery to Bus Mod Test and resolve all anomalies prior to unit electrical mating.

•Defined the roles and responsibilities for all the support organizations involved in the integration of the bus module. This work cell was the model used to create the current IPT structure.

Senior Project Engineer, Spacecraft Manager – 1/88 thru 6/92

•Spacecraft Manager for Indonesian satellite (PALAPA B4) responsible for taking spacecraft from start of contract up to and including launch. Roles and responsibilities were as follows:

•Attend and presented as required during Preliminary (PDR), Critical (CDR) design reviews.

•Coordinate and select test team for in factory and launch site testing.

•Coordinate usage of environmental chambers and other test facilities so as not to interfere with schedules of other programs in house.

•Program office interface for technical problems with unit area during their build and test at both the unit and system level environment. Reviewed all test data at both levels.

•Attend all sell-offs and was SE signatory on of all units delivered to spacecraft.

•Resolve scheduling and unit delivery and any spacecraft anomaly issues as necessary.

•Direct customer interface during build/test cycle and at launch site on technical issues

•Lead launch site processing/planning and launch day activities up to and including first acquisition during transfer orbit. First Acquisition Payload (RF) testing

•Performed spacecraft test duties at both integration and launch site phases when needed.

•Spacecraft Manager for Consortium satellite (Intelsat IV F-4) same roles and responsibilities as above with having these additional responsibilities:

•Managed an additional spacecraft remaining in fleet (F-5) simultaneously along with existing responsibilities on assigned spacecraft (F-4) for 8 months.

•Developed and implemented ESD test performed at flight threat levels (18 K joules) injected into flight asset spacecraft successfully clearing launch lean on first flight vehicle that avoided launch a delay for it. First time in industry test was performed at those levels on a flight asset.

•Developed aforementioned process to weld on fully integrated spacecraft with only minor amount of de-integration that is still currently being used in satellite factory operations.

Northrop Electronics Division – March 1984 thru October 1987

Project Engineer – 3/84 thru 10/87

•Responsible for sell off of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) to Northrop Defense Division which was for B2 Bomber avionics testing

•Engineering Liaison as sub to Defense Syst. Div. that was Prime on this contract. Required travel to Chicago, Illinois on multiple occasions.

•Engineering Liaison to subcontractor for smart interface panel and developed/produced make or buy trade studies to select vendor. Once selected, required travel to San Jose, Ca. for developmental updates and demonstrations.

•Created Product Fabrication Specifications for Universal Common Module (UCM) and Interface Panel

•Created charts and participated in Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews (PDR, CDR) for content and as presenter. Worked on change order proposal for project

Hughes Aircraft Co. Support Systems Division – June 1975 thru February 1984

•Project Coordinator – 6/80 thru 2/84 (Project completed under budget 3 months ahead of schedule)

•Coordinated the project to construct a Radar Repair Facility at newly acquired site in Long Beach, Ca. starting with empty warehouse type space. [Note: Facility written up in Aviation Week Magazine.]

•Worked with in-house contractors and specified power, raised computer floor requirements, and piping in coolant oil supply for cooling high powered RF units (microwave transmitters, etc.).

•Provided lay out for both the full up test bed and the unit test station area for the FA/18 radar system

•All test equipment modifications, fabrication, and check out were done on site by one assistant and I.

•Performed environmental testing on F/A -18 Radar system for validation of system upgrades.

Field Engineer/Airborne Radar and Weapons Control Specialist– 6/76 thru 6/80

•Supported testing as shift supervisor at final assembly facility for F-14 radar and weapons control systems at Grumman facility in Calverton, NY (Long Island)

•Responsible for testing of new transmitters, receivers, antenna arrays, and various other RF front end radar components on the F-14 AWG-9 weapons control system

•Tested flight line unit rejects for noted anomalies to troubleshoot and have repaired/retested.

•Responsible for maintenance of AWM-23 4 bay test station used to test and troubleshoot radar units

Field Engineer/Trainer – 6/75 thru 5/76

•Created lesson plans and trained fighter pilots on use of radar system displays and capabilities.

•Trained on AWM-23 test station for supporting F14 Radar on future field engineering position.

Education:

Grand Canyon University – Phoenix, AZ – Masters in Education – (MSE) – in progress

Howard University – Washington, DC - Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering (BSEE) - 1980

University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) – Masters Engineering courses – (No degree) 1980’s

Stuyvesant H.S. – New York, NY – Science and Math Diploma

Other Training:

UCLA (Graduate School of Management) – Certificate - Management Development Program 1993

Hughes/Boeing – Technical Training – Various Subjects in: Propulsion, Systems Engineering, etc.

Hughes Space & Communication Co. – Fork Lift trained - 1994

Certifications:

MRB (Material Review Board),

Cleanroom - Class 10,000/100,000,

Solder certified (Not Current) – Hughes Space & Comm.,

EPA Certified Mold Inspector/Remediation - American Mold Institute (2012)

Clearance Status:

Held DOD secret security clearance 1976 – 1988 – changed companies debriefed

Held SSBI clearance 1992 – 1996 – debriefed due to inactivity

References: Furnished upon request

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