Experience

Haigh-Farr, Inc.
• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Program Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Present


BAE Systems

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Dec 2018 - Jan 2022

  Program Manager for all test activities in support of the F-35 Production Program. Responsibilities include overall management of program cost and schedule requirements, risk management, definition and execution of strategic initiatives, customer support and proposal activities.

• • Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

  Technical leadership of the F-35 Production Microwave factory. Managed yield improvement initiatives, affordability activities, defect investigations and ensured factory deliveries met program requirements.

• • Aug 2013 - Aug 2017

  Managing the technical content, cost and schedule associated with an NRE phase of the JSF program. EVMS responsibilities include tracking and correcting negative cost and schedule variances, presenting cost and schedule indices to program management, return to green plans, and variance reports.

• • Dec 2008 - Aug 2013

  JSF TPS Lead• Managed a technical team of 5 TPS developers and over 3500 man hours within a 6 month period of performance.• Tracked and reported development and integration status while providing technical support and direction to ensure timely completion of work products.• Participated in management discussions pertaining to lessons learned, definition of task completion, and program path forward.• Completed ETCs based on the evaluation of existing work products and communicated resource issues that were revealed.JSF TPS Developer, Individual Contributor• Assumed full responsibility for seven UUT TPSs for environmental stress screening. Responsibilities included test design documentation, test program set design, integration, sell off, and deployment documentation.• Collaborated with Performance Excellence to define selloff criteria, conduct test demonstrations and release test software.• Successfully completed all TPS related tasks on schedule and saved the program in excess of 1500 budgeted hours.• Worked closely with hardware and software leads to communicate issues, propose solutions, and monitor progress of updates being made.• Performed extensive test station and ITA debug during software integration. Documented and communicated necessary changes to the hardware.CMWS TPS Developer and Team Lead• Interfaced heavily with the customer; holding Test Readiness Reviews, Configuration Control Board meetings, and debriefs throughout selloff and sustainment activities. • Accompanied delivery of test station to Tobyhanna Army Depot and verified system functionality upon arrival. • Conducted training on test station platform with end users as well as debug techniques for fault isolation. Functioned as primary contact for end users regarding UUT test program sets and test station hardware. Show less



ElectroStandards

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Apr 2007 - Dec 2008

  • Designed over 45 commercial copper and fiber optic data communication switches including PCB layout, cable design, BOM creation, and embedded firmware design. • Conducted unit test and debug against design requirements. • Wrote technical manuals, assembly procedures, and test procedures for all new designs. • Worked with the manufacturing and quality control departments daily to monitor progress of current builds, to improve designs for manufacturability, and to investigate and document design changes using Engineering Change Orders. • Conducted Technical Support calls with customers experiencing unit failures in the field and investigated and reworked units if returned. Show less


Raytheon
• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee
• Engineering Intern

  • Jan 2004 - Sep 2006