Kent Ballard

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Technical Program Manager

Collins Aerospace

Dec 2021 - Current (3 years 5 months)

• Engineering point of contact for customer facing team on Bid & Proposal efforts through program certification. • Lead the cross functional engineering teams through program execution managing deliverables, schedule, and budget to meet needs of both military and commercial customers. • Lead R&D projects, managing testing, staffing, risks, budget, and schedule. Lead the teams through critical decision points in program execution.

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Value Stream Leader

Collins Aerospace

Aug 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 5 months)

• Customer facing contact for all products and services provided by Collins for a given customer set. • Responsible for building and leading various teams across the organization to meet the needs of the customer. • Responsible for all contract and pricing negotiations between Collins & customer • Identify new business opportunities, work across the cross functional teams to develop solutions and proposals.

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Engineering Section Lead

Butler America Telecom LLC

Feb 2016 - Aug 2019 (3 years 7 months)

• Leading the design team across multiple functional groups: Electrical Design, Airframe Design, and Manufacturing Engineering of military and commercial aircraft. • Responsible for sustaining current statements of work and developing new projects to work for all functional groups across two sites. • Manage office security, office maintenance, IT issues, the expansion plan and logistics for the office.

B

Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Butler America Telecom LLC

Nov 2014 - Mar 2016 (1 year 5 months)

• Lead a group of 12 manufacturing engineers to review, provide feedback, and approve engineering designs across new design and current production programs. • Reviewed designs for ease of manufacturing, tooling impact, and ease of installation. • Created and trained team members on the use of SAP Visual Basic/Right Hemisphere, to fully animate the assemblies and installations that aid in clarity for final assembly. • Participated in GD&T per ASME Y14.5 training program.

B

Supplier Support Engineer

Butler America Telecom LLC

Aug 2011 - Nov 2014 (3 years 4 months)

• Lead a group of 3-5 people to support grounded aircraft on a 24-hour basis. • Provided Sikorsky Aircraft suppliers with fast and efficient responses to clarify and/or correct design issues that were encountered by following the SOP to provide written documentation. • Analyzed damaged components to determine if the parts were cost effective to repair in the field.

Maintenance Planner

Republic Airways

Jan 2011 - Jul 2011 (7 months)

• Short- and long-range planning of routine and non-routine aircraft maintenance for 56 aircraft in a manner that ensures good utilization of aircraft and labor for overnight maintenance. • Balanced man hours with three other airlines at maintenance bases to maximize productivity. • Worked with aircraft dispatch to ensure that the aircraft that needed maintenance could be routed to an overnight maintenance base. • Worked with maintenance control to ensure priority tasks are accomplished quickly and correctly.

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