Over 20 years of progressive experience culminating in a certified project manager with a strong engineering background as well as knowledge of producible, serviceable and cost effective solutions. With skills ranging from the shop floor to detailed engineering analysis to organizing and leading engineering projects, I offer highly developed work habits, which motivate others to interact and perform as a team.
• Have been Project Manager or Engineer on projects following Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and/or International Organization for Standardization (ISO) processes and requirements.
• Instituted a working group with Department of Homeland Security while at SAIC which improved the reliability of their Mobile VACIS (vehicle and cargo inspection system) by over 25%.
• Developed cost and technical data for proposals that were negotiated into worldwide contracts.
• Successfully fulfilled U.S. government, military, and foreign government contracts and have had systems operational in over 10 countries around the world including theaters of operation.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering Technology
DeVry Institute of Technology (2/86)
Project Management Certification
University of California, Irvine (8/11)
Supplemental Education:
• Program Management I & II at SAIC (7/02 & 6/04)
• Systems Engineering at SAIC (5/04)
• Varian Linatron X-Ray Systems (9/02)
• 3D Modeling with AutoCAD at Palomar College (6/00)
• Pacific Scientific Drives and Motors (6/97)
• Delta Tau PMAC Programmable Motion Control Cards (11/96)
• Omron Programmable Logic Controllers (11/95)
ORGANIZATIONS:
Member in good standing of the Project Management Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the methods of project management.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY:
Project Scheduler 8, MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, SolidWorks, CosmosWorks, PDMWorks, AutoCAD, Visio…
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Sr. Equipment Engineer – Abbott Vascular, Temecula CA (9/05-Present)
First six months contracted through Aerotek in Temecula CA.
• Project Manager on a broad range of medical equipment procurement and upgrade projects for multiple countries brought in on time and within budget. Costs ranged from a few hundred dollars to a few million and the scope included electropolishing (chemistry), X-ray (10MeV Sterilization E-Beam), and laser projects.
• Equipment Project Manager on domestic and international product transfers for acquisitions and cost reduction. Upgraded equipment and documentation as necessary to comply with the internal quality and safety standards with one major international transfer becoming a flagship product line.
• Local Area Project Coordinator for the Advanced Engineering group to bring the team up to Class A Business Excellence project standards.
• Supervised two technician shops in different locations with up to seven technicians. Built an internal laser lab to assist in troubleshooting and assembly as well as developing one technician to directly support the laser engineer. Incorporated 5S to improve shop efficiency and built an equipment cage to organize and maintain stored production equipment.
Product Engineering Manager – SAIC, Rancho Bernardo CA (6/01-7/05)
• Advanced from Mechanical Engineer to Electrical Engineer to Lead (Systems) Engineer to Product Engineering (Project) Manager in 4 years working on artillery shell, vehicle, and cargo x-ray or gamma ray inspection systems for a variety of applications.
• Organized and directed engineering of all aspects of a mobile vehicle and cargo inspection product line (Mobile VACIS) following FAR and ISO 9000 standards and processes.
• Worked with marketing to develop the product roadmap and maintained a service center budget of over 1 million dollars to execute roadmap, sustaining, and warranty projects.
• Did trade study, reliability research, and design analysis determining the cost, feasibility, and risk involved in new projects.
• Worked with manufacturing, vendors, sub contractors, and customers maintaining a smooth project flow from conception to contract completion.
Mechanical Technician – Area Detector Systems Corporation, Poway CA (11/99-6/01)
• Designed and assembled high vacuum x-ray detector systems capable of 3D images at a sub atomic level.
• Implemented a system of bills of material, assembly drawings, and procedures that improved inventory control and increased production.
• Inspected, measured, and tested material t...
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