Veronica L. Nelson

Experience

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  Westinghouse

  Jul 1988 - Oct 1993

  Mechanical Engineering/Process Engineer
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  Northrop Grumman Corporation

  Oct 1993 - Oct 2015

  • Managed over one hundred Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management New Graduate professionals in the Professional Development Rotation Program (PDP)• Administered support for new graduate employees, weekly time approval, developed and documented program processes/initiatives, career counseling, career development, mentoring, developed/determined mandatory training requirements and identified/managed/secured new rotation assignments• Managed merit plan, oversight for all employee sanctioned volunteer activities, and PDP budgets• Participated in recruiting activities and worked closely with NGES functional departments such as Human Resources, University Initiatives, and University Relations and Recruiting to hire to a diverse pipeline of talent. Show less • Performed manufacturing procedure creation or update, rework process development and documentation, and operator and engineer training• Performed material and process trouble-shooting, reducing defects by 50%• Implemented process enhancements, equipment evaluation/acceptance testing/implementation into production, and High Activity Level Flux evaluation/testing• Optimized magnet placement, reduced placement errors and reduced cycle time• Reduced product changeover – reducing cycle time• Developed automated assembly processes in the Surface Mount Technology Automated Assembly Cell to increase production rates and productivity• Assisted in the transition of the first Surface Mount Technology Automated Nitrogen/Convection Reflow Assembly Line to new Manufacturing facility • Served as Automatic Assembly Process Capital Equipment coordinator and evaluator. Developed and performed equipment evaluation testing. • Lead Solder Paste/Cleaning Evaluation Team, Solder Paste Implementation into production Task, and Heller Oven Implementation and Process Transition into the Bare Chip facility • Analyzed Attrition Data for components on the Automated SMT Assembly line• Evaluated and implemented the Automatic Optical Inspection Station (AOI) in the Surface Mount Technology assembly process • Transitioned and consolidated the Surface Mount Technology assembly processes from individual assembly areas into an Enterprise Surface Mount Technology Assembly Cell Show less

  • University Relationship Manager

    Feb 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Manager, Professional Development Program, Interns and UR&R

    Jan 2012 - Feb 2013

  • Manager, Career Pathways Program and Diversity Recruiting Initiatives

    Dec 2007 - Dec 2011

  • Manager, Professional Development Program

    Apr 2006 - Nov 2007

  • Auto-Circulator, Sub-array and Surface Mount Technology Manufacturing Process Engineering

    Oct 1993 - Apr 2006
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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Nov 2015 - Mar 2017

  Senior Associate

  University Relations & Recruiting, Diversity Recruiting and Strategic Sourcing.

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  Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering (AMIE)

  Mar 2017 - Feb 2024

  Executive Director

  Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering (AMIE) is a coalition of corporations, government agencies and the ABET accredited Engineering Schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). AMIE is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to expand corporate, government and academic partnerships to implement and support programs to attract, educate, graduate and place underrepresented minority students in engineering careers and increase diversity in the engineering workforce.

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  Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE)

  Feb 2024 - now

  Chief Executive Officer

  AMIE is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to expand corporate andgovernment alliances with the (16) ABET accredited Historically BlackColleges and Universities (HBCU) Schools of Engineering to implement andsupport programs to attract, educate, graduate and place underrepresented minority students in engineering and computer science careers.