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Stephen V

RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Occupation:

Industrial Engineer

Location:

League City, TX

Education Level:

Doctorate

Will Relocate:

YES

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Accomplished international partner collaboration project and program manager with over 30 years of experience directing and mentoring teams to exceed technical and business objectives. Solid track record of delivering complex research and development projects on-time and within budget. Strong analytical and strategic skills leveraged to develop and execute long-range plans across departments, organizations, and countries. Subject matter expertise in a wide scope of technical aptitudes including ergonomics, systems engineering, space systems design, and user performance testing. Possess professional certifications in project management and ergonomics.

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SCHOOL MAJOR YEAR DEGREE

Texas A&M University Industrial Engineering 1983 Doctorate Degree
Texas A&M University Industrial Psychology 1980 Master Degree
Texas A&M University Psychology 1978 Bachelor Degree
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Book Virtual Collaboration Books media url Books that help me better work virtually with collaborators and team members not located by me. Helps with communication styles and cultural relationships.
Magazine The Economist media url A good mix of politics and economics that helps understand the global condition
Website Science Fiction media url Anything that allows me to see the world from another's perspective, which enriches my lateral thinking capabilities.

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Highlights:

Associate Technical Fellow (top 2% of engineers at company) Space Flight Awareness Award (NASA's highest civilian award)

Companies I like:

GE, NRG, Boeing, LockheedMartin

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 Spearheaded SME teams for $20M international, multi-business unit research and development portfolio  Led efforts to open virtual global technology Program Management office including defining roles, authority, communication pathways, processes, and tools  Developed long-range R&D strategy to meet sustainability needs that including collaboration with Saudi Arabian companies, agencies, and university researchers  Conceptualized and implemented a benchmark analysis of company technology presence in Saudi Arabia that led to establishment of permanent regional research center  Represented organization as Launch Package Integrator for CoFR development, mission planning, and contractor support for program with NASA Launch Package Managers  Managed contract with NASA-JPL to evaluate International Space Station (ISS) as a space systems validation platform
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