Employment History

KIEFFER SYSTEM SOLUTIONS

Owner

• Developed customized software for trunked digital radios
• Worked with radio system users to ensure their needs were met
• Developed technical documentation for emergency response equipment
• Developed service manuals and videos for medical devices
  
• Developed a tactical interoperability communications plan for public safety agencies
• Provided computer consulting services to small businesses
• Refurbished, programmed and brokered cellular phones

HONEYWELL, INC./ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS, INC.

Technical Manager/Staff Engineer

• Managed multi-department operating budgets
• Prepared monthly, detailed financial analyses
• Managed budgets and quarterly status reviews for independent research projects
• Senior team member working on a new schedule development, change management and measurement process
• Corrected critical operating system deficiencies
• "Go to" person for personal computer software issues

Manager, Metrology Systems

• Upgraded internal calibration systems to meet MIL-STD 45662A
• Led the rewrite of policies and procedures to standardize the calibration process across multiple locations
• Developed an approved calibration vendor process

Manager, Test Equipment and Gaging/Metrology & Automation

• Managed engineers, technicians, supervisory and administrative personnel involved in the design and build of test equipment and robotics/automation equipment
• Managed the calibration, repair and maintenance of electronic and mechanical equipment
• Ensured products shipped met customer requirements
• Responsible for operating budget accountability, cost and schedule performance on department projects, internal and external customer interface, and policy setting

Supervisor, Test Equipment and Gaging

• Supervised engineers and technicians engaged in the design and build of electronic test and mechanical inspection equipment at multiple locations
• Supervised the calibration of electronic test equipment
• Responsible for training, performance appraisals, manpower forecasting, budgeting, facility planning, staffing, capital planning, proposal generation, and liaison between other departments
• College recruiting team member for multiple engineering disciplines

Lead Engineer, Defense Quality Instrumentation

• Responsible for the successful start-up, growth, and development of a new test and mechanical inspection equipment department
• Recruited personnel for new department
• Negotiated for facilities space and capital equipment

Lead Engineer, Measuring and Test Equipment

• Managed multiple projects and provided work direction to department personnel
• Designed test equipment for safing and arming and fuzing products
• Wrote test and calibration procedures

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.

Design Engineer/Engineering Intern, External Devices Group

• Designed and built advanced external support devices for pacemaker product line
• Participated in the research and development of prototype pacemakers and external support equipment, and data collection from testing custom integrated circuits