John Rodgers

Experience

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  The Ronnie K. Irani Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth (I-CCEW)

  Jan 2009 - May 2009

  Intern

  • Performed market research for a Start-Up Educational Engagement Company• Supported the Board of Directors on Organizational Structure and Compensation

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  Mustang Technology Group

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2011

  Program Operations Management Engineer

  • Created a system for implementation and evaluation of Earned Value Metrics• Interfaced with integration product technology leads to create and maintain a program schedule. • Provided cost and schedule reporting to Program Management to ensure timely and accurate program status metrics.

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  L3 Technologies

  Aug 2011 - Mar 2017

  Operations Engineer

  Control Account Manager • Control Account Manager responsible for the procurement, assembly, and test of over $6 million of advanced technology hardware.• Facilitated the creation of the schedule and financial plan for an advanced RADAR development projectMaterial Planning• Sole responsibility for hardware planning, procurement, and support for over $80 million of advanced RADAR development programsManufacturing Engineering• Designed and implemented streamlined facility layout for product factory • Worked with suppliers to develop microelectronics assembly processes for critical Circuit Card Assemblies• Responsible for capital strategy and implementation of a product lineCost Estimation• Established division-wide product production cost estimation process and tool Show less

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  L3Harris Technologies

  Mar 2017 - Aug 2022

  Operations Portfolio Manager—Advanced and Strategic Programs• Architected Operations and Manufacturing plan for products breaking into new markets • Led New Business proposals with values from $10M to $1.2B• Led Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality team executing CRAD, IRAD and CAPEX projects concurrently. Operations Leadership• Led team that created and executed a Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) Commodity Strategy for the division, traversing all steps from commodity strategy creation to implementation of partnership agreements. • Implemented demonstrations on Industry 4.0 manufacturing technologies to understand fit in the Aerospace and Defense landscape. • Championed Design for Manufacturing and Assembly as an integrated design thread. Show less Business Area Operations Lead• Responsible for operations team covering material planning, procurement, manufacturing engineering, and cost estimation• Facilitated and implemented the Capital Equipment roadmap and strategy to support long term business objectives• Interfaced with customers to support customer long-term cost and manufacturing requirements • Supported proposal efforts for new and follow-on business Supply Chain Management• Architected supply chain strategy for a product line, acting as selection chair for critical supplier selection boards.• Negotiated and managed contract awards with values over $5 million.• Management lead for multiple commodity suppliers in a highly dynamic and complex development environment to achieve system requirements within cost and schedule constraints. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Program Operations

    Nov 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Manager, Program Operations

    Mar 2017 - Nov 2020
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  Leonardo DRS

  Aug 2022 - now

  • Senior Director of Operations

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Director Of Operations

    Aug 2022 - Mar 2024