Engineering Manager Design

MICHELLE WOOGERD ENGINEERING MANAGER

Columbus, OH 614-***-**** ********.*.*******@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/michellewoogerd

ENGINEERING INNOVATION - PRODUCT VISIONING - STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP - TALENT DEVELOPMENT

LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT

Catalyze Industry and Enterprise ‘Firsts Champion transformations and shape design engineering, verification and validation, and quality assurance cultures, serving as a change agent while influencing operational excellence.

Drive Continuous Improvement…Work diligently to identify, champion, and lead teams in optimizing processes and systems, developing world-class practices resulting in significant cost savings, efficiency gains, and profitability.

Promote Cross-Functional Collaboration…Build the internal and external stakeholder relationships vital to accelerating performance, reducing cycle times, capturing cost savings, and improving solution reliability and results.

Technology & Product Visioning

Engineering Change Leadership

Agile & Waterfall Approaches

Customer-Centric Decisions

Stringent Audit Compliance

Long-Range Roadmapping

Product Quality Planning

Global Team Leadership

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VERTIV, Columbus, OH

Manager, Test Engineering, 2022-2024

Own the process of verifying and validating Global Engineering Solutions system designs, leading a team of 10+ validation and software engineers in specifying, designing, developing, and testing deliverables. Leverage manual and automated testing methodologies to monitor progress, achieve program milestones, and ensure on-time, within-budget, and in-scope execution.

Leading the adoption of Tabnine Generative AI platform and toolset to automate key Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and testing capabilities critical to verification and validation of global engineering solutions.

Oversee global testing teams based in the U.S. and India, with more than 50% of direct reports operating remotely, expeditiously addressing customer-reported and test-indicated issues to mitigate risks and delays to targeted deliverables.

Lead, coach, and motivate test and automation engineers, establishing a culture of empowerment and accountability, developing career roadmaps and development paths, and providing feedback to elevate productivity and performance.

Champion continuous process and performance improvements involving unprecedented focus on automation, training and development of a talented group of engineers, and executing a lab transition to an isolated network.

GE TRANSPORTATION, Melbourne, FL

Sr. Design Engineering Manager, 2016-2021

Provided strategic leadership and performance direction to a team of more than 25 system, software, and validation engineers operating across 3 engineering development teams. Oversaw multiple enhancements to the Trip Optimizer (TO) state-of-the-art train control system, defining development and engineering project scopes, allocating resources, and driving desired outcomes.

Led design enhancements for key transportation solution, expanding features, improving controls, and

providing customers with the platform to achieve sustainable fuel savings from ‘autopilot’ capabilities.

Advanced GE Transportation’s Digital Solutions portfolio through continuous improvement of TO product, leading team in delivering offering that improved train handling efficiency, reduced emissions, and captured sustainable fuel savings.

Supported expanded product adoption by improving core capabilities, differentiating features, and outcomes through heightened control of factors influencing the speed and efficiency of freight delivery and customers’ bottom lines.

MICHELLE WOOGERD, 2

Columbus, OH 614-***-**** ********.*.*******@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/michellewoogerd

L3HARRIS, Columbus, OH

Design Engineering Manager, 2004-2016

Led a global team of 40+ with ownership of engineering strategy and implementation, program and configuration management, quality control, regulatory compliance, and continuous process improvement. Championed numerous software and firmware enhancements critical to the achievement of market share and revenue goals across numerous high-profile product portfolios. Constructed world-class aviator guides and installation manuals complying with federal requirements and audit standards.

Earned the Presidential Award for delivering outstanding performance throughout increasing levels of accountability, leading numerous software and firmware enhancement certification efforts directly attributed to 3x sales gain in 5 years.

Directed proposal-to-delivery lifecycle for many products and programs, including the $150M, 6-year fully integrated glass cockpit avionics system; $50M Electronic Standby Instrument System; and $4.6M enhancement of Bombardier platforms.

Delivered configuration management system across dual global sites, defining and deploying DOORS requirements management system to capture, trace, analyze, and manage changes while reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

Captured $1.2M in annual licensing fee savings by reengineering software version control system, enabling improved processes, reducing access times, and elevating compliance with the most rigorous FAA SIO Audits.

Spearheaded first-time initiatives to greatly streamline processes and systems such as instituting a paperless engineering change control process that reduced cycle time by 50% and generated $250K in sustainable annual cost savings.

Championed development of the first consistent set of FAA Certification plans and standards across 3 divisions, reducing retraining by 80% and program development expenses by 15%, and aligning resources and tools enterprise-wide.

Led efforts to achieve a first-in-industry FAA DO-200A-compliant navigation database, resulting in verification and replication of the database in accordance with strict guidelines, standards, and data quality requirements.

APPLIED INNOVATION, INC., Columbus, OH

Manager, NMS Customer Support, 2002-2004; Engineering Program Manager, 2001-2002

Promoted during an organizational restructuring to lead two multidisciplinary teams in defining software requirements, testing solutions, developing features, resolving bugs, and ensuring the delivery of 93%+ of programs under budget and on time. Transitioned to direct 15+ engineering resources providing customer support for the Network Management System (NMS).

Directed installation projects ranging from 6 months to 2 years in length, managing the implementation lifecycle, providing on-demand customer support, and proactively identifying opportunities to reduce installation costs by 20%.

Selected by the executive leadership team to develop and implement a ‘Lessons Learned’ process—in addition to facilitating quarterly business reviews for senior staff—shedding light on program risks, gaps, and CI opportunities.

Manager, Quality Assurance & Technical Publications, 2000-2001

Catalyzed continuous improvements through reengineering of testing processes, strategic management of vendor relationships, and developing and documenting standard operating procedures, leading a 13-member team in achieving first-ever clean audit.

Designed sound and scalable software engineering and hardware development practices, reducing time-to-market by 25%, generating $500K in measured benefit in year one, and resulting in ISO 9000 audits with no major findings.

Recruited, onboarded, and trained high-performance talent, equipping them with the resources and support to completely overhaul environmental qualification test processes, reducing cycle time by 40% and capturing $200K in savings.

EDUCATION

FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY, Columbus, OH

Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering, with honors

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