Melvin Cardona-Soto

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director Cost Performance Engineering - VE at Honeywell Aerospace

  • Education

    • University of puerto rico-mayaguez

      2007 - 2012
      Master of science - ms computer software engineering
    • Inter american university of puerto rico-aguadilla

      2003 - 2007
      Bachelor's degree computer science
  • Experience

    • Inter american university of puerto rico-aguadilla

      Jan 2008 - Feb 2013
      Computer science instructor

      Prepare and Teach bachelor degree computer science courses and laboratories including: Computer Literacy, Introduction to Computer Science, Structured Programming, Visual Programming, Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures, and Software Engineering. Responsible of assessing every student's performance towards course core competencies, compiling results into a detailed report together with course improvement plans for future semesters. Mentor and guide students throughout their degree studies based upon their major interest. Show less

    • Honeywell

      Sept 2010 - now

      Responsible for managing 11 Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Systems Analysts and 3 Engineering support specialists across three regions. Develop, train and deploy Aerospace (Aero) level Management Operating Systems (MOS) to address several manufacturing metrics. Lead supplier technical drawing package team.• Develop and deploy Excess and Obsolete / Aged WIP MOS and Web Management tool for Aero. Actively managing $110M+ per Quarter of actions to reduce E&O/Aged WIP for all Aero. Targets achieved/beat three consecutive quarters since MOS deployed, after years of continuous reserve increase.• Stand up Aero level SCRAP MOS. 25% SCRAP reduction achieved Y/Y, accounting for Growth.• Improved turn around time of Technical Drawing Packages from 3 requests per week to same day return and 17 request per day, through process automation.• Perform team mid/full year performance assessments. Support direct reports on building career and professional improvement plans. Build strong succession plans for the entire team. Show less Lead budget systems management team. Responsible for driving developing and maintaining tools and systems to manage ISC Capital and Momentum Portfolio; Annual Operating Plan (AOP) creation and execution. Support several ISC initiatives with tools and analytics.• Developed and deployed Factory Utilization MOS for 65 production plants and 787 production lines to calculate for the first time in Aero True Utilization of Manufacturing Operation.• Built an Aero wide IIOT/Robotics Investment selection matrix based on manufacturing sites performance and quality metrics. • Lead and deployed Momentum security and charge accounts auto close for ISC portfolio ($220M) to increase spend controls and achieve AOP.• Achieved Engineering SIOP alignment of 45 Product Cost programs ($24M) in one month. Show less Responsible of producing high order analyses for the ISC Manufacturing Engineering portfolio. Developed and maintained tools and systems to manage the ISC Capital and Momentum Portfolio; AOP creation and execution.• Co-Lead development and deployment of Aero wide Engineering SIOP MOS to align $2.5 Billion worth of budget across 8 Finance Categories.• Develop the ISC Momentum Annual Operating Plan. Communicate budget allocated per program type. Coordinate with 30 budget owners to collect prioritized project lists and SOWs. • Develop and maintain key metrics for ISC Momentum and Capital portfolios $350M/yr. Produce communication packages for reporting to leadership through the different executive meetings. Show less

      • Director Cost Performance Engineering - Value Engineering

        Jul 2024 - now
      • Sr. Adv Mfg Engineering Manager

        Mar 2021 - Jul 2024
      • ISC Project Manager, Manager

        May 2018 - Mar 2021
      • Specialist Sr Project Mgt ISC

        Aug 2014 - May 2018
      • Analyst III ISC Program Mgmt

        Jul 2013 - Aug 2014
      • Analyst II ISC Program Mgm

        Jul 2011 - Jul 2013
      • Analyst I ISC Program Mgmt

        Sept 2010 - Jul 2011
    • Dulcis vita bakery and coffee shop

      Sept 2013 - Feb 2018
      Owner/ceo

      Start-up and manage a successful and profitable small-town bakery and coffee shop business. • Managed supply and procurement to ensure availability of material at all times.• Applied best practices and ensured compliance with government regulations.• Managed hiring and training of all employees to ensure consistency of products. • Recognized by Trip Advisor five consecutive years as the top Bakery and Café in town.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Six sigma black belt

      Honeywell
      Aug 2018
    • Six sigma core green belt

      Honeywell
      Dec 2011