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P. O. Box 2264 |
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Sunnyvale, CA 94087-0264 |
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208-651-0000 |
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OBJECTIVE: |
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Aerospace Mechanical Systems Project/Program Engineering |
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QUALIFICATIONS: |
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· Over twenty years of broad technical experience in Aerospace Mechanical Engineering, including over ten years combined experience managing technical personnel and projects. · Functional Manager with progressively responsible experience directly managing up to 35 engineers and technicians, providing technical direction, organizational planning, recruitment and training, mentoring and career development, and performance evaluation. · Product Manager in a matrixed organization responsible for the direction of more than 50 technical personnel. Highly motivated hands-on engineering manager with a background of unique achievements in launching, managing and completing complex projects. · Project Manager with proven skills in planning, tracking, schedule/cost controls/reporting, and customer relations. Results-oriented Project Manager who has delivered without exception every project assigned On-Time and On-Budget. · Aerospace Mechanical Engineer with a comprehensive technical background ranging from R & D prototype to low-to-medium production environments, with experience in new business proposal development, contract capture strategic team participation, customer requirements flow-down to systems and subsystems requirements, directing systems trade studies, negotiating pointing, error, and program budgets, performing conceptual-through-production structural / thermal design and analysis, assembly and integration, alignment and test, tool and ground support equipment design and fabrication, and launch support. |
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EXPERIENCE: |
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Consulting Mechanical Engineer – Space Inflatable Structures and Antennas |
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2003 to present |
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· Provide technical leadership and direction in the design and fabrication of space inflatable structures. Assist the program office in the development of proposals and technical solutions to meet cost and schedule commitments. Support the detailed design, fabrication, assembly, test, and systems integration of flight hardware. Review detail design of space inflatable products, and insure compliance to requirements. Maintain close customer contact and satisfaction relating to design approaches. Perform composites, space deployment mechanism and space flight-ready hardware, design, fabrication and analysis, with ProEngineer applications. |
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Structure Subsystem Manager - Communication and Imaging Satellites |
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Space Systems Loral - Palo Alto, CA |
1995 to 2002 |
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· Project Manager responsible for the direction, technical overview, cost and schedule, of multiple satellite program structure subsystems, characterized by heritage spacecraft with extensive modifications. Provided technical direction in an Integrated Product Team of fifty engineers and technicians for the 12 to 16 month schedules for the multi-million dollar structure subsystem budgets. Provided overall direction, coordination and review for quality and consistency between structure subsystems design, structural analysis, and manufacturing and mechanical ground support equipment. Developed and coordinated, with the department managers, the budget, schedule and manpower, and established the program working schedules in conjunction with major program milestones and master schedules. Responsible as the point of contact for all issues related to the program structure or structural components from proposal and concept through the assembly, integration and test process, and launch. · Prepared proposals in support of new satellite business activities. Performed subsystem architecture trade studies and performance evaluations in satellite bus systems. Identified technology requirements for advanced satellite systems and developed satellite configurations from specified and derived requirements. Performed conceptual design involving complex geometries in a rapid turn-around environment. Led and coordinated satellite design activities involving several technical disciplines from various functional organizations. |
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P. O. Box 2264 |
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Sunnyvale , CA 94087-0264 |
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208-651-0000 |
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EXPERIENCE: (continued) |
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Consulting Mechanical Engineer |
1992 to 1995 |
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Northrop Grumman – Carpinteria, CA (formerly Spar Astro Aerospace – TRW Astro Aerospace) |
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· Performed detailed stress analysis on the Space Station Mobile Transporter and deployable spacecraft antennas. |
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Northrop Grumman – Sunnyvale, CA (formerly Westinghouse Marine Division) |
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· Performed trade studies, conceptual design and analysis for the development of the storage and launch canister for the close range THAAD missile defense system. |
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Scientist/Engineer (Acting Section Head) - Communication and Imaging Satellites |
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Boeing Satellite Systems - El Segundo, CA (formerly Hughes Space and Communications) |
1989 to 1992 |
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· Provided technical leadership and functional management for the satellite repeater payload layout, integration, and test section comprised of 35 engineers and technicians. Duties included technical review of programs and technical direction, staffing, recruiting and training, mentoring and career development, and performance evaluation of section members. Consistently delivered spacecraft hardware ahead of schedule and below budget. Section staffed 30 percent below budgeted levels which resulted in subsystem development costs 10 percent under budget and saved 0.1 million dollars per delivered payload. · Directed and streamlined satellite acoustic noise environmental verification tests. Developed satellite repeater payload finite element model to analyze random and harmonic vibration dynamic coupled loads structural responses on DOS and UNIX stations, which replaced a recurring 9-month mainframe analysis. |
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Project Engineer – Laser Guided Missiles |
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Ferranti / Marconi - Westlake Village, CA (formerly Ferranti ISC Aerospace) |
1986 to 1989 |
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· Mechanical Project Engineer leading teams of 2 or 3 engineers for two simultaneous air-to-surface laser guided missiles prototype development and qualification programs. Successfully managed the projects in support of the company charter to reduce the typical industry contract-to-production cycle from 6 years to 3 years reduce the typical industry workforce levels 70 percent and reduce the typical industry costs 50 percent. Created aircraft missiles specification weighted parametric trade model, which maintained interdependent trace-ability to multilevel mechanical system requirements, which reduced conceptual and preliminary design schedule 50 percent and reduced the program cost 1.5 million dollars, and formulated aircraft missiles external and internal load distributions and structural design criteria, which reduced development schedule 6 months and reduced cost 1.5 million dollars below baseline budgets. · Led design, analysis, and test effort to quantify and qualify laser seeker aerodynamic buffet vibration environment. Developed aircraft missiles mass properties and balance and inertial control predictive models and verification test procedures which provided early detection of range performance requirements noncompliance and supervised redesign effort which was accomplished without forfeiture of annual progress payment of 70.0 million dollars. |
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P. O. Box 2264 |
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Sunnyvale, CA 94087-0264 |
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208-651-0000 |
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EXPERIENCE: (continued) |
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Member of the Technical Staff - Communication and Imaging Satellites |
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Boeing Satellite Systems - El Segundo, CA (formerly Hughes Space and Communications) |
1984 to 1986 |
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· Mechanical Engineer led design teams up to 3 engineers in the electronic packaging of spacecraft radio frequency and digital electronic equipment and visible/photo-optical/infrared reconnaissance systems and orbital/interplanetary space imagers. Generated conceptual designs for state-of-the-art hardware, resolved technical issues with other disciplines, and led and mentored less-experienced design personnel. Provided analytical support to the design, development, prototype fabrication, and design verification testing of communications system equipment, including receivers, transmitters, and digital processors, for avionics applications. Led the development of master integrity and corrosion prevention and control plans. Performed heat transfer, vibration, fatigue, and durability analyses and testing, as required, to verify performance of avionics hardware items, and electrical interconnecting structures, for specified physical environments. |
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Member of the Technical Staff – GaAs Wafer and Uranium Enrichment Equipment |
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Northrop Grumman Space Technology – Redondo Beach, CA (formerly TRW Inc.) |
1981 to 1984 |
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· Mechanical Engineering design and analysis of Gallium-Arsenide wafer production equipment. · Mechanical Engineering design and analysis of closed loop fluid convection cooling system for Radioisotope plasma separation equipment for weapons grade Uranium enrichment. |
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STATUS: |
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· Citizenship - United States of America |
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· Secret Clearance- Department of Defense |
1993 |
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· Q Clearance - Department of Energy |
1984 |
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REGISTRATION: |
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· Engineer-in-Training |
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· Certificate 43672 - State of California |
1978 |
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EDUCATION: |
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· BS Mechanical Engineering |
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1978 |
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Permanent Address |
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4296 E Mullan Trail RD |
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Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814-5007 |
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208-651-0000 |
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