John Fazio

Experience

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  Eastman Kodak

  Jan 1984 - Feb 2004

  GM&L Strategy Group Competitive Intelligence • Managed all stages of the Intelligence Cycle; project definition, data collection and analyses, project implications and recommendations, intelligence dissemination, and implementation into the decision-making process. • Pro-active in building cross-functional relationships and creating networks of key internal and external contacts.• Responsible for analyzing competitors’ manufacturing capabilities; including plant capacity, manufacturing flows, cost-positions, strategic focus and direction, and environmental benchmarks. Show less

  • Competitive Intelligence Analyst

    Aug 2000 - Feb 2004

  • Project Manager and Contract Manager

    Jan 1984 - Aug 2000
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  Geospatial Systems

  Feb 2004 - Nov 2011

  Project Manager/Operations Chief Engineer Responsible for all Manufacturing Operations across 10 Programs with revenues over $200M; facilities, resources, equipment. • Coordinate with functional Managers to ensure resources to staff multiple compartmented programs are available when needed. • Lead multiple task-force teams (10+ personnel) on UNPLANNED activities, defining clear goals from design to test/verification, mitigating critical-path issues using troubleshooting tools in order to meet technical, cost and schedule requirements. Delegate key assignments to SME and drive to closure.• Establish requirements for a $2.5M+ facilities project consisting of five (5) compartmented new facility builds to meet Programs’ growth, negotiated changes to requirements and worked with Facility project manager, Contractor and Customer community to completion. • Special Assignments: 1. Proposal Manager to lead a small team to respond to a new $10M business opportunity – became Lasercom. 2. Program Manager to lead cross-site, cross-functional team, with cost and schedule responsibilities, to create a Program Manager Development Center to educate and prepare future PMs for success throughout ITT GS. Show less Center of Excellence (COE) Manager, Product EngineersManaged 75 Product Engineers (PEs) for Operations organization. • Provide PE resources to multiple programs and defined training needs for PEs. Managed continuous improvement initiatives to save over $500K in productivity gains and cost avoidance; improve the Work Order closeout process, remove design traceability requirements for non-deliverable hardware, implement a team to standardize the MI format across all sites, develop a standard Assembly Build Book to improve paperwork closeout process.• Improve Design for Manufacturing (DFM) by involving PEs in upfront design process. Show less Chief Manufacturing Engineer• Lead Manufacturing execution of technical, cost and schedule performance to deliver flight hardware on-time and under cost for a $50M program. • Defined requirements for Manufacturing resources, capital & facilities and managed roll-off plans for program.• Effective and timely communication across functions to ensure understanding of mission requirements.• Responsible for leading and implementing real-time improvement opportunities to increase productivity. Show less

  • Program Manager

    May 2011 - Nov 2011

  • Senior Project Manager

    Feb 2007 - May 2011

  • Manager Operations

    Feb 2006 - Feb 2007

  • Chief Manufacturing Engineer

    Feb 2004 - Feb 2006
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  Exelis

  Nov 2011 - May 2015

  Senior Project Manager, Program Manager, Change Manager

  Program Manager, Senior Project Manager, and Contract Change Manager (11/11 - present) Multiple high-profile assignments on a $300M+ Cost-Plus (CP) program. Project Manager driving successful delivery of complex $5M electronics hardware/software product, leadership position as Program Manager for $20M Global Positioning System (GPS) Capability Insertion Program (CIP) for new technologies, and Contract Change Manager for GPS Program.• Forward-looking approach to mitigate all barriers to success by developing daily/weekly plans to address critical short-term needs and formulating longer-term plans to minimize impacts to schedule deliveries. • Implemented Risk mitigation plans and Opportunity strategies to manage critical path work.• Cost Account Manager responsible for work package planning, scheduling, and cost reporting using Earned Value Management System (EVMS). Variance reporting and developing plans to ‘return-to-green’ schedules.• Presentations to internal stakeholders, customers, and senior leadership teams.• Managed 10-person cross-functional matrix team to successfully complete GPS CIP from System Design Review through Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Responsibility for entire project life cycle; from scope development with customers to proposals through delivery. Managed cost, schedule, and technical deliveries for CIP. • Interacted daily with Customer representatives to ensure current requirements are in the baseline, administered all Program Change Requests, increased program scope and budget, managed shared resources with higher-priority GPS program. • Leadership role to develop Change Manager processes for GPS program, coordinated with engineering, software, manufacturing teams to respond to 28 Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Impact Assessments (IAs) in one-year for GPS.• Developed tools to track ECPs/IAs to completeness, developed process for working ECPs with team, and established strategy for large proposal responses w/ BU SLT. Show less

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  Harris Corporation

  May 2015 - now

  Senior Project Manager at Harris

  Highly successful, high energy PMP certified Project Manager with experience in leading multiple concurrent projects often during critical program and business situational needs within a dynamic and changing business environment. Ability to quickly assess situation, assemble effective plans, organize focus teams, and execute to closure. Premium is placed on properly initiating, planning, executing, providing continual process improvements, tracking all activities and managing stakeholders’ demands and changes. Capacity to execute down-and-in detail work as well as perform big picture up-and-out strategic planning. Show less