RICHARD EASON, MBA, PMP

Oceanside, Ca 92058 reinoside@yahoo.com 760-622-7177 Cell

Profile
Fully energized and enthusiastic Sr. Program Manager who establishes customer appreciation orchestrated in a professional manner with rapport and trust. Strong focus on schedule and budget to achieve bottom line success as a team, dedicated to goal attainment and solutions, technically savoir faire and opportunity alert for process improvement (as noted by certificates and achievements). Knowledgeable and successfully experienced in all phases and support functions of program management: proposals to development (R&D), through manufacturing to sustaining and close out. This helps provide for a thriving, progressing and profitable organization. For Example: Plan, adjust to priorities, and manage time and tasks. During a 9 month period, I managed 7 RF manufacturing projects that were delivered on time and within cost from receipt of order to MRR to delivery and managed 3 development projects in various stages with constantly changing priorities. This included primary customer contact, contract review/flow down, reprioritizing, schedule creation, conducting kick off, PDR, CDR, MRR, managing procurement, manufacturing and testing, tracking schedule/financials, and providing customer communication and status. As the Program Manager with full accountability and primary customer contact, we provided on time deliveries with company and customer cost savings, achieved within 12 months for budgets of $5M$10M. This included a shipboard sensor tracking and response system. Customer satisfaction. I provided new proposal input and review, requirement breakdown and traceability, accuracy to customer requirements/product baseline and conducted testing. A satisfied customer provided positive comments for coordination, timely effort and open communication. Problem solver. I assisted a vendor (subcontractor) to resolve technical product issues by on site review of complex technical data and process methods for several weeks to resolve issues. I provided the DOD customer with progress presentations, reports and technical updates for this critical program component and provided on time delivery of the final product by the end of that year. Process improver and team player. I helped reduce processing time and achieve cost savings of over $100k. I received several achievement awards for the team improvements and one from the joint company partner for engineering document workflow, process and change control improvements. o Over 10 years in the program office and over 20 years in engineering. Experience in system engineering and complex systems/subsystems experience, including communications, tactical data link, RF amplifiers, RF transmitter/receivers, RADAR interfaces, shipboard systems, microelectronics electronic and electrical components, PWB production, optical, electro-mechanical and life cycle support experience. Professional Competencies: status presentations, customer interface and communication, proposals/budgets/pricing, scheduling, requirement and risk management, alternatives and recovery plans, test supervision, contract negotiations, product development, transition to production and manufacturing management. ISO 9000/9001 and CMMI background, systems engineering and circuit design experience. Communications: I have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to articulate clearly both in person and through correspondence. I lead personnel and teams for accomplishing program goals.

Computer Skills
MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, DOORS, Visio I have been trained/used SAP, Oracle and CM/DM programs.

Professional Experience
o Aethercomm, Carlsbad, CA June 2010 August 2011. Sr. Program Manager for RF Amplifiers and Transmitter/Receivers. Multiple production programs with RMAs. Multiple development programs - concept, requirement, PDR/CDR, test, environmental qual. Managed transition to production.

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Responsibility - Customer, cost, schedule, risk, test, manufacturing, delivery, ITAR, RMAs. o ViaSat, Carlsbad, CA October 2006 October 2009. Secure Digital Voice Communication Equipment and L16. New business development performed customer reviews (Air Force, Navy, Army and Marines), technical and status presentations to customers/upper management, research, cost analysis/improvement, performed trade-offs, trade studies, analysis, risk mitigation, scheduling, manpower forecasting and system engineering. Proposals for continuing work performed scheduling, manpower forecasting, cost inputs, writing descriptions of task and interpretation of contract. System Engineering - performed DOORS database manipulation of customer requirements for applicability and for change implementation, prioritizing tasks, and coordinating people and tasks. Test lead for infrastructure of secure digital voice communication hardware (Link 16). Test report generation/government submittal/approval. Raytheon, San Diego, CA May 1999 October 2006. Program Manager - defense system for multiple production programs. Responsible for proposals, contract negotiation, subcontract support, planning, scheduling, allocating cost, budget, earned value, metrics, presentations, tracking and providing status for two major programs plus small project, ITAR and FAR compliance, and subcontract support. Provided the primary customer contact/accountability for questions, contract issues, schedules, cost, CDR, PDR, and TIMs. Earned Value management, Strategic planning and promoted team building and motivation. Provided life-cycle modeling and logistics/RMA support for the customer. Change Control Chairman - chaired the change process (program management) for all internal and external changes (hardware, software, systems, requirements) for multiple groups and Configuration Management/Documentation management, provided workflow modeling and improvement processes, metrics, ISO 9001 compliance, assisted quality audits, work with QA in problem resolution. System Engineering requirement analysis, proposals, schedules, testing, reviews. Hughes Aircraft Company (purchased by Raytheon in 1999) over 20 years of experience. Program Manager, Technical Director, Project Engineer, Supervisor for combat systems Managed cost and schedule for production and engineering design. Presented and reported to the Customer: captains/admirals. Proposals provided SOW, costs and technical reviews. Provided technical review, PDR, CDR, issues resolution Life-cycle and logistical support. Provided team leadership. Supervised an engineering design group of 35.

Education
University of Phoenix - Master in Business Administration. University of California, Irvine - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Security Clearance
US Citizen - Secret and previously NATO.

Awards and Certificates

Certificate of Project Management Professional (PMP) Six Sigma Specialist. System Engineer Certificate (Raytheon) Project Excellence Award /Change Process. Individual Achievement Award for Engineering Change Implementation. Team Achievement Awards - Upgrade and Production/Test. Achievement Award - Production/Test. Team Award for Contract Negotiation.