Program Manager Management
Resume:
Donald Woods
*************@*****.***
Summary
Proven amount of professional leadership and experience in Program Management and Aircraft Weapons System Maintenance/Standardization. Multilayer of management skills, quality assurance, program development, training experience, customer service, and a successful track record in Program Management, taking an organization to
the next level.
Specialties: P&L Accountability and Budgeting
Operations and Program Management
Lean Implementation
Quality and Process Improvement
Organizational Development / Team Building
New Business Capture - Winning Proposals
Contract Negotiations
FAA and DoD Regulatory Compliance
Experience
Business Manager
Amentum
2020 – Present
-Responsible for business operations at five Conus locations and 420 employees
-Establishes program procurement and property control policies and provides management oversight of all procurement, subcontract, and property control functions.
-Manages and integrates daily work assignments for contract and subcontract management, financial management, and human resource management.
-Provides direct management, guidance, and supervision to payroll, human resources, and Accounts Payable/Receivable.
-Conducts ongoing reviews of all programs' financial systems to ensure compliance with U.S. Navy contractual requirements.
- Responsible for drafting contract proposals and counterproposals for union negotiations
- Negotiates collective bargaining agreements
- Responsible for the implementation and administration of CBA provisions and maintaining partnerships with union employees and leadership
Program Manager Advanced Composites and Fuel Systems
Meggitt
2019 - 2020
-Provides integrated management of constituent projects and other resources to achieve the program - Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and business case objectives.
-Provides leadership, coordination and direction to the integrated program team and facilitates
stakeholder engagement.
-Responsible for managing the program scope, risks, opportunities, schedule and budget adherence for C-130, V-22, and AH-64 crash worthy fuel systems.
-Developed and manage key customer communications to ensure all technical requirements are met.
-Created strategic business model outlining organizational tactics needed to secure more funding in the aviation market sector
-Primary liaison for labor relations issues within the division
Program Manager
Avalex Technologies Corp.
2018 - 2019
-Leads engineering project teams to ensure proper communication and clear definition of program roles, responsibilities, and deadlines
- Identify and capture follow-on business opportunities
- Organize and oversee milestone events both internal and external to ensure all milestones are met
- Track project progress, provide weekly status of assigned projects and support monthly program
management reviews
- Facilitate the timely completion and delivery of contract deliverable products
- Develops statements of work (SOW), requests for proposal (RFP) for internal and external customers - Manage program portfolio generating revenue greater > 10 million dollars
Manager Technical Programs
BAE Systems, Inc.
2016 -2018
-Responsible for program management and execution of modifications and software upgrades to combat radar systems
- Provides financial status updates to executive leadership to facilitate monthly program reviews
- Maintain program delivery within specific timeframe required by government
- Manage field modification teams deployed to various sites working on multiple programs
- Develops statements of work (SOW), requests for proposal (RFP) to assist business development
activities
- Direct program integrated production team (IPT) meetings all programs to ensure proper execution
and mitigate risk
Programs Director
Certified Manufacturing Inc
2014 - 2015
- Guided departments in designing and developing projects through production stage.
- Directed Program Management/Operations teams to deliver assigned
programs – Developed group and
individual timelines, assessed/identified/resolved potential bottlenecks in each project/
program process.
- Directed the recruitment process of key employees and the selection of consultants and outsource
vendors
- Developed and initiated internal processes to improve program delivery within specific timeframes,
increasing monthly revenue averages
- Defined the resources required for completion of a project and allocated resources accordingly.
- Ensured compliance with the applicable federal and state labor laws and implemented any changes as required
- Resolved all grievances presented to the company from the workforce
Program Manager
Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC)
2012 - 2014
- Team Lead for support of Radar Systems, providing technical leadership in the completion of multiple contracts.
- Oversees the development of proposals, bids, quotations, or other documents describing the products and services in response to requests from prospective clients
- Responsible for all schedules, budgets, monthly reports and technical data in support of project completion.
- Develop, produce, test, acquire, field, sustain and modernize existing radar systems and capabilities
- Manage people, tasks, and timelines for the development of system software for X-Band Radar
- Determined and implemented improvements to the production process increasing efficiency
- Ensured the effective management of production lines, supervising product standards and enforcing quality-control programs.
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PRODUCT LINE MANAGER
VT Miltope
2010 - 2012
-Responsible for ensuring end item deliverable design supports communication management,
application management services, mapping, software implementation, and avionics for CH-47F platform.
-Directly responsible for the design of the second-generation network management systems, providing network management, control, monitoring, and diagnostics services.
-Responsible for product definition, project management, electrical simulation, low level board design, BIOS/firmware implementation of rugged compact laptop/convertibles based on Intel Core i7 6th generation processors
-Direct interface with systems and software engineers to ensure robust design of hardware and software including BIOS, and ACPI interfaces for Intel x86 based architectures
-Ensures all network managers are monitoring, analyzing and evaluating performance and working
resolutions of identified degradation trends and problem areas of system performance
PROGRAM MANAGER
L-3 Communications
2007 - 2010
-Furnished Single-Point-of Contact Technical Expertise and Guidance to senior staff members and to all Aviation Maintenance Activities, emphasizing funds forecasting and resource planning.
-Sole manager directly responsible for Production Costs, Schedules and Budgets, Processes, Modification Hours, Parts and Hardware purchasing, and Status Reports. Final approval for all integration issues dealing with the end customers.
-Successfully completed all modifications on time and within budget. Daily management of production technicians and seven support personnel. Responsible for all schedules, budgets, and Technical Data supporting project completion.
-Advised and assisted the customer on all matters pertaining to the daily maintenance, inspection,
logistics and operation of the C-130 aircraft and its installed systems. Daily interaction with the customer
to provide clear, precise, and timely information which helped the customer achieve its goal and mission readiness status
Education
Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Project Management
Columbia Southern University
Master of Business Administration
Columbia Southern University
Doctor Business Administration
Occupational Safety and Health
(2025)
Six Sigma Green Belt
ISO 9001, AS 9100/9110 Lead Auditor
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