Experience

Virgin Galactic

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Director, Mission Systems Delta IPT

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Adient Aerospace

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Director of Program Management

  • Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Formed Program Management Office for newly created Joint Venture• Managed harmonization efforts as result of acquisition of Boeing EnCore Interiors by Adient Aerospace• Grew group from single Program Manager to staff of 8, with direct reports in several countries in North America and Europe• Created specialist roles for Serial Production Program Managers, Program Schedulers, and Product Line Managers• Developed and deployed Gated Process for Program Management• Chaired Airbus Program Management Capability Assessments, successfully achieving companyofferability with Airbus• Launched Earned Value Management and Integrated Master Scheduling focus for organization• Championed cost reduction and change management initiatives for the organization• Developed standardized Program Management processes and tools• Participated in Senior Leadership Team meetings, reporting directly to CEO Show less

• Director of Programs

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2021

  • Served as Director on leadership team defining strategy and execution for newly created aircraft seating division within EnCore group• Created Program Management tools, processes, and standard work for the division• Transitioned organization from product concept phase through program award and kickoff, detailed engineering, certification, and production phases, ensuring successful delivery of final product to customer• Managed customer relationships with critical airline customers, with wide range of geographical and cultural backgrounds• Served as primary point of contact for Boeing for both tactical and strategic initiatives, maintaining favored status and achieving “Supplier of the Year” award• Prepared division for inaugural Boeing Production Rate Assessment audit, achieving “Green” status and full offerability on Boeing programs• Represented Program Management organization for division’s first AS9100 audit, with no major or minor findings• Achieved 100% on-time performance for all deliveries• Created operational KPIs and daily/weekly/monthly meeting cadence to enhance departmental efficiencies and communication• Successfully navigated PMO through acquisition of company, helping lead transition from privately held company to Joint Venture sponsored by Boeing and Adient• Member of Senior Leadership Team responsible for tactical and strategic growth of Adient Aerospace Show less



Zodiac Aerospace

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Director - C Series

  • Feb 2016 - Jun 2016

  • Served as Director of one of Zodiac’s largest cabin interior programs, comprising over 1200 commodities from 5 major Zodiac facilities worldwide, including lavatories, overhead bins, galleys, seats, waste and water systems, emergency equipment, sidewalls, door liners, and cargo linings• Supervised and developed performance of major Tier 2 suppliers supplying equipment to overall program• Transitioned program from low-rate development mode to full production• Created new head-of-version organization to allow configuration-controlled customized product to service OEM’s airline customers• Managed rate ramp-up planning effort, quadrupling production headcount while ensuring financial and quality controls were kept• Served as functional leader to Contracts Managers, Customer Engineering Managers, Supplier System Managers, and Program Managers• Created capital infrastructure to support growth of program from <$1million per year in annual sales to over $50 million per year in annual sales• Developed direct maintenance cost model to ensure long-term profitability of program while in service• Hand-selected by executive leadership team to manage program during critical transition and recovery phase Show less

• Director of Airlines Programs

  • May 2012 - Feb 2016

  • Orchestrated management of airline program portfolio, comprising $80 million in annual sales• Served as functional leader to Contracts Managers, Business Development Managers, and Program Managers • Ensured on-time delivery, quality, and financial performance of serial production programs• Created detailed forecasting and capacity analyses for the airlines Program Office based on current and potential work• Served as a spokesperson for Zodiac’s capabilities in the BFE Premium Monument and Galley arena• Led high visibility, high risk airline programs with organization’s most demanding customers• Directed R&D and catalog programs to decrease engineering cost and lead time for all programs while increasing competitiveness of the business unit• Served as Project Lead and Executive Champion of next-generation lavatory program• Launched Zodiac’s retrofit lavatory product line and grew it to a backlog of over 1500 units• Achieved PMP Certification Show less

• Program Manager

  • Jan 2011 - May 2012

  • Developed next-generation Front Row Monuments with integrated IFE, passenger, and crew accommodations and interfaces for use in premium Business Class environments• Interpreted and defined requirements from varied airline customers and served as main point of contact• Created detailed scope of work, budget, schedule, and Program Management Plans for concurrent, short run, complex monument and galley products, based on marketing handoffs and summaries• Repaired and strengthened key strategic relationships with airline partners• Ensured collaboration and communication between functional groups within the organization by providing strong leadership and program direction Show less



Honeywell

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2011

  • Coordinated activities between different engineering groups, laboratory services, manufacturing, supply chain and program and configuration management to ensure on-time delivery, project deliverables, and cost accounting management • Worked on a diverse set of projects and activities in a matrix organization, including design-to-cost, value engineering, velocity product development, failure analysis, and risk mitigation • Lead department training for site implementation of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning software • Patent application accepted in January 2010 • Designed new hydrodynamic journal and thrust air bearings for use in aircraft ECS turbomachinery • Advanced core company technology in highly-visible global R&D program spanning multiple business units • Achieved Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Show less