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VAi ConsultingVAi Network Consulting Member
May. 2024Remote
Spacelabs HealthcareProject Manager - R & D
Jul. 2021Seattle, Washington, United States-Driving the integration of a healthcare backend workflow management tool into existing medical products
-Created schedule to reduce ticket closure by 20% by regrouping and organizing project team
-Lead sprint meeting, sprint review, and retrospectives to drive 30% increase in sprint velocity rate
-Developed systematic one slide method to present over 100+ projects to Senior Leadership in 3 hours
SkydioProgram Manager - Federal
Sep. 2020 - May. 2021San Francisco Bay Area-Develop, build and implement customer on-boarding processes for 100+ for after-sales success
-Working with customers to keep high customer satisfaction to enable drone fleet expansion
-Compelling engineering teams to drive to increased on-time delivery of Federal and DOD delivery milestones
-Driving pre sales activities for moving into adjacent markets with current product offering
-Establishing program financial and task executive reporting
Collins AerospaceProject Manager
Feb. 2018 - Feb. 2020Hood River, Oregon-Engaged a 30+ person team to develop and deploy a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process for $50M business to increase gross margin (profit)by 10%.
-Drove PMO framework for 30+ functional team members to increase revenue by 15% while increasing project on-time delivery by 20% and decreasing customer escapes by 80%.
-Oversaw a $1.5 Million imaging system cost (met 20% goal) and weight reduction (achieved 18% reduction) project to leaf frog competition in the industry.
-Increased business order capture rate by 25% by defining product roadmaps that directly correlated to customer project goals with the newly constructed opportunity assessment process. -Managed 2 design and development, New Product Introduction (NPI) $5 Million projects for UAV imaging sensors for oil inspection, commercial, law enforcement, and government customers.
Epiq SystemsProject Manager
May. 2017 - Dec. 2017Beaverton, Oregon-Led complex legal projects while overseeing two direct reports and a project team of 30+. -Increased revenue by 10% ($500K) in the first six months by developing an improved process solution using an existing ERP system.
-Delivered consistent, detailed deliverables for clients by developing a requirements capture tool that analyzes project statements of work. An improvement target of 25% was achieved.
DWFritz AutomationProject Manager
Nov. 2015 - Apr. 2017Wilsonville, OR-A world-class manufacturing automation company specializing in metrology, inspection and small parts assembly.
-Initially recruited to deliver scope management for an $800K R&D measurement project. Swiftly established a reputation as a top performer, earning an opportunity to direct numerous aggressively timed, high-speed automation projects ($30M+ in revenue) for a prominent Fortune 500 client. Led an integrated projects team of 40+ mechanical, drafting and software engineers. Presented weekly P&L reports to senior leadership. -Led a 60-member project team for a $12M capital equipment project in China, successfully overcoming language barriers and aggressive timelines to deliver on-time and on-budget. -Cut turnaround time on production of a prototype part from three weeks to three hours by developing a business case for using 3D printing. This change also increased production from one part per day to 80.
-Created an expense-prediction model that significantly improved financial forecasting and revenue recognition for the accounting team.
P3 Group (Daimler Truck North America)Project Management Consultant
May. 2015 - Sep. 2015Portland, Oregon Area-Technology provider to automotive customers to reduce costs, improve productivity and boost profitability
-Developed business cases, oversaw cost reduction efforts and determined key metrics for engineering changes.
-Achieved 25% production savings by successfully delivering $500K truck tear-down project. Customer’s product required critical market competitive review. Collaborated with the engineering team of 35+ to evaluate truck, parts, and design comparison for competing products. Found differences and revised production to meet market demands. Delivered production cost reduction in only four months.
SikorskyProgram Manager
Apr. 2013 - May. 2015Woodland, WaA global security and aerospace company that employs 97K and is engaged in the research, design and manufacture of advanced technology systems, products and services. Brought in to steer profitability and ensure on-time delivery of a $40M, multi-year ballistic armor program. Managed customer expectations during requirements capture and drove adherence within a 30+ person indirect IPT (Integrated Project Team) to cut costs and reduce delivery time. Created business cases for cost reduction and profit increase using LEAN / Six Sigma analysis. Ensured an aircraft readiness rate of 75% through effective management of customer life-cycle implementations. Improved on-time delivery rates from 25% to 70% by mitigating engineering and quality control timeliness.
Rockwell CollinsSenior Integrated Logistics Support Manager
Dec. 2011 - Apr. 2013Wilsonville, Oregon AreaExceptional program management performance led to a relocation to the Pacific NW for a new leadership assignment. Developed and executed on a variety of project risk mitigation assignments, guiding and motivating high-performing engineering teams. Led execution of a $4M Heads-Up (HUD) display program, as well as directing a logistics project team through an Asia-Pacific outsourced display build valued at $7M. Proactively mitigated risk factors on a $50M project to ensure 85% uptime requirement; achieved 98%.
Rockwell CollinsSenior Program Manager
Aug. 2009 - Dec. 2011Cedar Rapids, Iowa AreaAfter serving as Manager of Rockwell’s Engineer Labs, Commercial Systems (2005 – 2009), was promoted into a senior program management role, directing and leading multidisciplinary project management teams. Provided technical direction for several major aerospace and defense programs and successfully managed all critical aspects of programs, including budget control, schedule adherence, problem solving, client relations, reporting and project administration. Led numerous high-profile projects with budgets ranging from $150K to $2.4M. Lauded for reducing project turnaround times by 25% through LEAN process improvements. Drove sustainable, profitable growth with a 30% increase in sales, while achieving repairs efficiency. Credited with improving customer satisfaction through implementation of diverse, cross-functional teams; this initiative also increased revenues from $500K to $2M within just one year.
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