Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area
Experienced Project Director with a demonstrated history of working in Operations in the aviation and aerospace industry. Skilled in Engineering, Operations, Lean Management, and Projects Support. Strong operations professional with a Bachelors of Science focused in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Continued development of standardized practices in Engineering. Implemented automation techniques in the CAD and Engineering. Oversaw expansion of product mix/capacity. Worked with multiple customer sites for short-lead, custom solutions. Devised strategies for improved interdepartmental communications. Improved workflow and communication with international fabrication facilities.
Reduced late documents by 50%. Managed a computer and server upgrade for the Design Team. Implemented improved, automated workflow using Product Data Management. Improved automation to reduce errors by 30%. Increased accuracy of Progress Reporting to customers by 20%.
• Lead process improvement across a variety of product lines, achieving up to 60% touch time reduction. • Developed the company’s Root Cause Corrective Action processes, procedures, and forms to standardize and streamline problem solving and solution implementation. • Selected by B/E Corporate Operational Excellence team to help develop procedures and improve manufacturing processes to aid Emteq with a product line in Great Falls, Montana. • Tested, purchased, and implemented automated and semi-automated equipment for wire processing including stripping and crimping operations. • Certified in TWI Job Instruction Breakdown. • Worked on a team to prepare for ISO audits, tasked with verifying all procedures to ensure full compliance.
•Head of a 40-student team responsible for the design, build, flight and optimization of an aircraft under AIAA DBF rules simulating government UAV missions and competitions that traveled to Tucson, AZ for an international competition. •Used Multi-Disciplinary Optimization code of our own creation to help with design parameters, and incorporated results with more traditional decision selection schemes. •Developed and adapted composite layup techniques through vacuum-assisted wet layup and vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding with carbon, fiberglass, aramid, and Nomex honeycomb materials. •Designed and built traditional “built-up” sections for the aircraft as well, when need dictated. •Used CAD/CAM with laser cutters and CNC mills to create parts and molds for aircraft build and design.
•In charge of design, build and optimization of six unmanned aircraft. •Helped design, build, test, and develop over a dozen different autonomous and remote controlled aircraft ranging anywhere from one pound to sixty-two pounds, with experience in fixed wing, rotary wing, and multicopter operations, design, and dynamics. •Missions ranged from simulated military UAV missions to actual testing of airborne plant pathogens and aerodynamic probe and sensor arrays. •Customers included the government, research for other departments within Virginia Tech, as well as commercial customers such as Aeroprobe.