Experience

Gogo

• India
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 1 - 100 Employee

• OEM Linefit Director

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Gogo OEM Linefit Director with office in the local Seattle area to partner with Boeing to ensure data and IFC products are delivered on-time, 1st time right to satisfy our common Airline customers. In-depth Knowledge, Skills and Experience in the following areas: - Boeing and Airbus aircraft types including primary and secondary structures. - Boeing Ch. 20 Standard Practices + D6, BAC,BMS requirements and specs, Airbus ESPM + ABD0100 requirements. - FAA 43.13-1B - Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices - Aircraft Inspection and Repair. - OEM Linefit, offerability, and TC Requirements. - Aircraft Retrofit Design and STC Requirements. - Design tools: AutoCAD, CATIA. - Arinc, MS, NAS, SAE, and IEEE standards. - Program Management to track design progress from ITCM, PDR, CDR, FAI, to meet on-time schedule release. - Project RFQ's, Budgeting using Hyperion, and Oracle time-tracking. - Inflight Entertainment (IFE) systems with power/data distribution from Head-end server to passenger seats and peripherals. - Inflight Connectivity (IFC) communication from PEDs, on-board Wi-Fi systems to Ku/Ka Antennas, Geo/Meo/Leo Satellites, Teleports, and Data Centers. - Sheet Metal 3D Design and Requirements. - Aircraft Cable Design and Manufacturing Requirements. Show less



Panasonic Avionics Corporation

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

• • 2006 - Mar 2018

  Accomplished Aerospace Systems Engineering Director with 27 years of technical and management experience. Direct Panasonic Systems Engineering Department with 4 managers (Electrical, Mechanical, Seats, Technical Innovation) and 80 employees to exceed customer demands with exceptional level of design illustrations to ease Inflight Entertainment/Connectivity aircraft installation requirement.Hired and Developed the best management and engineering teams at Panasonic focused on achieving on-time and optimum IFE/IFC design to satisfy customer requirement. Our exceptional Engineering team produced industry-leading, high quality design recognized by Airlines world-wide. Show less

• • 1998 - 2006

  8 years of exemplary Management to lead the exponential growth of PAC. Recognized by Executive management with promotions to Supervisor, Section Manager, then Manager of both the Mechanical and Seats Depts.

• • 1992 - 1998

  6 years of aerospace structural and wiring design and on-site support engineer. An accomplished engineer with thousands of hours of experience in ME CAD, PDM, Aircraft surveys and satisfactory on-site resolution support.



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Wire Installation Specialist Engineer

  • 1998 - 1998

  Design routing and installation of shipside electrical wire bundles using CATIA. Coordinate and support Electrical Corrective Action Team (ECAT) to resolve routing problems. Design routing and installation of shipside electrical wire bundles using CATIA. Coordinate and support Electrical Corrective Action Team (ECAT) to resolve routing problems.


IBM
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Engineering Intern

  • 1990 - 1990