Experience

Raytheon

• Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• Program Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Present

  Program Manager & Risk Manager, ARC-231 International & Ancillaries; JTRS AMF IPT Lead Active key player in developing strategic plans and executing implementation plans while managing strategic growth customers and relationships. Consistently create competitive strategies to enter new international markets and to drive domestic growth, including developing bids, proposals, and financial analysis for new business. Effectively manage multi-million dollar Risk & Opportunities register. Adeptly manage executive presentations, project updates, and all operational/financial reviews. Selected Achievements: • Program Manager on the largest program with $100 Million+ in annual revenue for one of the company’s largest business units. • Increased sales 220% and profit margins 35%. • Successfully managed 9-120+ cross-functional matrixed personnel with P&L responsibility on high-profile strategic programs in both product development and day-to-day operations in the US, UK, and Poland. • Created financial model that simplified analysis and improved forecast accuracy by almost 20%.



Eaton

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Division Strategy & Product Planning Manager, Program Manager

  • Oct 2004 - Aug 2009

  Skillfully developed 5-year strategic plans and key initiatives with senior leadership teams in Asia-Pacific and South America, including development of data-driven business cases and implementation plans. Continuously evaluated opportunities and prioritized resource allocation while managing the strategic planning process and international business development. Effectively identified market opportunities, developed strategic alliances/acquisitions and conducted due diligence on acquisitions, partnerships, and joint ventures. Consistently developed SWOTs; segmented markets; identified adjacent markets, market niches, and value-add opportunities and offerings; established and implemented product and service portfolios and strategies; and managed product and technology roadmaps.Selected Achievements:• Increased sales 43% and 24% in Mexico and Brazil. Positioned the business for market entry in China and India.• Directly developed and implemented vital global Competitive Intelligence and Analysis program (corporate Best Practice) that delivered more robust strategies, more effective value propositions, higher differentiation, shorter time to market, and significant profit improvements. • Key Program Manager leading multiple cross-functional international matrix teams that developed and delivered new products and services on strategic development programs from $81 Million to $1.2 Billion in sales on time and on budget.

• Program Manager, Senior Engineer, Advanced Quality

  • May 2000 - Oct 2004

  Led key management of new programs from $2.4 Million to $28 Million for BMW, Jaguar, GM, and Ford on-site in Brazil and the USA. Successfully launched new facility in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil to enter into the South American market.



Atlantic Research Corporation

• Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

  • Aug 1996 - May 2000

  Implemented Oracle across the division in less than 10 days. Avoided supplier $180M recall through applied qualitative and statistical methods. Introduced automotive quality mentality, reducing incoming inspection costs by $450K annually. Managed 6 people. Built, equipped, set up, and staffed new laboratory. Implemented Oracle across the division in less than 10 days. Avoided supplier $180M recall through applied qualitative and statistical methods. Introduced automotive quality mentality, reducing incoming inspection costs by $450K annually. Managed 6 people. Built, equipped, set up, and staffed new laboratory.



GenCorp

• Quality Manager

  • Jul 1990 - Aug 1996

  Obtained ISO 9001 certification on initial attempt. Launched 19 new parts in production in less than 3 weeks. Created & implemented plant-wide quality systems, many still in use today. Upgraded site quality systems to automotive levels. Managed supplier & customer quality for Joint Venture plant. Managed 4 people. Division Supplier Quality Engineer Implemented Ship to Stock program resulting in incoming inspection savings of $300K annually. Created & implemented company supplier quality award. Implemented divisional survey program; reduced survey costs by $140K annually. Set up quality systems across the division. Quality Engineer Developed quality systems to address both US & Japanese market needs on-site in both Japan & the USA. Obtained plant Ford Q-1 certification on initial attempt.



Baxter Pharmaseal

• Quality Engineer

  • Sep 1989 - Jun 1990

  Developed quality systems to address both US & Japanese market needs on-site in both Japan & the USA. Obtained plant Ford Q-1 certification on initial attempt. Developed quality systems to address both US & Japanese market needs on-site in both Japan & the USA. Obtained plant Ford Q-1 certification on initial attempt.



Dexter Plastics / Research Polymers

• SPC Manager / Quality Analyst

  • Oct 1986 - Sep 1989

  Set up statistical systems and reduced scrap by $85K annually. Obtained plant Ford Q-1 certification on initial attempt. Set up statistical systems and reduced scrap by $85K annually. Obtained plant Ford Q-1 certification on initial attempt.