SUMMARY
I have over a decade of managing projects that resulted in meeting customer expectations and specifications.  I have instructed many project management courses.  I have lead cross-functional groups to accomplish goals.  I am detailed orientated to verify all project requirements are addressed. 

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2018 - 2022  SEMCO  Morrilton, Arkansas - Project Manager - Liaison Engineer
Served as the focus of project management functions. Coordinating activities to evaluate and resolve engineering-related production issues. Defining project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders. Management of project scope changes, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques. Confer with quality control, material, manufacturing, and other department personnel to provide technical support. Interpret engineering drawings and facilitates correction of errors on drawings and documents identified during manufacturing operations. Consult with project engineers to obtain specialized information.

• Corporate training of engineering drawing standards, resulting in minimizing drawing/design errors.

• Corporate training of computer aided design application for computer numerical control operations, to increase operator productivity

• Served as site engineer to resolve production related issues

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2014 - 2017  Tokusen USA   Conway, Arkansas - Special Project Manager

• Project selection, per company priorities and values.

• Used team management to gain inter-departmental project inputs (costs, labor, etc.).

• Developed business process for tracking and implementing production changes.

• Developed and tracked project costs. Analyzed project options, based on marginal benefits and costs.

• Managed a project portfolio and communication planning.

• Trained new employees on corporate safety training.

• Developed MS-Project training.

• Continuous improvement/kaizen program management

• Manage projects using internal and external parts/labor

• Projects range $110,000 - $32,000

• Program management of shutdown activities

• Purchasing department support with drawings and vendor pricing requests

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1994 - 2008  IC Corporation  Conway, Arkansas - Design Engineer / Application Engineer / Project Manager

  • Submitted cost reductions for $200,000 annual savings: Worked with vendors to develop products that meet specifications at lower cost.

   • Budget creation / tracking: Created project budgets, based on historical data, and tracked projects costs through the life of the project.

   • Business cost / benefit analysis

   • Customer interaction (Technical support / Customer service): Worked with customers to provide information about part / assembly serviceability.  Worked with customers to ensure completeness requested items.
  • Development, tracking, and reporting of target costs, product costs and product tooling estimates: Developed and tracked costs based on vendor relationships and similar component analysis.  Reported costs during weekly status reports and presentations.
  • Ensured compliance with civilian and government agencies: Reviewed customer specifications to ensure delivered product meets customer requirements and government product regulations.
   • Project cost estimation (Quotes / Proposals): Estimated project costs based on fabrication capabilities and vendor information.

   • Project request evaluation and interpretation: Reviewed customer project requests to ensure specifications can be met, without sacrificing

profitability.
   • Quality Assurance: Inspected purchased products, and manufactured assemblies, for completeness and function.  Performed root-cause analysis for source of defects.  Inspected products and installations of products prior to customer release. 

   • Research & Development experience: Worked with R&D crew to develop prototypes and resolve production issues.
  • Tolerance Clearance performance: Designed parts with 2-D and 3-D software to ensure designed / revised product form and function.

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