Engineer Manager

Alan Devereaux **** Gorgoza Dr. Park City, UT ****8 435-***-****

dezs44@r.postjobfree.com,

Experience

• Engineering Solutions September 2011 to Present

Park City, Utah

Engineering Manager

Design consultant for telecommunications firm specializing in wireless communications. Technical lead for antenna and electrical component design elements of digital communications networks. Acting as a technical expert for taking designs from conception through government approval for test and operation. Responsible for quality control of asset installations, implementation and qualification tests based on product and government specification requirements.

• L-3 Communications May 2010 to September 2011

Salt Lake City, Utah

Product Line Manager

Manager over design, build, operation, and marketing of a SATCOM and wireless high-speed data communications product line. Led an engineering team with responsibility to implement design, schedule product manufacture, and provide proposal and procurement activities for insertion of the product line into Government Programs. Successfully managed several winning proposal efforts that met or exceeded customer requirements in a strictly controlled ISO, CMMI and DoD environment. Initiated quality control changes that saved cost up to 34% on aircraft systems implementations.

• 10 dB Gain, LLC July 2006 to May 2010

Warner Robins, Georgia

Senior Project Engineer

Engineering lead representing the government for design and test of the Army’s ACS high-speed data communications program. Accountable for Engineering and Project Management of the system’s design for an aerospace application. Conducted an aircraft test program resulting in successful completion of Development and Operational Tests prior to system procurement. Responsible for oversight of planning, schedule, cost and integration of prototype product on ISR aircraft. Led integrated product teams and provided report and presentation submittals to Joint DoD executive management. Successfully completed test requirements planning and test designs to assess the system’s ability to operate under stress - providing a secure and functional solution based on allocated budgets. Acted as program liaison and consultant between the Army’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) and it’s vendors. Principal development engineering interface for JTEL and JITC government offices, successfully progressing product design through Communications Architecture (SCA) certification and interoperability validations.

• L-3 Communications June 1998 to July 2006

Salt Lake City, Utah

Senior Staff Engineer

• Successful leader of increasingly complex programs as Project Engineer during development and fielding of eight wireless high-speed data trafficking systems. Managed technical development and test of full duplex lightweight communications data links developed for Joint DoD communities. Was responsible for increasing client satisfaction and reducing costs by 21% by improving antenna interfaces that supported insertion of the ROVER III (a receiver of video imagery and intelligence data) into fielded operations. Participated as senior level contributor to proposal efforts to maintain current and future programs, providing design to cost and budget requirements based on customer needs.

• Acted as Principle Engineer over several design, integration, and test efforts. These involved technical projects from receipt of RFP to customer acceptance of these products. Personally acted as test specialist providing successful completion of environmental, physical stress, vibration, and electrical test plans of five projects that are fielded currently and providing positive results for intelligence and reconnaissance missions.

● Alliant Techsystems (formerly Hercules Aerospace) October 1988 to June 1998

Magna, Utah

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• Leader of integrated process team manufacturing rocket motors for use in space launch and military applications. Chairman of Material Review Board assigned to disposition hardware and correct processing problems to meet DoD and ISO requirements. Manufacture consisted of production of integrated composite cases, case bonds, and solid propellants.

Engineer – Design and Analysis

• Principal Investigator for Research and Development program responsible for determining rocket motor structural integrity through development of testing methods that analyze fracture mechanisms within rocket motor materials.

• Project Engineer for characterization and aging studies of US Navy’s Trident II missile system. Proven success analyzing components used in design of propellants and composite pressure vessels.

DoD Cleared: Secret

Quality Focus: Six Sigma Green Belt

Education

• University of Utah

College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science awarded in Materials Science and Engineering.

Studies concentrated on composite products, metallurgy, semiconductors and their applications in industry.

• University of Utah

College of Science

Bachelor of Science awarded in Physics. Class rating by Graduate Record Examination (GRE) placed in top 1% of nationally graduating seniors.

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