Program Management Project
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Director of Program Management and Manufacturing Engineering with over 18 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry. Proven track record of delivering high-quality results efficiently and effectively, meeting stringent requirements, specifications, and tolerances. Extensive expertise in the entire manufacturing lifecycle, from raw material procurement to customer delivery, ensuring strict compliance with industry regulations. Strategic leader driving organizational success through project management, team collaboration, and process optimization. Skilled in navigating complex challenges, fostering accountability, and adapting to evolving business needs while building high-performing teams through strong decision-making and effective communication
WORK EXPERIENCE
Triumph Group 2021 – present
Director – Program Management and manufacturing Park City, Utah
Leads a team of Program Managers and Manufacturing Engineers in a fast-paced, highly technical environment, responsible for the entire manufacturing lifecycle of customized components for aerospace.
Develops the vision and strategy by program, setting a clear operational execution plan, maintaining cost, schedule and quality.
Manage proposal team in delivering 50+ proposals monthly with adherence detailed aerospace specifications.
Drives factory-floor success by working closely with cross-functional teams, including Quality, Supply Chain, Business Development, Leadership, and Health & Safety to ensure continued production and delivery of high-quality products in a safe manner to the required levels of operational performance.
Develops and executes integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, and objectives.
Addresses root cause of failures and issues, and implements production control and optimization strategies, efficiency improvements and reducing non-conformances.
Support the business in immediate and longer-term projects and initiatives to increase manufacturing efficiency and delivery performance while creating a highly trained, flexible, and engaged team.
Established program and operational KPIs for team to drive effective meaningful impact to cost, schedule, and quality.
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Implementation of AS13100 operational processes to full compliance in Less than 9 Months
oAS9100, AS9145, APQP, PPAP, MSA, SPC, AS9102
Reduced open non-conformances by 47%
Reduced TAT time of non-conformances from 32 days to less than 5 days
oAccomplished through robust PR process development, prioritization of continuous improvements (pareto defects), process improvement log, and fostering operator-driven feedback.
Managed over $6M CapEx annual budget for entire facility and over 30 projects annually towards CI and CapEx.
Managed direct team of 10 Manufacturing Engineers, 6 Program Managers and multiple cross functional teams.
WORK EXPERIENCE CONT.
Nammo Defense Systems 2019-2021
Program Manager Salt Lake City, Utah
Led multi-disciplinary project teams in new production development programs with integration of advanced technology across cross functional teams.
Responsible for management of assigned programs including internal and external research and development and production.
Plans, directs, and monitors program budgets (>$20M) and served as primary customer contact for program information.
Team leader of a cross-functional matrix-based team including engineering, research, systems integration, marketing, manufacturing, quality, test, procurement, and subcontract management.
L3Harris 2016-2019
Senior Project Manager - Operations Salt Lake City, Utah
Manage forecast, planning, capacity, and budgeting for high volume product line team utilizing SAP MRP, SAP MES and MS Project.
Responsible for effective transition of products from IRAD to full rate production.
Create Inspection Plans for our shop orders and provide in-process Quality Inspection support on the manufacturing floor.
Mentor and coach junior project managers and planners transitioning to project management role.
Reckitt Benckiser 2015 – 2016
Engineering Project Manager Salt Lake City, Utah
Prepare, develop, and execute CAPEX Requests for new processing equipment and infrastructure.
Provide project leadership and coordination with R&D, Planning, Marketing, Quality, and Global Business Category groups to ensure cGMP/FDA operations.
Adherence of specifications: ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007, cGMP, FDA CFR title 21 part 211
Electrical Marketing Solutions 2013-2015
Engineering Account Manager Salt Lake City, Utah
TD Williamson 2011-2013
Engineering Project Manager Salt Lake City, Utah
L3 Technologies 2007-2011
Mechanical Design Engineer Salt Lake City, Utah
Stephen Prax, MBA, PMP, CPIM
Director Program Management and Manufacturing Engineering
CONTACT
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Riverton, Utah
Stephen Prax
EDUCATION
Masters Business Administration
Arizona State University
W.P. Carey School of Business
Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
University of Utah
John and Marcia Price College of Engineering
Salt Lake City, Utah
CERTIFICATIONS
Program Management Professional (PMP)
Program Management Institute
2018-2027
Credential ID 3301762
Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
2024-2029
Credential ID 187252
SKILLS
CAPEX
Project Management
Process implementation
SAP
MS Project
MS Excel
Sharepoint
Qlik
Net Inspect
Delmia
Q-Pulse
APQP/PPAP
8D RCCA
DFMEA/PFMEA
Fishbone Diagram
3X5 Whys
PDCA
DMAIC
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