SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE Zodiac Aerospace, Seat Shell/Surround Division, Santa Maria, CA 2014 - Present Director of Engineering and Certification SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE Zodiac Aerospace, Seat Shell/Surround Division, Santa Maria, CA 2014 - Present Director of Engineering and Certification Accountable for engineering design, FAA/EASA certification (TC, STC Type design data), budget, schedules, process, quality product, Configuration Management, Customer Relations and developing a very young engineering organization (145 people in the U.S., 30 engineers in Mexico), reporting to the CEO for the following: * Design and certification of Business class and First class equipped seat shells. CATIAV5, SmarTeam NASTRAN, DocsVision. * The Design office includes Mechanical, Electrical, Production Support, Lean Product Development engineers. * The Certification office includes Certification, Structure/Stress, Flammability, Materials and Process engineers. Self contained static test lab and materials and flammability lab. * The Prototype Department includes Prototype, R&D engineers and a Prototype production shop. * Created the "Engineering Career Path" and Reorganized to a matrix organization. * Introduced schedule and quality processes. * Transformed the culture to be customer, schedule and quality driven. * In addition to engineering responsibilities, assigned to production lines, as required, to recover build schedules. * Eleven programs in various stages of development and production. Approximately $2M engineering budget for each. * Department budget (non-program) including training, travel, wages, $4.5M/yr. Designing repairs and overhauls. Group located at company MRO at Hawarden * contact for engineering design and European certification of aftermarket products for the Hawker and Beechcraft family of aircraft. * Participate in the contractual relationship between Hawker Beechcraft Corp and the British Ministry of Defence for fleet upgrades and maintenance. * Accountable for the three organizations concurrently.

Highlights:

• IBM CATIA
• Product Development
• Aerospace
• Avionics
• Drafting
• Engineering
• Shell Script
• System design
• Outsourcing
• Development Activities