Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Passionate aviator and results-driven program manager with 10+ years of experience leading complex, multi-million-dollar programs across defense and commercial aerospace. Brings a strong engineering and product development background with full life cycle ownership—from bid and proposal through flight testing and final delivery. Proven success scaling teams, securing >$40M/year in program funding, and driving execution in UAV development, custom aircraft interiors, and ballistic protection systems. Trusted by top-tier aerospace customers for delivering high-stakes programs on time, on budget, while delighting the customer.
• Owned and managed P&L, execution, and strategic growth for test and evaluation portion of $300M+ program to develop and operate HAPS aircraft in the stratosphere, maintaining profitability and delivering on customer objectives • Scaled engineering and flight test teams through strategic hiring and internal transfers to support increased operational capability • Established and staffed a new program office, onboarding and mentoring 2 direct reports, resulting in improved coordination, reduced schedule delays, and enhanced reporting accuracy • Leveraged cross functional coordination for successful execution of hardware, software, and flight test milestones and deliverables, on time and on budget • Facilitated alignment across DoD and commercial customers, internal stakeholders, and leadership teams, reducing cycle time for key decisions and improving stakeholder satisfaction • Helped secure average annual funding >$40M by managing and supporting successful bids for FFP and CPFF contracts across DoD and commercial sectors • Lead setup and execution of flight facilities and test campaigns at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) and Spaceport America – NASA and FAA airspace, airworthiness, and safety assessments across multiple deployments, ~50 people for >6 months, with numerous successful flights at each location • Held ground and flight crew roles on 7 successful missions, including a 22+ hour duration flight that reached 62,500 feet in the Stratosphere • Managed the proposal and execution of company-funded Internal Research and Development (IRAD) resulting in IP generation • Created useful and efficient Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) from proposal through final delivery using MS Project • Achieved >90% on-time delivery while remaining under budget by effectively leveraging program planning and controls (EVMS)
• Successfully managed concurrent programs for major aerospace and defense customers, meeting all contract milestones and maintaining schedule and budget compliance across all efforts - ~$10M/year gross sales, 40 direct employees • Lead Boeing 757 head of state VIP interior program – ~$7M over 12 months, 60 IPT members, 50,000 direct labor hours • Contributed to $10M/year value stream through bid and proposal efforts for CPFF and FFP contracts with numerous successfully negotiated program contract value and contract changes (contract mods) after contract award • Drove effective internal and external coordination through IPTs, PMRs, and customer engagements, streamlining communication and reducing program life cycle times • Partnered with senior leadership and functional management to optimize staffing plans, ensuring critical roles were filled to maintain program execution on schedule • Developed and maintained Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and utilized EVMS metrics tools (excel based CPI, SPI, ETC, EAC calculations) to make strategic decisions and report program performance • Represented company and programs in domestic and international customer engagements, strengthening relationships and ensuring alignment on technical and delivery milestones • Managed and mentored 3 direct reports, resulting in increased team productivity, improved milestone delivery, and professional growth for junior staff
• Project Engineer/Project Manager for all IR&D projects, primarily parasitic ballistic armor (~$1M FY16 budget) • Project Engineer for MH-47G parasitic armor (6 month POP, CPFF contract) • Project management, tracking, and reporting of CPI, SPI, EAC, ETC, etc. using EVMS and Microsoft Project • Creation of integrated master schedules (IMS) for IR&D, contract, and proposal projects • Management/liaison of internal (employee) and external (vendor) actions to drive schedule • Bid and proposal (B&P) efforts: Technical review of RFQs, NRE ROM cost and scheduling, compliance matrix population, basis of estimate (BOE), technical writing of proposal response, etc. (worth ~22M in future business) • Draft patent review committee documents (submittal of patent in FY16, patent pending ) • Work closely with leadership team, internal, and external customers to develop aftermarket aircraft mission equipment products • Work closely with planning to drive demand for components and track progress of said components • Work closely with purchasing on vendor RFQs, quotes, schedules, POs, invoices, and invoice/PO discrepancies • Write and review environmental test plans per MIL-STD-810G • Write and review ballistic test plans per MIL-STD-662F • Root cause and corrective action for failure/escape investigations • Conduct ballistic testing for R&D purposes • Conduct temperature testing using environmental chamber
• Project Engineer for Bell Helicopter Joint Multi-Role Future Vertical Lift (JMR-FVL) hydraulic system components • Design Engineer for hydraulic bootstrap reservoir used on Bell JMR-FVL tilt-rotor technology demonstrator aircraft • Project Engineer for IR&D additive manufacturing (3D printing) investigation program • Investigate feasibility of DMLS process for creating complex hydraulic manifolds in an aerospace production environment. • Represent Eaton at customer meetings such as PDR and CDR • Design aerospace hydraulic components per industry standards (MIL, RTCA, SAE AS) • Create and review 3D CAD models using PTC Pro/Engineer and ENOVIA • Create and review drawing packages using PTC Pro/Engineer and ENOVIA • Apply and review geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5 to complex machined component drawings • Create and review technical documentation and test plans such as acceptance test plans (ATPs), qualification test plans (QTPs), qualification by similarity reports (QSRs), qualification by analysis reports (QARs), and qualification test reports (QTRs) • Coordination with program management, project management, manufacturing engineering and quality engineering • Coordination with systems engineering, chief engineering, corporate research, and material scientist groups from various sites across the country. • Coordination and tasking of mechanical design engineers, drafters, and technical writers both onsite and abroad (Pune India) • Creation of time and cost estimates (resource loaded schedules) for IR&D programs • Represent engineering during integrated product team (IPT) meetings • Mentoring and tasking of young engineers • Technical recruiting at local colleges and job fairs
• Lead airframe/mechanical engineer for small unmanned air vehicle (UAV) • Coordination of mechanical tasks with electrical and software design engineers • Coordination with program management, project management, product engineering, manufacturing engineering and quality control. • Mechanical production line support for low rate initial production (LRIP) UAV system • Supervision and tasking of mechanical design engineers (~4 engineers of all levels, entry to senior) • Creation of time and cost estimates for IRAD and sustaining projects • Failure investigation and FRACAS • Represent mechanical engineering during change control boards (CCB) and integrated product team (IPT) meetings • Systems engineering and conceptual design for product and business development
• Management of UAV top-level assembly CAD data • Development of mechanical ICD’s • Conceptual and detailed mechanical design of UAV airframes and components • Design of molded composites, machined metals, rapid prototype plastics and injection molded plastics • Mechanical design and packaging of PCBA’s and rigid-flex harnesses • Supervision of prototype fabrication and implementation of LRIP build and test procedures • Documentation of UAV mechanical systems using Solidworks, Agile, and EPDM • Off-site testing and customer demonstrations • Flight test and envelope expansion • UAV test pilot
• Designed, fabricated, and tested shock test fixture for micro camera. • Used Solidworks to model and create engineering drawings for UAV components • Designed and fabricated an electro mechanical human machine interface. • Redesigned UAV coponents for ease of manufacture. • Created procedures for fabrication and assembly of UAV components.