Shawn Maurice Hall
16719 Lighthouse View Dr.
Friendswood, TX 77546
281-245-7950
shawnhall510[at]sbcglobal.net
Technically sophisticated and business-savvy management professional with a pioneering career reflecting strong leadership qualifications coupled with “hands on” electronic hardware manufacturing and R&D expertise. Maintains focus on achieving bottom-line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology and business solutions to meet a diversity of needs. Superior record of delivering simultaneous large-scale, mission critical projects on time, under budget and with a extremely low rate of return for rework deficiencies. Team based management style and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Professional Experience Summary
• Green Belt Certified
• System Engineering
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Strategy Based Business Concepts
• Customer Intimacy
• Process Development
• CMMI Knowledge
• ISO9001 Knowledge
• Technical Team Leadership
Employment History
Manufacturing Technical Solutions
Project Controls Professional (2008 – 2010)
• Responsible for Project Controls at the Project Office level for the James Webb Space Telescope
• Responsible for maintaining, tracking and variance reporting for a 43M budget
• Responsible for Schedule Integration and Earned Value tracking for NASA Flight Projects for the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson Space Center.
• Conduct Risk Analysis and Variance Reporting.
Lockheed Martin Mission Services
Project Engineer (2007 - 2008)
• Certified Control Account Manager
• Coordinated the planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects within area of assigned responsibility.
• Planed and formulated engineering program; reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Evaluated and approved design changes, specification and drawing releases.
• Coordinated activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Set up cost control system, monitors and controls costs and schedules on contracts requiring validated cost schedule control system.
• Performed analyses and prepares reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines.
• Prepared budgets and schedules for contract work and performs and/or assists in financial analyses such as funding profiles, sales outlook, and variance analysis.
• Prepared program plans to ensure program requirements and statement of work are captured and scheduled. Performs schedule risk assessments to identify and mitigate program cost and scheduling risks.
• Ensured adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the government.
• Incorporated contractual changes into control systems by staying aware of outstanding work against each contract in order to maintain realistic contract cost and schedule baselines.
• Perform all planning and scheduling to ensure contractual requirements are met.
• Responsible for performing Earned Value Management and Variance Analysis Reporting
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions
Electronics Engineer (2005 – 2007)
• Perform test and System, Evaluation, Integration and Testing of Input, Output and Digital Analog Formatters, Conversion Chassis', Power Supplies and Timing Distribution assemblies.
• Perform Solaris administration, as well as, configuration and maintenance of Sun Servers, V440, V480 and V450, Cisco Maintenance Routers and Gateways, and other network components located within the system network architecture.
• Perform check-out and troubleshooting of system cabling, both inter and intra- rack configurations, and verify correct network timing exists to ensure correct data flow.
• Configuration and installation of COTS equipment such as Sun Blade workstations, RCPM and Raid StorEdge on a UNIX based platform.
• Devise methods of test and requisition materials needed for developing test fixtures within the manufacturing and test environments.
• Coordinated and planned engineering activities and guided execution.
• Maintained and acquired technical information pertaining to multiple subsystems and full system operation.
• Presented critical information to engineering teams and customer.
Field Technician Sr. Specialist (2003 – 2005)
• Maintain work scheduling and resource planning in the areas of manufacturing, test and depot in a high paced R&D environment, supporting both unclassified and classified programs.
• Assist in the proposal process by formulating a Basis of Estimate from information provided on the Work Breakdown Structure. Perform cost accounting on all work and task orders for assigned programs. Serve as liaison between test department, customers and vendors.
• Develop and implement strategic operational plans to ensure that work completed on schedule, within budget and with zero defects, significantly limiting return for repair costs.
• Support new business launches as well as support sustained support contracts.
• Identify opportunities for, and implement changes to, all manufacturing process instructions.
• Coordinate staffing and production planning meetings for R&D, Manufacturing, and Test departments.
Field Technician Sr. Specialist (2000 – 2003)
• Perform Functional, Acceptance, and Factory acceptance testing for Lockheed Martin product
• Provide depot and site support and quick response.
• Develop testing procedures, perform drawing reviews and ensure compliance with IS&S and Quality standards for all programs assigned.
• Identify and implement improvements to policies and procedure within the Manufacturing and Test departments.
• Institute 6S and LM21 process to ensure lab environments are audit ready.
United States Navy
Aviation Electronics Technician (1990 – 2000)
• Production Supervisor (Communications/Navigation) work centers directly responsible for 33 technicians and 2.5M in government equipment.
• Quality Assurance Representative directly responsible to the Quality Assurance Officer.
• Performed Quality Assurance, safety and training audits within the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department organization.
• Over a three-year period, accomplished a rate of repair yield of 95 percent while maintaining zero items returned for rework.
• Saved the government $1.5M by repairing defective test equipment.
Education
• Masters of Arts, Theology (2007) GPA 3.9
• Bachelor, Theology (2004) GPA 3.8
• University of Phoenix Bachelor of Business Administration (expected completion 2011) current GPA 3.6
Additional Training
• Subcontract Program Management 101
• Program Management 101
• Planning and Scheduling
• Proposal Writing
• Control Account Management
• Earned Value Management
Software
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Project Server
• Primavera P6
• wInsight/Cobra
Memberships
• IEEE
• PMI
• Scheduled to take Project Management Professional (PMP) exam April 2010
Clearances
• Inactive DOD Secret (5 yr Update completed April 2006)
• Completed Single Scope Background Investigation
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