Hartselle, Alabama 35640 256-565-9939 mq4d91be@westpost.net Summary: Trained and experienced professional in following areas: Quality Assurance, Proj ect Management and Guided Weapons Systems. Have managed and supervised over 40 assigned personnel at one time; a proven team player and self motivated individu al. Core Competencies: Strong work ethics, excellent communication skills, team leader, goal driven, ta sk focused Overview: Retired USAF: Retired USAF active duty, decorated 14 times, trained and experience at managing , supervising and training personnel Over 16 years experience in Quality Assurance: Positions Held: Manager Engineering Quality Assurance, SQA Supervisor, SQA Engin eer, On-site Quality Director USAF, Total Quality Management (TQM) Instructor Over 8 years experience in Guided Weapons Maintenance/Testing: Positions Held: Superintendent Guided Weapons Center, Senior Manager Weapons Ma intenance, and Chief Evaluator Weapons/Test Over 7.5 years experience in Project Management: Positions Held: Project Manager, Outsourcing Coordinator, Numerous project coord inator jobs in USAF Certifications/Education: X Trained in CMMI X Certified Six-Sigma Green Belt X PMP Certified till 11/2007 X Certified USAF Instructor X Masters of Science in Management, Florida Tech X BS Occupational Education, Wayland Baptist University X AAS, Wayland Baptist University X AAS, Community College of USAF Jobs and Descriptions: Quality Assurance (QA) Present Sanmina-SCI Huntsville (2005 - Present) Accenture Ltd. Birmingham (3 years) GTE Data Systems Phoenix Arizona (1.5 years) USAF (4 years) Presently assigned to the Defense and Aerospace Division (DAS); I coordinate and manage CMMI ML-2-3 assessment efforts, direct Quality Assurance (QA) engineers in performing audits and prepare organization for customer compliance audits ent ailing AS9006, AS9100-ISO9001, DO178B, and IEEE 12207. I witness and validate t esting of military communication boxes for both fixed and rotary wing aircraft u sed by US Armed Forces. I attend Configuration Control Boards (CCB) and Design Control Boards (DCB), conduct Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) and Test Review Board s (TRB). Aid process architects in writing, reviewing and revising internal met hodology processes. Analyze software development processes to identify gaps and cost reduction areas. Have actively served as an Software Engineering Process Gr oup (SEPG) member. I established an Engineering Quality Assurance Group within t he DAS Engineering organization as part of the CMMI initiative. This QA group s pan across 6 engineering disciplines that encompasses over 300 engineers. I have been formally trained CMMI, acquired Six-Sigma Lean Green Belt certification in which I lead a process team that produced an annual savings to the company of o ver 100K. As a Systems Process Engineer, I develop an estimate to actual cost metrics that depicted cost gaps and overruns. Changes derived from the metrics produced a 2 0% reduction in production estimates. Also identified gaps in defect rework pro cess, correction of those gaps reduced production defects by 40% and rework by 6 0% within a 6 month period While in the USAF as a Director of Quality, I assisted the Unit Commander and hi s staff in establishing and maintaining a Total Quality Management (TQM) infrast ructure for a 650 personnel organization and facilitated Commander and staff in preparing organization first Strategic Plan. While assigned to a test team work ing directly for HQ Strategic Air Command, I was a Chief Evaluator over maintena nce assembly/disassembly and testing for a classified foreign weapon system. Project / Outsourcing Manager DST Systems Birmingham (6 months) Accenture Ltd. (3 years) USAF (4.5 years) Initiate, track and oversee software development projects. At DST I was assigned to our firms largest HMO customer which generated approximately 20% of the firm s overall revenue. Monthly reporting project results and risk status using earn ed value projections. Reports went to the Division President, Division CFO and Directors. Proactive efforts with this customer lead to a positive restoration of customer rapport and customer confidence in our division. I monitored other s oftware projects budget estimates to actuals, reviewing monthly reports concerni ng personnel and time to budget accounting. As an outsourcing coordinator I organized, coordinated and communicated informat ion, activities and deadlines associated with overseas outsourcing programs; thi s entailed generating and maintaining resource leveling reports to meet organiza tional demands; all activities spanned over a 400 person department. While in the USAF, I was a Sr. forecast planner/scheduler at a nuclear weapons m aintenance depot, and a munitions systems inspection scheduler. US Air Force Active Duty Superintendent Guided Weapons Center Phoenix, AZ (1 year) I managed 35 personnel that performed maintenance, testing and inspections and t roubleshooting on air to air missile weapon systems and guided bomb guidance sys tems valued at over $79 million. Re-engineered maintenance delivery processes th at reduced turn-around time between aircraft and maintenance shop by 40%. Found interim solutions to hazardous chemical operations to meet California and local EPA laws. Senior Manager of Weapons Maintenance Merced, California (1 year) I managed 42 personnel in the assembling, disassembling, testing, troubleshootin g and inspecting of aircraft guided weapons; oversaw quality control and quality assurance activities, delegated mission assignments, generated technical change orders, Weapon Serviceability Status (WSS) reports for command headquarters an d resource accountability reports. Managed Command Directed retrofitting operat ions on 4 separate types of aircraft weapon systems; retrofit operations were co mpleted ahead of schedule and with -0- defects Guided Weapon Operations Manager Merced, California (3 years) I managed 12 personnel in testing and maintaining a foreign aircraft weapon supp ort system valued over $60 million. I oversaw Quality Control and Quality Assura nce activities, delegated mission activities, and developed work schedules and s hop procedures. As "on-site Project Manager and coordinator in Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) also acted as Technical Advisor for Headquarters Air Forc e in writing and designing maintenance and testing field operation procedures wh ile system still in test environment. Also identified and reported weapon system deficiencies with possible solutions to Headquarters Air Combat Command (ACC). Initiated and managed over 20 retrofitting operations all of which were either o n or ahead of timed schedule. Chief Evaluator, Weapons Maintenance and Test Bossier City, LA (2 years) I managed 4 personnel involved in evaluating maintenance, testing, inspection, a nd troubleshooting activities of a foreign aircraft weapons program for Headquar ters Air Force. Assisted Systems Program Office (SPO) in writing preliminary fi eld technical data, evaluating the support and logistical strengths and weakness es of system in relation to storing, transporting, maintaining, and testing of w eapon system and reporting findings to Headquarters Strategic Air Command (SAC) and SPO. Data I collected through assessment review operations directly assist ed in a successful integration report which lead to the weapon system becoming a part of the Air Force B-52 inventory References: Upon request