Engineer Manager

CLAUDE BAILEY, PH.D.

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*** ************ ***** • Plano, Texas 75023

214-***-**** • **********@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudebailey

MATERIALS ENGINEER AND RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Product and Process Engineer manager with nearly 9 years of experience. Expertise in materials characterization, productivity enhancement, renewable energy technology evaluation, and cost modeling and reliability. Proven ability to implement Six Sigma techniques to improve operational efficiencies, to complete tasks within cost and schedule constraints, and to organize people and tasks. Demonstrated skill in developing and leading high-performing, cross-functional teams. Communication and leadership skills to motivate and coach others in the achievement of continuous improvement and company goals. Active secret security clearance.

Budget Preparation • Forecasting • Implementation • Manual Weld Training Monitor • Marketing Analysis • Weld Quality Manager • Operations Management • Process Improvement • Product Development • Project Management • Proposal Preparation • Price-to-Win • Weld Penetration Control • Ability to solving wave soldering quality problems (shorts, lack of solder, solder insufficient, blow holes, etc) • Productivity Enhancement •

Quality Control • Research • Research / Development • Risk Management • Sales • Sales Development

Competitive Intelligence • Start-Up Operations • Total Quality Management • Training / Development • Writing

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CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Implemented Six Sigma technique of statistical process control to improve first pass yield failure rate on production lines.

Led effort to develop automatic user interface to allow operators to input system test data into an MS Access database that compared each input value against design margins, identify trends, and track failures in real time, eliminating need to write test values on classified test sheets. Allowed for retrieval of historical test data. Set design margin triggers that alerted production floor supervisors and engineers allowing for timely containment of abnormal process results. Savings reached $2.7 million.

Built tool to rapidly search the internet to identify renewable energy funding opportunities through

all branches of US government and foreign government RFI, RFP, and BAA solicitations.

Created technology assessment reports for most widely discussed renewable energy technologies and employed price to win strategies on proposal efforts.

Developed market assessment reports to identify potential competitor’s capabilities, teaming partners,

and analysis of recent awards.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Raytheon. Plano, Texas. 2005 – 2011.

Principal Systems Engineer. 2010 – 2011.

• Oversaw conversion of all non-accountable test data sheets to electronic format and destruction of historical data sheets.

• Developed data acquisition system that cataloged test data sheets and seamlessly retrieved historical data.

• Implemented statistical process control to track failure rates on production line.

Selected Accomplishments

Implemented Six Sigma technique of statistical process control to improve first pass yield failure rate on production lines.

Led effort to develop automatic user interface to system test data to be input into MS Access database that compared each input value against design margins, identify trends, and track failures in real time, eliminating need to write test values on classified test sheets. Designed margin triggers that alerted production floor supervisors and engineers, allowing for timely containment of abnormal process results. Savings reached $2.7 million.

Energy Solutions Requirements Lead. 2010.

• Developed cost models for renewable energy integration into existing military installations, built base energy model, and provided recommendations on quantitative and qualitative metrics on military installation interface with surround community.

• Led proposal teams during strategy phase; developed technical sections, risk analysis, and cost volume.

• Led 15 proposal efforts for advanced technical programs in response to solicitations from The Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA) and Department of Energy.

Selected Accomplishments

Built tool to rapidly search the internet to identify renewable energy funding opportunities through

all branches of US government and foreign government RFI, RFP, and BAA solicitations.

Created technology assessment reports for most widely discussed renewable energy technologies.

Developed market assessment reports to identify potential competitor’s capabilities, teaming partners,

and analysis of recent awards.

Chief Engineer. 2009 – 2010.

• Oversaw all aspects of design and develop for the Army’s Acoustic Locating Array Sensor (ALAS).

• Managed team of 10 engineers for $5 million design effort.

• Developed understanding of ALAS performance requirements, architecture, modeling and analysis software to resolve requirements and algorithm verification issues.

• Led numerous customer technical briefings to resolve sensor performance issues.

Selected Accomplishments

Assumed role of Acoustics SME on the ALAS product team, rapidly developed understanding of

performance requirements, architecture, modeling, and analysis software to resolve requirements issues and algorithm verification issues.

Hosted customer briefings that led to use of industry standard acoustic modeling software (SPEBE) to evaluate sensors’ performance.

Conducted and oversaw customer requested field testing as a result of modeling results.

Process Lead Engineer. 2008 – 2009.

• Led team of 3 process engineers to address lack of historical cost and performance metrics for future proposal development.

• Developed metrics process that provided an optimum tool solution for historical program metrics and closely tracked the program’s monthly progress.

• Enabled real-time recognition of problems in staffing, defect containment, requirements size, requirements volatility, DMI, productivity, and TPMs, as well as potential impacts for timely risk mitigation.

Selected Accomplishments

Lead effort to satisfy requirements of corporate metrics audit of the future combat systems program.

Responded to urgent need address lack of program financial and performance metrics flowing to corporate for use on future proposal efforts. Assembled team of engineers, diagnosed problems, developed metrics process that provided solution for historical program metrics and closely tracked SoSEs monthly progress. Capability allowed real-time problem recognition, resulting in $3.2 million saving over next 6 proposal efforts.

Product and Process Engineer Manager. 2006 – 2008.

• Involved in engineering reviews, materials selection and application, quality assurance auditing and system development, and personnel t

• Lead Engineer in Product Analysis Laboratory performing failure analysis, SEM/EDS analysis, construction analysis, non-destructive testing, manufacturing problem solving, material support, and product development support for OEM electronic and electro-acoustic products.

• Strong problem solving skills including failure mode identification, physics of failure description, and corrective action.

• Resident expert in soldering technology including reliability prediction, solder mechanical behavior, solder joint design and soldering process improvement.

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Selected Accomplishments

Manual Weld Training Monitor - managed and developed embedded computer hardware and software for a product to assist in the training of manual welding for the SMAW, GTAW, GMAW and FCAW processes.

Weld Penetration Control - developed welding procedures and a real-time process controller for GTA weld penetration.

Weld Quality Manager - developed a complete weld quality information system including in-field data collection using part pictures, database management and analysis tools for weld quality tracking and visualization.

Peformed failure analysis tasks on integrated circuits, hybrid circuits, discrete components, magnetics, fine pitch surface mount technology, through-hole technology, printed wiring boards, thick-film ceramic, mechanical components, and injection molded plastic parts.

Chief Engineer. 2003 – 2005.

• Managed and reported cost and schedule variances for 14 sub-contractors on a $75 million program.

• Monitored and reported cost and schedule data to program management and customer briefings.

• Led proposal effort to capture Army’s Wireless Activation and Detection of Nanotube Oscillators (WADNO).

• Managed team of 6 engineers and 4 subcontractors through the capture and execution of the program worth $2.5 million.

• Completed all customer reviews within contracted cost and schedule constraints.

Selected Accomplishments

Principal investigator and lead technical writer for nanomaterials program. Reviewed scientific journals to predict and forecast current and future technologies that directly support Urban Warfighting Operations.

Conceptualized, presented, and developed Raytheon’s first nanotechnology program from DARPA: Wireless Activation and Detection of Nanotube Oscillators (WADNO). Led team of 5 subcontractors and 3 engineers for 15 month duration of $1.6 million project.

Earned national engineering awards: Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and Raytheon Star Achievement Award.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Materials Engineering. Auburn University. Auburn, Alabama.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Physics. Tuskegee University. Tuskegee, Alabama.

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