Program Manager, Contract Manager, DOD, Aerospace, Commercial
Resume:
Dennis Jagard
Simi Valley, CA 93063
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Program Manager
Expertise in Program Management, Engineering, and Aerospace
Innovative, intelligent and collaborative business professional.
Highly experienced and expert in program management processes, including
computer and software systems development. Contributions include
implementing advanced aerospace technology solutions using IPT methods,
negotiating multimillion-dollar contracts, and turning development programs
into long term high profit production runs.
|Program Management & Execution |Risk Analysis |Strategic Planning |
|Contract Negotiations |Design-To-Cost |Matrix Organization |
|EVMS |Principles |Document Control |
| |IPT Team Leadership | |
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
< Generated profits of over $40 Million by managing turnaround of the
USAF STD NAV system from an $80K loss to $20K profit per system and a
MTBF from 50 hours to over 700 hours.
< Increased profits from $5.7 Million to over $10 Million for fire
detection systems on the F/A-18F/G.
< Achieved Gross Margins above 40% on revenues of $30 Million for US
Navy DDG 51 and DDG1000 Destroyer fire detection systems.
< Applied electronic computer engineering design and development
management skills to increase program revenue from $10 Million to over
$23 Million on C-5 Improvement Program.
MEGGITT SAFETY SYSTEMS, Simi Valley, CA
2008 - June 2012
($120 Million global aerospace fire detector and alarm systems Company)
Senior Program Manager/Contracts Manager: Responsible for $35 Million
in sales per year for fire detection and alarm systems for DDG1000
destroyer; F/A-18F/G and C-5M aircraft. Provided program status, sales
forecasts and held design reviews.
. Improved gross margins to more than 40% by applying program
management best practices developing proposals, conducting kick off
meetings, performing matrix groups job analysis for quotations,
negotiating matrix group's ETC and skillful customer negotiations.
. Negotiated audits with DCMA and DCAA achieving their acceptance of
labor and material rates and factors.
. Achieved Platinum Quality Standard for performance from Northrop
Grumman on F-18.
REGENT AEROSPACE, Valencia, CA,
2007 - 2008
($35 Million global Commercial Airline Interior MRO Company)
Director Programs Management: Carried out best program management
practices for new aircraft custom seat development as well as for repair
and overhaul.
. Achieved gross margins above 50% for $6 Million of VIP seat
development programs.
. Received $10K bonus for outstanding program management
performance on special seat design and delivery.
Dennis Jagard, Resume continued
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, Simi Valley, CA
2004 - 2006
($18 billion global financial services company)
Corporate Contract Manager: Negotiated 100 plus contracts of up to $10
million each for software applications, computer hardware, employee
training systems, credit card and insurance services.
. Saved over $5 Million in program costs by applying expertise in
computer design capability, exemplar contract negotiation skills
and instituting competitive subcontract practices.
RICON CORPORATION, Los Angeles, CA
2001 - 2003
($75 million vehicle wheel chair lift and elevator manufacturer serving the
disability market)
VP Engineering: Restructured operations and delivered more than $50
million in products.
. Developed 3 new elevator designs incorporating new control computers
and software within 9 months improving gross margin by 25%.
. Reduced yearly inventory costs by 50% utilizing standard elevator
designs and ERP sales forecast material planning capability.
SBI, Long Beach, CA
1999 - 2001
($80 million ERP implementation provider with approximately 300 employees)
VP ERP Implementations: Performed numerous business solution (ERP, B2B)
proposals, assessments, and implementations in commercial manufacturing,
telecommunications.
. Successfully implemented Baan 5 ERP solution at two Solectron
Service Center locations within a five-month period, yielding a $3
million annual cost savings.
Northrop Grumman (Formerly Litton Industries), Woodland Hills, CA
1969 - 1999
($7 billion aerospace conglomerate)
Program Management Director: Oversaw multiple teams with up to 150
members, budgets totaling more than $250 million, and programs across
all divisions. Reported to CFO, CEO and COO on all strategic planning,
acquisitions, change management, cost control, on-time delivery, and
capital approval initiatives.
. Created winning proposals as Director Business Development
yielding over $200 Million in new business.
. Implemented corporate material procurement agreements for
divisions saving $40 Million per year in material costs.
. Managed more than 12 programs for multiple DOD agencies including
USAF, US Navy, and Cruise Missile ALCM. Products met or exceeded
all performance, reliability and on time delivery requirements.
. Conducted Program Management seminars for all Litton Divisions
emphasizing EVMS, master scheduling tools, design to cost and
Integrated Project Team (IPT) methodologies. Training applied
across divisions yielded profit improvements of 15%.
. With "can do" approach, developed USAF STD NAV system achieving
over 700 hours MTBF, 4 times over the contract requirement that
drove contract awards for over 2000 systems.
EDUCATION
. BS Electronic Engineering/Math Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
. Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE,
Audio Engineering Society
. Technical Skills: MS Office, VISIO, MS Scheduler, BAAN, MK,
Oracle, IDEF BPR
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