Sr Manager, ATSP4 PMO

• Dec 2022 - Present

LW&AD Proposal Manager & Program Integrator Section Manager - PMX

• Apr 2020 - Dec 2022

Proposal Manger supporting the SHORAD product line for ATSP Follow on contracts, FMS proposals and pricing exercises. Lead the team through all the proposal stages to ensure accurate, compliant and timely submittals. Coaching, mentoring, and supervising a team of up to 21 Program Integrators (PI)/Deputy Program Managers (DPMs) who are deployed on programs throughout the Raytheon Missiles and Defense (RMD) business. The PIs/DPMs are responsible for the execution and deployment of program management best practices to drive successful program execution. Show less

Controller Products Engineering Manager

• Jun 2019 - Apr 2020

Manage the day-to-day needs of the standard controls product line. Responsibilities include managing Controller product group projects/IRADs, resolving production issues, managing high-visibility customer issues, obsolescence management and planning, roadmap planning, CE compliance, and managing custom product requests.

Technical Engineering Manager (Business Development)

• Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

Leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team to develop engineering proposals to meet a target price to win. In addition, supporting the SATCOM business by leading an IRAD effortProposals:• Working with engineering and other functional areas to ensure the proposed solution is accurately estimated with the appropriate basis of estimates documented along with the risks and assumptions.• Works with the team to develop and provide out of the box price competitive solutions• Developing approaches to improve efficiencies of the proposal process, in order to ensure delivery on due dates to the customer and reduce cost of proposal preparationIRAD:• Working with the sales team, market researchers and SATCOM CTO to evaluate market needs • Working with engineering to develop competitive solutions to meet demands Show less

Technical Program Manager

• Apr 2017 - Jul 2018

Brought in to a PMO team as a Technical Program Manager responsible for requirements compliance on a large scale Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network program. Established the upfront execution plan for the initial phases of the areas of the program within responsibility. • Manage and lead the following teams to ensure requirements and deliverables are being satisfied per the program milestones while maintaining scope: o The identity and credentials access management technical team, o The Quality, Priority and Preemption technical team o The team responsible for building a customer test lab • Identifying out of scope work and communicating additional funding requests • Coordinate activities and dependencies with other areas of the program such as the applications ecosystem, cybersecurity and Radio Access Network buildout of the Band 14 Network • Interface with the government customer and internal AT&T leadership to set expectations on roadmap objectives and regulatory compliance requirements • Work with the technical development software teams to prioritize issues and defects, and provide a plan and a timeline to provide fixes • Ensure alignment with all internal and external stakeholders Show less

Deputy Program Manager - Engineering

• Jan 2015 - 2017

Lead a team responsible for building large earth-station antennas and was the GDMS representative to the customer. Responsible for engineering tactical planning and direction that resulted in successful deliverables on time and under budget. I was able to properly plan for risks and opportunities which resulted in money savings and customer satisfaction. Worked well with the team recognizing strengths and weaknesses and capitalizing on those. Provided leadership opportunities for individual contributors who demonstrated potential and leadership skills. Facilitated cross functional training for team members that were willing to learn and expand their expertise which resulted in better efficiencies in execution. • Lead a multi-functional team comprised of RF, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil/Structures, Software and Systems Engineers • Assembled and lead design reviews and Technical interchange meetings both internally and externally • Managed program execution efforts including cost, schedule, performance, risks, and opportunities of the project • Established project staffing plans and managed engineering resources to complete project scope of work • Identified, developed, analyzed, and reported on project metrics • Managed engineering interfaces to the Customer • Managed program interfaces with the Program Manager (schedule, budget, risk, critical concerns, opportunities) • Managed day-to-day performance and provided performance inputs to functional managers of assigned team members • Implemented effective corrective actions • Managed resolution of technical issues, communicated the resolution to all affected parties, and ensured that the resolution is carried out in all of the affected artifacts • Planned, authorized, and monitored the engineering work • Prepared ROMs, ECPs and performed yearly CEAC Show less

Lead System Hardware Integration and test engineer

• Sep 2011 - 2015

• Analyzed system requirements and decomposed into verifiable testing requirements • Generated system I/O requirements, Block Diagrams and coordinated interfaces to other antenna system components • Interfaced with customer and government on technical issues, needs and expectations • Conducted technical interchange meetings discussing technical issues and solutions • Performed first article and site testing with customer and government witnesses. Performed RF tests including Gain step, Gain variation, Group Delay, Latency, Intermodulation products, Isolation, VSWR, Phase Noise , Allan variance, and Noise Figure • Developed and taught training courses to teach customers about operations and maintenance of the equipment • Developed system manuals describing system operation, maintenance and troubleshooting • Managed subcontractors for sub systems including resolution of technical issues and schedule performance • Audited of vendor test data to verify compliance against specification and resolving non compliance issues. • CAM (Control Account Manager) for the RF and system engineering team Show less

Satellite Communications on-the-Move (SOTM) Mechanical Engineer

• Sep 2005 - 2011

• Modeled components; created drawings for complex harnesses and corresponding schematics using CAD (Autodesk Inventor) • Utilized Relex reliability software to analyze and predict product reliability of SOTM antennas • Responsible for tracking and documenting product failures and implementing corrective actions • Tested SOTM terminals for RF compliance • Tested SOTM terminals for EMI and provided designs to improve EMI performance • Interfaced with production, purchasing and QA to resolve engineering issues and improve processes • Interfaced with vendors during development of harnesses and manufacturing of components Show less

Mechanical Engineer

• Mar 1997 - Nov 1998