Engineering Management | Program Management | Product Development | Operations
Business Development | Value Engineering | Defense Contracts | Cost Reduction
Significant experience providing leadership to diverse design, engineering, and project management teams to achieve superior product planning, design, and development of high-quality products through engineering ingenuity. Notable expertise inspiring and engaging engineering and project management departments to achieve innovative solutions that drive quality and ensure regulatory compliance. Known for technical depth and implementing complex engineering and automation solutions. Recognized as a leader who can bring a vision into reality. Strengths include:
Lean Manufacturing | Influencing | Strategic Thinking | Excellent Communicator/ Presenter
Project Management | Business Diplomacy | Leadership Presence
Ability to Build Rapport & Trust | Building Engineering Teams
Management, Budgeting & Operations
Innovation | Strategic Planning | Heavy Industrial Manufacturing
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
• Generated $100M+ in fleet upgrades annually, while launching $1B in production contracts.
• Developed and managed Design & Manufacturing Engineering Department for a $100M defense contractor.
• Led design/manufacturing engineers and implemented innovative solutions in commercial and military products with Fortune 500 and mid-sized manufacturers, including Navistar, Stewart & Stevenson (BAE), Freightliner, Peterbilt Motors.
• Led 40-person team in critical, ten-month development project to achieve highest-ever quality & service levels during test to win $2.4B military vehicle production contract.
• Provided technical and management leadership up to 12 project engineers running 70+ concurrent airline seat production and product improvement projects.
• Led successful product design and development of complex systems and components with project teams of up to 60 technical and project staff.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Principal Consultant, Byron R. Burson Consulting – Roanoke, TX 2017-Present
Provide leadership and accountability to teams that develop and enhance products for production launch on time and under budget. Lead teams with a Big Picture Perspective, focused on Enterprise-Level bottom line performance.
Revision Military, Newport, VT. 4-month contract (2017)
Provided leadership of Engineering Department to ensure success of several “must win” projects.
• Implemented project tracking discipline and accountability; improved role definition and communication.
• All projects completed or on path to completion on scope, schedule, and budget at end of contract.
Project Engineering Manager, Zodiac Aerospace – Gainesville, TX 2016-2017
Provided technical and management leadership up to 12 project engineers running 70+ concurrent airline seat production and product improvement projects.
• Managed budgets, project performance metrics, resource planning/allocation, product compliance, and departmental process improvements and implemented enhanced DFMEA capability.
Senior Director of Truck Products, Donlen Corporation (A Hertz Company) – Northbrook, IL 2014-2015
Long-term consulting position to develop capabilities to bring top-notch auto & light truck fleet management company into the medium/heavy truck market.
• Focus areas include market demand, customer needs assessment, product requirements, maintenance, regulatory, and order-to-delivery processes.
Chief Engineer, Navistar, Inc. – Lisle, IL 2010-2014
Led 30-person Engineering team in support of the $1B MaxxPro Family of Vehicles. Primary interface between Integrated Product Development and IT Department.
• Built strong cross-functional team consisting of Engineering, Configuration and Program Management staff and implemented processes to ensure compliance with DoD requirements and standards.
• Generated $100M+ in fleet upgrades annually, while launching $1B production contracts.
• Implemented common Project Management methodology through the global multi-site PMO team. Techniques for portfolio project management were different for each Project Manager.
• Introduced PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) training, processes, and governance, which improved communication with all stakeholders and key performance indicators (KPIs), and facilitated the successful delivery of projects.
• Improved relations between IT & Product Development teams. Relations between Navistar IT and Product Development were strained.
• Worked with IT to better define development projects and requirements while helping Engineering to better understand software development methodologies.
• Strengthened data security policies and...
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