Talent Development Enthusiast. Project Manager Extraordinaire. Professional Development Aficionado.

	Leads 30+ team with various skills in metals, composites, adhesives, coatings, physical sciences, electronics and laboratories to support satellite design development through manufacturing and production and effectively execute to program customer requirements	Coordinates monthly one-on-ones with all team members to promote on-going work, coaching and professional development discussions for employee engagement,  skill gap identification, and resource allocation 	Focused on team growth in 2018 due to surge of work resulting in a 30% team size increase, which increased productivity with additional resources and team morale by providing a supportive work environment 	Created on-boarding framework  to create a catalyst for new team members to identify team and company resources and provide efficiency in the on-onboarding process 	Continuous improvement including resources and capabilities assessment through communication with business partners utilizing quarterly internal customer surveys and customer conversations resulting in increased positive feedback from business partners 	Promotes employee engagement through continuous communications including creating bi-monthly team e-mail updates, bi-weekly recognition meetings, bi-weekly technical lead meetings and monthly program status meetings
    
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	Allocated resources and managed budgets as the only successful program support manager to direct a team at two sites (Huntington Beach and El Segundo) to collaborate with diverse program customers in defense and satellite systems	Consistently received high employee engagement scores specific to projects such as implementing one-on-one discussions for employee development and coaching, providing opportunities for team members to work in programs outside of current work area and mentoring in new skill areas, and focusing on safety and providing solutions	Improved team communications and team dynamic by conducting DISC assessment to provide individual and team understanding of their tendencies and communication preferences	Engaged and received positive feedback from site Chief Engineer through a monthly presentation showcasing of laboratory support and from customers as received through active inquiry for team performance feedback.	Evaluated and integrated LEAN process improvements  including creating numerous equipment and evaluation process desktop instructions, and streamlined equipment and supplies locations to parallel work flow 	Restructured documentation and reporting structure to align with customer and business environment needs and to ensure work is properly documented for M&P reference	Executed safety stand-downs for both laboratories to ensure there have been no people-related safety incidents to promote a safety culture	Oversaw a thermal protection system qualification for a large-scale space launch program, in addition to continuing lab management-	Co-location in Huntington Beach and daily morning and afternoon tag-ups were initiated due to challenging scope and schedule delays from previous management-	Additionally active promotion of collaboration and communication were essential to effectively work across multiple sites, resulting in a program appreciation and project hand-off to the proper HB management in six months
    
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	Managed team as lead engineer for a team of eight engineers in the Electrical Labs in Huntington Beach including leading work-in-progress status meetings and ensuring team resources were properly leveraged to support works statement	Conducted analysis and implemented a new database system that increased daily team work flow productivity starting in 2011 and provide a method for knowledge capture in documenting program support tasks	Accomplished interconnect supplier qualification on time and on budget over the course of eight months utilizing project management to manage seven analysts to complete 45 tasks for the qualification	Established and maintain a continuous line of communication with customers in order to effectively resolve critical situations that occur in the field	Reorganized the Destructive Physical Analysis process to improve report turnaround time for customers.
    
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	Successfully lead a LEAN+ team to improve work throughput efficiency by 30% in six months by implementing a daily work-in-progress meeting to track status and reallocate resources as needed, and identifying resource bottlenecks and collaborating with team members to determine solutions  	Re-located laboratory to a different site in Southern California utilizing project management to plan, organize and transport equipment, supplies, and documentation in addition to leading an employee engagement team to optimize  work processes, eliminate bottlenecks, and streamline work in the layout in the new lab area 	Devised and implemented an evaluation method of a counterfeit part detection system in order to determine its viability in the receiving inspection processes and procedures	Analyzed critical failures of complex components, connectors, and cable assemblies to support production issues	Consult directly with customers to review specifications and verify test requirements for coordinating complete failure analyses with effective results for the customers
    
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	Established a method for data naming conventions within the team to increase efficiency and identification of files	Created a document summarizing lab and test capabilities of the team for management and team use in marketing lab services to internal customers 	Maintained the process of DPA to effectively examine electrical components and prevent future production bottlenecks due to poor quality components	Developed test plans and executed failure analysis evaluations in a timely manner, exceeding customer requirements to minimize program costs and support manufacturing concerns
    
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Functional Manager, Materials and Processes Program Support and Labs at Boeing

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Functional Manager, Materials and Processes Program Support and Labs

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Functional Lab Manager

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Engineer - Electrical Failure Analysis Engineer

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Project Management Certificate

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21st Century Leadership

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