Projects
Turning Passion into Products
Gravity & Air EV's
Lucid Motors
Project info: from design to production of the Gravity SUV EV.
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Role: Technical Project Manager, Body-in-White
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Achievements: managed schedule, budget, risk, headcount, contractors, and supply chain.
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Applied Skills: CATIA V6, Jira, Smartsheet, Scrum, Agile
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3D Bio Printer
Frontier Bio
Project Info: 3D tissues printer that will one day be used for body part implantation.
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Role: VP of Engineering
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Achievements: led a team of engineers to design a novel 3D printer with FDM, pneumatic, and electrohydrodynamic print heads.
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Applied Skills: CAD, engineering management, materials selection, CNC, 3D printing, design-for-manufacturing (DFM), robotics, Python, G-code
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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
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Role: Certified Principal Engineer
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Achievements: Design, testing, and delivery of solar array release mechanisms and a rotary encoder (high-precision angle measuring device)
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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
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Role: Spacecraft Manager
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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
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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
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Role: Mechanical Engineer
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Achievements: Designed, prototyped, and installed a die-cast electronics enclosure
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Applied Skills: CAD, drawings, ERP
GeoEye
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space
Project Info: U.S. Navy's submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles
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Role: Spacecraft Manager
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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
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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
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Role: Certified Test Conductor
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Achievements: mechanical lead for assembly of parts onto the satellite
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Applied Skills: CAD, write procedures, organize teams
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Operations Leadership Development Program
Lockheed Martin
Project Info: 2 year leadership program
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Role: 1st rotation: facilities management, 2nd: Buyer, 3rd: lean six-sigma group, 4th: deputy program manager
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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.
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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
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Role: research assistant
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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
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Applied Skills: CAD, FEA, Matlab, wheatstone bridge based instrumentation amplifier, wire EDM, Abaqus, Fortan, LInux, microscopy, FTP
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