PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Entrepreneurial professional with multiple, cross-functional, and transferable, ” hands-on”, experience in Technology, Management, Programs, Planning, IR & D, Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality. Self-directed, goals-and-results driven, with team and interpersonal leadership skills to achieve strategic, organizational goals using Participative Team Management/TQM, Continuous Improvement (Kaizen), Efficiency, Productivity, and Cost Savings. Degrees in Engineering (Management Science) and pursuing an MBA. Traveled internationally/domestically and experienced in several languages/multi-cultural environments. Broad expertise in ”State-of-the-Art” Technology/Industries, such as: Aero/Space, Jet Engine (FAA)/Turbine Components- O&R; Power/Energy (Nuclear/NRC/Conventional); Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Quality, Metallurgy/Materials: Steel /Metals/Alloys (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous), Non-Metals, Physical/Mechanical/Electrochemical/Processing, Corrosion/ Joining/Coatings; Analysis/Testing/NDE/NDT; Environmental Technology: Manufacturing, Regulations (OSHA/DOD/DOE/EPA) and Compliance; Consulting and Contract.

EXPERIENCE

Planned and directed "State-of-the-Art" technology and programs (to $30+ M) for Commercial (Prime) Industries, OEM's, Subs, Job-shops, AE/NRC, and NASA, Military, Government, including DOD/DOE/DARPA classified (secret) projects:

• Technology- Assessment/Planning/Development: Management/Programs, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality/TQM/ISO-9000-01/MRB/DCAS, Processing, Environmental Technology: Regulations (OSHA/EPA/DOD/DOE), Compliance, and Waste Management Systems; Facilities/Equipment; Contract and Consulting.

• Jet Engine (FAA)/Turbine Components, Overhaul and Repair: Turbines, Rotors, Discs, Fans, Stators, Compressors, Spacers, Vanes, Blades; Ferrous and Non - Ferrous Alloys: Titanium, Hastalloy, Waspalloy, Stellite, Inconels/Monels, Nickel/Chromium/Moly/SS, Carbides, other exotic Super-alloys, Materials, and Coatings.
• Power/Energy: Project Management, Engineering, Quality Assurance for Nuclear (BWR/PWR), Fossil, and Hydroelectric power plant design and construction for US (St Lucie 1&2) and Japanese (Tokai 1&2, Fukushima 5&6) nuclear projects; ASME Code (Sec 1, 2, 3 ,5, 6, 8, 9 & 11)/N-Stamp Repair/Nuclear Reg. Com. Certification.
• Metallurgy/Materials/Corrosion/Joining/Processes: Design, IR&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality; High-Temp Applic., Exotic Materials/Metals/Alloys, Castings/Welding/Coatings, Plating/Mechanical/Chemical/Processing, Inspection/Testing/NDE/NDT, Met/SEM/TEM/X-Ray, Failure Analysis and Investigations.
• Space/NASA STS- Orbiter (Shuttle)/MMU/EMU (Space Suit): Primary Life Support Systems, High Pressure Oxygen System, Freon Coolant Loop, Atmospheric Revitalization Subsystems, Flash Evaporator Core, Water Spray Boiler, Sublimator Core, Manned Maneuvering Unit, DMC Unit, et al.
• Aero/Space- Aircraft /Controls, Systems and Components: Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), Propellers, Fuel Controls, Hydraulics, Turbo-Shafts, Heat Exchangers, Pressure Vessels, and other Environmental Controls Systems and Components.
• Aero/Space- Propulsion Programs (Satellites, Missiles, and Rockets): Peacekeeper (MX), BS-II, ITV, ICBM, RCA, IDS, Centaur, ASAT, PMALS, DSCS III, CRRES, CP-9, CP-13, CP-15, Hellfire, and small ICBM, et al.
• Space Station/Navy/Fuel Cells: IR&D, Applications, Design, Development - Gas Management Systems, Electrochemical (Power) Fuel Cell, Life-Support Systems, Test-bed Design and Development; Trouble-shooting and Problem-solving.

EDUCATION

Pursuing an MBA: Int’l Business/Entrepreneurship
Courses: Entrepreneurship and New Ventures, Business Law, Markets and Portfolio Securities Analysis, Probability and Statistics, Management Principles, Managerial Economics, Engineering Economics, Organizational Behavior, Industrial Sociology, Psychology.
MS/BE + (Grad Study) - Engineering (Management Science)
Graduate Study - Engineering/Metallurgy/Materials Science/Corrosion/Joining/NDE/NDT

Continuing Education: TQM/ISO-9000-1/OSHA/SPC; Manufacturing, Operations, and Technology; Computer Programming; Engineering: Welding, Brazing, and Joining Metallurgy; Corrosion and Corrosion Control; Fracture Mechanics and Analysis; Electrochemistry/Plating/Coatings; Tribology; Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM) and X-ray (EDAX) Analysis; Non-Destructive Examination (NDE)/Testing (NDT); Search of Excellence.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Confidential, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Technology, Consulting, and Contract Services; Poquonock (Windsor), CT
Principal/Exec. Director (Currently)

Confidential, Windsor Locks, CT
Sr Engineering Leader (Mgmt)/Sr Technology Specialist - Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance

Confidential, Union, NJ
Consulting Plant Metallurgist: Technology/Engineering/Manufacturing/Processing/Quality Assurance

Confidential, AE: Nuclear, Fossil Power and Environmental Eng’g; New York City, NY
Project Lead Engineer- Engineering/Materials/Metallurgy/Quality Assurance/Programs Coordinator