Experience

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  Northrop Grumman - Astro Aerospace

  • Melbourne, Florida Area

  • Senior System Engineer

    • Dec 2016 - Present
    • Melbourne, Florida Area

    • SE Integrator supporting Section build and subcontractors progress across platforms. • Coordinated Section CDR criteria from Customer through Subcontracts.• Led requirements tracking and moved specification off tree to achieve direct traceability down through Tier IV level suppliers.

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  L-3 Communications, Link Simulation & Training

  • Arlington, TX

  • Program Engineer

    • Apr 2015 - Sep 2016
    • Arlington, TX

    • F-16 H12 USAF Principal Engineer leading simulator upgrade program.• F-18G-TOFT 4-dome ($12 million) Navy training facility build Lead, managing lab security lockdown, procurements, connection to another 4 dome facility and system assembly.• Launched F-18 H10 Australian Upgrade executing on-time and budget• Innovative cyber security modernization Lead (17-person group) advanced prototyping a year via funding changes and parts purchases.

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  BAE Systems, Global Fighter Program

  • 13901 Aviation Way, Fort Worth, TX 76177

  • Manager Special Projects

    • Jan 2014 - Feb 2015
    • 13901 Aviation Way, Fort Worth, TX 76177

    • Special Projects Manager supervising personnel from multiple IPTs.• F-16 Mission Systems Deputy Director when principle was out of country. Proven effective in assigning personnel across product teams and tracking progress.• Stood-up Configuration Management Department for Korean Royal F-16 Retrofit Program. Establishing data management ground rules, data item transfer procedures and distribution boundaries with USAF SPO.

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  Lockheed Martin

  • Fort Worth, TX 76101

  • Aircraft Chief, Program and System Engineer Assignments

    • Jan 1991 - Jan 2014
    • Fort Worth, TX 76101

    • • Principal developer of three F-22 Labs Infrastructure proposals to support Edwards AFB Flight Test Team, 12 Subcontractor sites infrastructures and Fort Worth Prime Test Team.• Successfully managed F-22 Increment 3.2A Team, reducing software faults (352 to 32) to raise incentive fee capture ($15 million).• F-22 DO66 Retrofit Program Technical Lead for the modification of sixty-four F-22 aircraft, over six sustainment contracts ($900 million).• Program Engineer Principal for “Reliability Availability Maintainability Maturation Program ($520M).• Chief Engineer responsible for Increment 2, F-22 Block 20/30 ($120M) for 164 fielded aircraft. Lead 121 persons, spread over 3 sites. Served as PM and CE for 6 months through System Requirements Review. • Successfully proposed, Modernization Program’s expansion CCP-159 ($27M) contract to add 187 capabilities/fixes into the Increment 2 planned releases. Received awards for capturing new business.• F-22 Design Change Board as Avionics Chairman responsible for quality and cost management. Noticed for effective cost avoidance which saved company $24M in capital allocation.• Site Manager and Program Liaison to establish Lockheed’s F-22 Seattle field office at Boeing. Relocated family and Led on-site F-22 integration, assisted in field Team recruitment, and developed firm working relationship with Boeing Company; Received Boeing Outstanding Team Player Award.• F-22 1st Flight, Avionics Integration Lead responsible for the avionics integration, software releases and acceptance tests of the first three F-22 aircrafts.• Navy AFX Program, Avionics Lead (25 persons) responsible for engineering developing program, requirements, design, integration and test for EW, CNI, SMS, EO and air-to-ground systems.• A-12 US Air Force Derivatives, Avionics Lead for General Dynamics (20 person) and Boeing St Louis (27 persons) design teams to develop products for A-12 aircraft, Air Force suite.

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  US Army – Communications Command

  • Fort Huachuca, AZ

  • Communication Engineer Officer

    • Jan 1980 - Jan 1984
    • Fort Huachuca, AZ

    • Long-Haul & Tech Control Communication Engineer• Alternative Energy IRAD Engineer• Regular ARMY Officer