Michelle Ong
Program Manager/ Systems Engineer at PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Ham Radio General Class
Federal Communications CommissionMar, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Physical Optics Corporation
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United States
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Defense & Space
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100 - 200 Employee
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Program Manager/ Systems Engineer
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Feb 2018 - Present
• Develop and manage the battle rhythm for program execution• Manage day to day execution with standups, email updates, one on ones• Primary interface with the customers; conduct bi-weekly customer meetings • Simultaneously perform program management and system engineering • Develop system spec, test plans, and test procedures• Lead reviews -SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TIM• Proactively resolve resource and budget issues• Support capture of new business• Manage and wrote RIF and SBIRS proposals with > 50% win rate• Organized technical writing luncheons to mentor technical proposal writers Show less
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Lead Systems Engineer and Proposal Writer/Technical Writer
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Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
• Simultaneously manage user requirements, budget, and schedule for two Air Force customers• Lead systems, mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software engineering teams to successful closure of SRR, PDR, and CDR• Create technical proposals for, Department of Defense, Rapid Innovation Funds, Small Business Innovation Research proposals for cyber, avionics units, electronic warfare, optics, and mechanics.• Create statement of work, work breakdown structure, integrated master schedule for management volumes.• Develop marketing presentations.• Interview Principal Investigators, SMEs, technical team, managers.• Research related technologies.• Manage and develop company-wide standard operational procedures.• Create internal and external how-to guides, training, use cases for software products and IT infrastructure. Create Wikipedia page.• Recommend and implement strategies to increase productivity and increase work scope.• Mentor junior technical writers. Show less
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Boeing
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United States
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Aviation & Aerospace
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Engineer
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Feb 1997 - Dec 2012
Michelle Ong has a Masters degree in Space Physics and 15 years of experience as an Engineer in the Aerospace Industry. She has produced proposals, white papers, standard operational procedures, work instructions, tutorials, and test plans and has presented her work to Managers and Customers. The majority of these products are targeted for Users, so she has a unique talent of simplifying complex, technical concepts to practical knowledge. Michelle Ong has a Masters degree in Space Physics and 15 years of experience as an Engineer in the Aerospace Industry. She has produced proposals, white papers, standard operational procedures, work instructions, tutorials, and test plans and has presented her work to Managers and Customers. The majority of these products are targeted for Users, so she has a unique talent of simplifying complex, technical concepts to practical knowledge.
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Mount San Antonio College and Chaffey College
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San Dimas and Rancho Cucamonga
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Physics Instructor
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Jan 1995 - Jan 1997
Michelle Ong taught Introduction to Physics. She leveraged her experience as an Engineer and tailored the Physics Curriculum to include real life applications. Michelle Ong taught Introduction to Physics. She leveraged her experience as an Engineer and tailored the Physics Curriculum to include real life applications.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Member of Technical Staff
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Mar 1991 - Jun 1993
Michelle Ong provided the Physics/Engineering component to a team of Biologists. She developed a white paper on theory of co-rotating centrifuge technology to prove feasibility to Johnson Space Center Engineers. She worked with Subject Matter Experts at Langley Space Center to model shielding and biological effects due to cosmic and proton radiation and presented the final analysis to NASA Headquarters and to the International Partners. Michelle Ong provided the Physics/Engineering component to a team of Biologists. She developed a white paper on theory of co-rotating centrifuge technology to prove feasibility to Johnson Space Center Engineers. She worked with Subject Matter Experts at Langley Space Center to model shielding and biological effects due to cosmic and proton radiation and presented the final analysis to NASA Headquarters and to the International Partners.
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Education
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University of California, Los Angeles
Master's Degree, Physics -
University of California, Irvine
Bachelor's Degree, Biophysics
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