Chris Belson

Experience

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  Jacobs Technology

  Jun 2008 - Jan 2014

  • Leads team of 60 systems analysts and 34 man-years of subcontractors in the design, development, and test of the F-35 Lightning II for the US, eight partner nations and five FMS customers • Single point of contact to the government contracting officer’s representative for management of the $24M technical and analytical support contract for the F-35 Lightning II Program Office• Concurrently maintains customer support role to the Director of Specially Engineering • Led and supervised team of 20 systems analysts in the design, development, and test of the nation’s highest priority military aircraft program, the F-35 lightning II • Managed a team of 13 subcontractors that support F-35 Joint Program Office personnel in with multiple projects to develop and deploy the sustainment support for the F-35 Lightning II world wide• Concurrently maintained customer support role as Ship Captain Team Lead • Requested by customer to lead government team charged with developing consolidated picture of path to delivery for 18 development aircraft and 14 production aircraft for the F-35 joint program• Coordinates with prime contractor ship captains to resolve technical and aircraft build issues as well as tracks component and system integration testing for F-35 hardware and software

  • Lead Manager, F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, SAFTAS Support Team

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Directorate Support Manager, F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, SAFTAS Support Team

    Jun 2009 - Mar 2012

  • Ship Captain Team Lead, F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, SAFTAS Support Team

    Jun 2008 - May 2009
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  Alion Science and Technology

  Feb 2014 - now

  • Leads team of 60 systems analysts and 34 man-years of subcontractors in the design, development, and test of the F-35 Lightning II for the US, eight partner nations and five FMS customers • Single point of contact to the government contracting officer’s representative for management of over $70M of technical and analytical support contracts for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office.

  • Alion Program Manager, F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office

    Jul 2016 - now

  • Division Manager, F-35 Joint Program Office

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  • Program Manager, F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, SAFTAS Support Team

    Feb 2014 - Jul 2016