Projects
Turning Passion into Products
Gravity & Air EV's
Lucid Motors
Project info: from design to production of the Gravity SUV EV.
Role: Technical Project Manager, Body-in-White
Achievements: managed schedule, budget, risk, headcount, contractors, and supply chain.
Applied Skills: CATIA V6, Jira, Smartsheet, Scrum, Agile
3D Bio Printer
Frontier Bio
Project Info: 3D tissues printer that will one day be used for body part implantation.
Role: VP of Engineering
Achievements: led a team of engineers to design a novel 3D printer with FDM, pneumatic, and electrohydrodynamic print heads.
Applied Skills: CAD, engineering management, materials selection, CNC, 3D printing, design-for-manufacturing (DFM), robotics, Python, G-code
Space Based Infrared System
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Project Info: infrared surveillance to provide early missile warning for the U.S. military and is considered one of the nation's highest priority space programs
Role: Certified Principal Engineer
Achievements: Design, testing, and delivery of solar array release mechanisms and a rotary encoder (high-precision angle measuring device)
Applied Skills: CAD, structural analysis, thermal analysis, vibration analysis, FEA, drawings, installation and test procedures, vendor relationships, failure review boards
Mobile User Objective System
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space
Project Info: a narrowband military communications satellite system that supports a worldwide, multi-Service population of users in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band
Role: Spacecraft Manager
Achievements: lead a team of techs and engineers to build, test, and launch commercial satellites, create plan of the day, schedule multiple commercial satellite programs, lead failure reviews
Applied Skills: CAD, subcontracts, failure review boards, non-conformance reviews, drawings, test procedures, requirements documentation, Microsoft Project
Fleet Ballistic Missile
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Project Info: U.S. Navy's submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles
Role: Mechanical Engineer
Achievements: Designed, prototyped, and installed a die-cast electronics enclosure
Applied Skills: CAD, drawings, ERP
GeoEye
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space
Project Info: U.S. Navy's submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles
Role: Spacecraft Manager
Achievements: Lead a team of engineers and techs to build, test, and launch, created plan of the day, write installation procedures, lead techs to build, organize parts and equipment, schedule multiple commercial programs
Applied Skills: Microsoft Project, CAD, ERP, SAP, lean-six sigma, operations leadership
JCSAT
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space
Project Info: geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group
Role: Certified Test Conductor
Achievements: mechanical lead for assembly of parts onto the satellite
Applied Skills: CAD, write procedures, organize teams
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Operations Leadership Development Program
Lockheed Martin
Project Info: 2 year leadership program
Role: 1st rotation: facilities management, 2nd: Buyer, 3rd: lean six-sigma group, 4th: deputy program manager
Achievements: managed buildings on campus for upgrades, space management, and maintenance. Processed parts ordering in SAP with vendors. Facilitated Kaizen events and recorder $500k cost savings. Program management of the new campus badge entry system.
Applied Skills: data entry systems, SAP, lean six sigma, green belt, program management, project charter, budgeting, planning
Laser Peening
U.C. Davis and Lawrence Livermore Labs
Project Info: laser peening as an improvement to shot peening
Role: research assistant
Achievements: contributed to ASTM standard for the slitting method, 50x improved life for Rolls Royce rotary blades, published twice in Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing Technology
Applied Skills: CAD, FEA, Matlab, wheatstone bridge based instrumentation amplifier, wire EDM, Abaqus, Fortan, LInux, microscopy, FTP
