Tashma Teepell
Associate Program Director at Raytheon Technologies- Claim this Profile
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Program Management
RaytheonApr, 2014- Oct, 2024 -
Cost Account Management
RaytheonJan, 2014- Oct, 2024 -
Earned Value Management
RaytheonJan, 2014- Oct, 2024 -
Six Sigma Specialist
RaytheonNov, 2005- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Raytheon Technologies
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Program Director
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Jul 2021 - Present
Air Warfare Systems; Sr leader driving new technology efforts and expanding our profile. Accountable for Cost, Schedule and Performance for TMRR and EMD contractually $ 3B, in a competitive contractual environment. Responsibilities include ongoing program execution and growth strategies for development, production, fielding, sustainment and overall technical performance of specialty program areas. Primary customer and internal interface aforementioned activities associated with the program areas and oversee identification of risk mitigation, capturing opportunities introducing new configuration variants to meet program contractual objectives, and configuration changes to government test clearance approval. Leading efforts from Reliability Growth, Hardware Qualification, Ground and Flight Test, Environmental and Specialty Test to End User Supportability and Maintainability through engineering design into full rate production. Show less
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Raytheon
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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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Founder & Committee Chair / RiseUP Leadership Program
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Jan 2017 - Present
As an advocate of Diversity & Inclusion and a member of the Raytheon Missile Systems Executive Diversity Council, I’m the founder of the RiseUP Leadership Program, created in 2017. The program’s foundation is to champion ERG members. It’s a leadership program that increases opportunities for all ranks/levels of employees whom RiseUP to today's business challenges; filter out untapped talent to be placed into specific Talent Pools across all functions, currently focused on our need to fulfill the Program Management pipeline. The candidates invest their own personal time into developing their skills in Program Management (web-based and instructor led courses) and are immersed into 8 months of EQ and Team Building training, mentorship, experiential learning opportunities and extensive network growth up to executive business leaders.This has resulted in a 100% (62 graduates) graduation rate in 2017 and 93% (107 graduates) graduation rate. Candidates receive the Raytheon internal Program Management certification and/or Earned Value Management/Cost Account Management Certification along with their RiseUP Leadership Program Certification when they graduate. The graduation event is sponsored by Corporate and Raytheon Missile Systems business unit Executive Sponsors. In the first year, over 1,100 employees from Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) showed interest in being honored as a cohort member, increasing annually.In our first year, we created a committee of leaders within program management to review all applicant resumes, bios, and essays as to why we should invest in them. We conducted interviews and down selected to 62 candidates across the United States. In 2019, we selected 117 candidates.This program has been proven a success and has been recognized as a Best Practice at the Corporate level. The program highlights what one leader can do to impact the development of others within our company. Show less
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Sr Program Manager
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Apr 2018 - Jul 2021
Advanced Missile Systems; Sr leader driving new technology efforts and expanding our profile. Accountable for TMRR Contractual $350M+ P&L, schedule and performance in a competitive contractual environment. Leading efforts from contract capture through engineering design into full rate production; including engineering design, test, manufacturing and end user maintainability.
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Sr Proposal Program Build Manager
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Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
Execute TMRR Contractual Program and be the Sr EMD Program Build Proposal Manager to submit a $2B competitive proposal to expand current execution contract. Successful won!
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Operations Manager / Space Systems Operations and Electro-Optical Strategic Make Center
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May 2016 - Apr 2018
Lead a team of front line managers; overseeing 80+ manufacturing employees, that focus ensuring seamless movement of hardware and delivery on customer commitments and accountable for providing the necessary leadership acumen and strategic focus that drives value into our business. Manager overseeing the management team of all factory personnel in Space Tier II, Cryogenics, and Avionics Factories across multiple product lines. Held accountable to be the lead provider of predictive, integrated solutions and providing support services through standardization and alignment of factory systems to improve affordability and enhance competitive advantage. Responsible for factory procedural support and standardization across the Strategic Make Centers (SMC) to ensure common; define best practices, drive compliance to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, security standards, safety of people and product, training requirements, organizational effectiveness and overall factory audit readiness for the Space - EO Strategic Make Center which produces over 15 missile products including the Standard Missile product family, Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, Redesigned Kill Vehicle, SDB II, Stinger, and Talon. Provide seamless collaboration with both internal and external customers such as Defense Security Services, Corporate Internal Audit, DCMA Quality, MDA Mission Assurance, as well as Program Management from supported programs. Ensure capability to achieve organizational and program objectives, developing and maintaining relationships with IP leadership and interface with all levels of internal management (including executive leadership), and external customers. Key responsibilities include: · Development of department strategies to improve efficiency & effectiveness · Optimize production support processes and systems · Help reduce operational cost · Drive requirements compliance (Audit ready Culture) Show less
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Regional VP / Raytheon Women's Network
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Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
Primary driver of inter and intra group coordination, collaboration and implementation of annual strategy, goals and Employee Resource Group (ERG) development and maturity at the Regional level· Partner with global President and Regional Business Diversity Lead (BDL) to identify business needs where ERGs could bring value · Assess the level of ERG maturity and development needs and partner with the Regional Council to identify opportunities to develop at the local &/or regional level· Coordinate the annual AOP strategy and budget submittal across the region for one’s respective ERG · Collaborate within the Regional Council, to identify and design those initiatives that further the strategy and goals including engaging lateral partners. Guide implementation across the region.· Collaborate with the other Regional Vice Presidents, to identify and design those common focus initiatives/programs that will be leveraged across all ERGs and regions.Maintain multidirectional relationships designed to develop and maintain the value of the ERGs to both employees and the business· Establish and maintain ongoing interactions with global ERG cabinets, local site leads and the BDLs at a minimum of monthly to maintain the big picture operation of ones’ respective ERG in the region· Use virtual IT tools to leverage the regional and local presence · Quarterly and annually, design and facilitate opportunities to meet with local representatives for the purpose of enterprise planning, leadership development and system assessmentProvide Structure, fiscal and goal oversight· With Regional Finance and Operations Directors, implement and maintain meetings with local ERG site coordinators to assess regional progress to goals, budget oversight and assist in identified challenges· Ensure successful completion of regional and enterprise wide initiatives· Quarterly report progress to goals, with metrics to respective global presidentHosted +60 events in '16! Show less
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Program Manager / Corporate Export & Import Compliance
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Feb 2016 - May 2016
Accountable for EXIM Compliance at a Corporate Level. Responsible for:- Instilling compliance in Supply Chain Management, Program Export /Import Planning, and Corporate Process Improvement resulting in reduction of ITAR NDAs and Risk.- Management of International and Domestic IT system integration into a One-Company System of Systems.- Model Development of Control and Monitoring of Landed Companies in a level of EXIM Compliance.- Assessing Risk and Opportunities in the management of Foreign Persons EXIM processes resulting in a executable plan.- Enhancing the Raytheon Authorization Management Plan (RAMP) process and controls to ensure ownership through proper training resulting in a reportable business compliance cadence structure. Show less
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Program Manager/Land Warfare Systems: Stinger - Short Range Air Defense
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Feb 2015 - Feb 2016
Program Manager over all Engineering Development and Services, $18M+ Annual P&L responsibility. Manage IDIQ, DCS, and FMS Contactual Deliveries and Services regarding engineering tasking. Program Manager over NBI and IRAD Projects to mitigate Obsolescence Risk and improve probability of Product Growth Opportunities both Domestic and International. Lead strategic "Think Tanks" and prioritize objectives for Product Development 5-Year Roadmap and 20-Year Product Enhancement Roadmap.
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Program Manager / Corporate Export & Import Compliance
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Jul 2015 - Nov 2015
Accountable for EXIM Compliance at the Corporate Level. Responsible to ensure Audit Finding Closure and Planning is executed incorporating best practices. Align Global Trade Council Priorites in EXIM Audit Closure and Planning, flowing executable actions to all Business Units. Strategic leader in communicating EXIM Training to all levels and skill sets of employees aligning training needs with the audience requirements. Review and Implement Policy, Directive, and Procedure improvements and compliance sustainability. Show less
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Project Team Lead / Business Unit Affordability Office
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Aug 2014 - Feb 2015
Accountable for implementing Afforable Lean Engineering techniques and improved common practices across the Raytheon Missile Systems Business Unit. Instilling change management behaviors and tackling cultural work ethic barriers towards the company's new affordable solutions. Accountable for cost reduction of over $7M in a forecasted 5 year strategy plan and time reduction in schedule tasking on multiple missile programs. Responsible to ensure each team member is trained as a change agent and meeting the implementation schedule. Assess each program and report my findings to the Business Unit Leadership Team recommending a path forward while also capturing the "wins" along the way. Ensure proper planning to sustain the affordability improvements and compliance sustainability. Show less
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Program Manager / Land Warfare Systems - Stinger - Short Range Air Defense
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Feb 2014 - Jan 2015
Program Manager over New Business Investments (NBI) and Integrated Research Application and Development (IRAD) Projects, overseeing $500K annual budget. Deputy Engineering Services & Depot/Logistics Program Manager, overseeing $7M annual budget with P&L responsibility. Program Management Excellence (PMX) Consultant to the Stinger Program Director. Lead Strategic Business Growth Campaigns (Domestic and International) and facilitate/present the Program Business Reviews supporting all areas of the product Life-Cycle "health". Show less
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Employee Resource Group Transformation Team Change Agent
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Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
Key Change Agent to transform the Employee Resource Group Business Model. Align a single geographical state organizational structure into a Global Structure consisting of a Regional, Local, and Business Unit Structure supporting Corporate Business needs. Provided high performing employee networks operating as valued strategic business partners, fostering employee success and an inclusive, engaged culture. The new structure has energized employees to support business objectives, growth, and innovation across the enterprise; attracting, retaining, and developing employees; and sustaining community connections. This was an opportunity to implement change and the challenge was to keep the momentum and communicate the value of the change to keep our employees inspired. Show less
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Board Member / Raytheon Women's Network
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Mar 2006 - Jan 2015
Program Manager over Adventures/Retention/Morale Committee and actively lead events in Community Outreach. Annual conference and events coordination team lead. Optimize fundraising, increase leadership engagement, raise morale and retention, and implement marketing strategies for the Outreach and Adventures Teams.
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Program Integrator / Program Management Office
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Sep 2012 - Feb 2014
Sr Principal Project Manager and Consultant to the Paveway and Stinger Program Management Offices. Responsible for Strategic and Tactical Program Projects across the Life Cycle of the program. Facilitate program business growth strategy sessions and implement growth campaigns. Develop and facilitate, program personnel technical and leadership skills growth sessions.
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Section Manager / Lab & Flight Operations
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May 2008 - Sep 2012
Manage the operations of 38 Engineering Labs geographically located over 4 states implementing and maintaining process and policy compliance in all areas of lab and flight engineering operations. Accountable for the department's $4.2M annual budget. Principal consultant to Engineering Lab Council. Held the position of Engineering Foreign Object Elimination Subject Matter Expert, $250K annual budget.
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Team Lead and Project Manager / Lab & Flight Operations
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Oct 2006 - May 2008
Lead multiple Engineering Lab Leads supporting Air Warfare Systems, Land Combat, Naval Weapon Systems, Advanced Missiles Systems, and Missile Defense Agency programs. Implementing Best Common Practices and Lean Manufacturing processes and procedures. Held accountable to manage Overhead Budget for the section, $1.2M annual budget.
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Engineering Lab Manager / Land Combat & Naval Weapon Systems
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Sep 2005 - Oct 2006
Manage multiple Naval Weapon Systems and Land Combat Engineering Lab Operations for Safety, Security, Property/Asset, Facility, Metrology, Hardware Configuration, Information Systems Management, and Quality Compliance to be Audit Ready at all times. Procurement Lead for the Section, monitoring all purchases and held accountable to effectively manage my monthly budget of $10K.
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United States Air Force
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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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Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Non-commissioned Officer (E-5) / Munitions
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Sep 1999 - Nov 2005
2W0X1-Munitions Technology Areas of expertise: Munitions Control, Munitions Inspection, Munitions Inventory and Storage, Conventional Munitions, Precision Guided Munitions, and Flight Line Delivery. 2W0X1-Munitions Technology Areas of expertise: Munitions Control, Munitions Inspection, Munitions Inventory and Storage, Conventional Munitions, Precision Guided Munitions, and Flight Line Delivery.
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Hy-Vee, Inc.
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager / Customer Service and Operations Department
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Jun 1996 - Aug 1999
Manager of Store Operations. Accountable for accounts receivable and personnel scheduling supporting all departments within the store.
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Customer Service Representative / Operations Department
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May 1993 - Jun 1996
Customer Service and Front Line Leader
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Education
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2008 - 2010
Troy University
Master's of Science, Management/Leadership & Organizational Development -
2005 - 2008
Park University
Bachelor's of Science, Business Administration and Management, Human Resource Management -
1999 - 2004
Community College of the Air Force
Associate's of Science, Systems Technology
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