About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1965878
PRODUCT & PROJECT MANAGER | NPI, R&D, MANUFACTURING TRANSFER & ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY
Core Expertise
- New Product Introduction leadership from discovery through launch and post-launch optimization.
- Portfolio and budget management for multi‑million dollar R&D and product programs.
- Manufacturing transfer and design‑for‑manufacturability to enable repeatable production.
- Cross‑functional leadership aligning engineering, operations, quality, and external stakeholders.
- Process improvement and cost reduction through assembly and test procedure optimization.
- Agile and phase‑gate product development, requirements definition, and risk management.
Project Background
- Managed R&D portfolio with annual budgets exceeding several million dollars, maintaining scope and schedule.
- Delivered products that generated multi‑million dollar follow‑on contract awards and program growth.
- Implemented NPI process changes that reduced time‑to‑market by approximately 50% for hardware programs.
- Improved on‑time feature delivery by about 20% through roadmap management and cross‑team coordination.
- Submitted assembly and test procedure improvements that produced roughly $85,000 in recurring annual savings.
Key Skills
- Jira | Confluence | Project documentation
- Project lifecycle | Portfolio management | Budgeting | Scheduling
- NPI | R&D | Prototyping | Phase‑gate reviews
- Agile methodologies | Backlog prioritization | Roadmaps
- Requirements | User stories | Acceptance criteria
- Manufacturing transfer | DFM | Assembly & test procedure optimization
- Risk management | Stakeholder engagement | Cross‑functional leadership
Education
- B.A., Business Administration (Finance) — Wichita State University
Awards & Recognition
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Cross‑functional team recognized for consecutive monthly safety, efficiency, and quality performance
Why Interview this Candidate?
A hardware product and project leader with ~15 years in manufactured physical products, combining hands‑on assembly and test experience with NPI, R&D, and manufacturing transfer. Demonstrated track record of measurable outcomes—cost savings, faster time‑to‑market, and increased on‑time delivery—while aligning engineering, operations, and customers. PMP certified and adept at translating technical concepts into repeatable production processes, ready to lead commercial hardware programs to reliable launches and sustained improvement.
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