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Program / Project engineering or management
Broad background and skills adaptable to diverse applications to include R&D and marketing
Experience
5/01 to 9/3/10 Senior Engineer / Project Engineer
United Space Alliance, 600 Gemini, Houston, Tx. 77058
Shuttle & Space Station hardware design, processing & maintenance
4/91 to 5/01 Project Manager / Project Engineer / Subsystem Manager
Johnson Engineering Corp. / SPACEHAB
555 Forge River Rd., Suite 150, Webster, Tx. 77598.
10/82 to 9/90 Program Manager / Project Engineer/
(6/79 to 12/80) ILC Space Systems (now Oceaneering)
16665 Space Center Blvd., Houston, Texas 77058
12/80 to 10/82 Aircraft Interiors Engineer
Texas International Airlines; Continental Airlines
P.O. Box 12788, Houston, Texas 77017
8/76 to 6/79 Senior Flight Operations Engineer
McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Houston, Texas 77058
4/74 to 6/76 Project Engineer, Mechanical Devices Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91103
2/69 to 4/74 Captain, USAF
Pilot/Aircraft Commander, KC-135 Tanker
Travis AFB, California
Education
B.S. Aerospace Engineering; Texas A&M University; Rank: Top Third
Management & Training Courses, USAF and (12 hours), ILC Space Systems; United Space Alliance
Earned Value Training, SPACEHAB
BA and MA in theology (12/94, 12/02) actively applied in community service; related T.V. appearances;
current weekly national live radio program)
Honors
Silver Snoopy (’07 astronaut award); numerous performance awards including perfect attendance
Education: Distinguished Student; Distinguished Military Graduate;
Scholastic Achievement Award; The Ross Volunteers (College Honor Guard).
Military honors: Air Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters (Vietnam veteran).
Over 10 years —Program / Project Manager
*Managed program office and engineering support personnel (up to 40 engineers, techs, machinists)
*In charge of budget/schedule generation, tracking, and change implementation ($4.5 million annually)
*Conducted customer interfacing, design reviews, and contract negotiations
*Developed cost effective technical and programmatic requirements development and plans
Determined / coordinated / approved resource allocations
*Preformed subcontractor negotiations and oversight
*Compiled, directed, and coordinated standup formal presentations and milestone reviews
*Located and estimated new work to expand product line, and generated cost proposals
Forecasted sales
*Lead and author on several proposal teams
In charge of college recruiting efforts
Over 15 years—Senior / Project Engineer
*Supervised/coordinated engineering and design/drafting personnel activities
*Indentified cost savings measures saving NASA $30K; resulting company recognition and award fees
*Developed design philosophy and cost effective solution approaches, reviewed interpretations and evaluation of designs, design/trade studies, and analyses performed by engineering personnel
Developed, maintained, and tracked project performance, schedule and budget
*Performed subcontractor technical direction and oversight of design reviews
*Developed advanced products (R&D) and performed related marketing efforts
Engaged in test support for various projects
*Managed proposal sections and performed technical writing
Commercial Aircraft Interiors Engineering
DC-9 interior redesign/upgrades; innovative seat design for Continental now in use industry wide
Directed structural repairs; on line repairs on flight line.
3 years—Senior Operations and Integration Engineering
Performed problem tracking and resolution
Authored flight data files and operations manuals
Test support
5 years: Captain, USAF Pilot/Aircraft Commander (KC-135 Tanker)
Vietnam; combat time; 1600 hours flying time; decorated.
| 1 month - Discovery | 400 euros | convert |
| 3 months - Bronze | 1050 euros | convert |
| 6 months - Silver | 1800 euros | convert |
| 12 months - Gold | 2950 euros | convert |