Category: ENGINEERING

         ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR           Summary     Entrepreneurial, analytical, and detailed oriented manager who, for over 5 years, both directed, and had hands on experience in, all aspects of accounting functions of a small engineering company. A natural disposition for problem solving and attention to detail that has led to a successful 23 year engineering and accounting career. A proven ability to accept and succeed with new challenges and responsibilities. Currently seeking the next career challenge of continuing the path of accounting management in a small to medium-sized company that needs an involved professional with demonstrated leadership experience.       Highlights          CPA candidate (passed in 2013)  Experienced manager  Analytical reasoning  Government contracting experience      Full-cycle accounting   Familiar with multiple accounting packages  Comfortable working with teams of management and line employees            Accomplishments     Built accounting functions, policies, and systems from the ground up of a spin-off/startup firm.  Managed accounting and engineering functions of a small, company from inception to sale.  Passed CPA exam in the state of Maryland.       Experience      Engineering Supervisor    August 2011   to   Current     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Assisted Weatherford accounting team with financial integration and wind down of Aither Engineering, Inc.  Supervising company location buyer and troubleshooting issues regarding POs, receiving reports, vendor invoices, and payment vouchers within J.D. Edwards enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment.  Managing a team of 4 direct reporting engineers and other indirect engineering staff across multiple, simultaneous projects and sites.  Serving as a Project Engineer for Tier I (VP level exposure) multi-year product development project involving engineers from 3 company facilities.  Providing both technical and professional oversight and mentoring to less experienced engineers including annual performance and merit reviews.          Vice President    July 2006   to   August 2011     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Built accounting system using Quickbooks Pro for small engineering spin-off from the ground up, passing two DCAA financial system audits.  Supervised staff of 7 engineers plus 1 bookkeeper.  Developed accounting policies and procedures for AP processing, AR collections, asset acquisition and disposal, allowed costs, and indirect cost pools.  Participated in and oversaw all components of the accounting cycle including preparing journal entries, bank reconciliations, and financial statements.  Interfaced with and prepared data for both DCAA and investor led auditors.  Managed all federal and state tax filings as well as regulatory and DCAA filings such as annual Incurred Cost Submissions.  Reviewed company billings for both commercial and government customers.  Submitted government vouchers through Wide Area Work Flow system.  Prepared annual operating budgets and proposal budgets and monitored budgets for variances.  Maintained cash flow projections for company President and was responsible for Treasury functions.  Responsible for company HR functions except for company retirement plan.  Contributed to engineering projects and programs involving fiber optic based sensors, semi-active dampers, on blade rotorcraft control, and other technologies.          Assistant Program Manager    July 1995   to   July 2006     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Resuscitated, validated, and and took ownership of a critical, company-constructed simulation tool needed in short order for customer driven analysis.  Provided US Navy ballistic missile submarine force level weapon system performance analyses incorporating proposed weapon system programmatic changes.  Developed ballistic missile warhead reentry simulation tool which allowed company to gain new work with key customer.  Wrote technical business proposals and provided engineering assistance on Small Businesses Innovative Research projects, helping grow projects into a self-sustaining business group within the company.  Held top secret clearance.          Project Engineer    January 1992   to   July 1995     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Responsibilities grew from co-op student to lead project engineer for a small engineering company focused on developing sensing and actuator technologies for Defense and commercial applications.  Represented company on a multi-company technical team working on a two year Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) competitive contract.  Contributed to various engineering projects including acoustic sensors, acoustic noise cancellation, vibration control, modeling and simulation of pneumatic systems, 6-degree of freedom (DOF) missile simulations, missile control systems, and medical sensors.  Held secret clearance.          Education      Master of Science   :   Accounting and Finance  ,   2012    University of Maryland, University College   －   City  ,   State              M. Eng   :   Aerospace Engineering  ,   2001    University of Maryland   －   City  ,   State              Bachelor of Science   :   Aerospace Engineering      University of Maryland   －   City  ,   State              Affiliations     American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)       Skills     Proactive, self-motivated, team player well versed in AP, AR, bank reconciliations, billings, budgets, cash flow projections, government contracting, and financial statements. Experienced with many accounting, technical, and office applications including Quickbooks (expert), Peachtree (proficient), JDE (proficient), Great Plains (trained), LabView, Matlab, Access, Excel, Word.