Cole Howey

Experience

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  Motion Controls Robotics, Inc.

  Mar 2012 - Aug 2012

  Electrical Engineering Intern

  Assisted senior engineers in concept development, schematic generation (AutoCAD), implementation, and validation for the design of safety systems.

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  United States Air Force

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2017

  SABER (Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements) Project Manager

  I managed construction projects on a multi-disciplined job order contract with a $5M/year portfolio. As the owner's representative, I worked with contractors and government agencies to develop scopes of work, estimate and negotiate costs, schedule construction, manage project progress, and ensure compliance with building codes and safety specifications.Promoted to Staff Sergeant and selected as Construction Project Manager assuming responsibilities 3 years ahead of peer group, role usually reserved for higher rank and experience.Managed lifecycle of 9 construction contracts valued at +$1M. Resulted in the building of infrastructure that accommodated 54 new F-35 aircraft. Designed project to replace broken equipment at power plant. Designed and gained buy-in to complex, mission-critical plan. Collaborated with end-users to estimate and negotiate project at $54K under budget.Charged with evaluating customer needs then creating the vision and plan to deliver. Collaborated with contractors to ensure plan was flawlessly executed. Security improvements resulted in saving organization $3.6M/year.Led and managed cross-functional, global teams. Co-led team of 35 personnel from USAF and Philippine Army including carpenters, foremen, project engineers, and Senior Leadership. Provided safe learning environments for 8.6K students in the Philippines. Chosen for small team charged with evaluating and recommending action plans for essential war readiness materiel in South Korea. Developed plan to return power production equipment to US, thwarting $3M in asset losses. Show less

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  Florida Air National Guard

  Jan 2018 - May 2020

  Structural Repair and Maintenance Craftsman

  Supervised and directed construction training program with the goal of ensuring 13 airmen met career readiness standards. Resulted in securing 100% manning for deployment to Middle East.

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  University of Central Florida & Lockheed Martin College Work Experience Program

  Feb 2019 - Dec 2019

  Program Management Intern

  Assisted Program Manager in the execution of $23M+ engineering services contract. Coordinated correspondence between software engineers, obsolescence, finance, and contracting. Created presentations for VP-level meetings. Prepared onboarding instructions for new task leaders. Resulted in the development of new missile variant.Eliminated administrative inefficiencies. Suggested and created SharePoint site to simplify the sharing of contract documents.Conducted analysis to improve process. Created excel sheet that auto-populates qualitative pivot table data to monitor supply chain. Enabled identification of critical supplier issue six months ahead of component discontinuation. Show less

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  Kimley-Horn

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Engineering Analyst Intern
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  Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  Aug 2021 - May 2023

  MBA Candidate

  Track: Business AnalyticsConcentrations: Finance & OperationsAdditional Finance Training (Wall Street Prep): Accounting, Three Statement Modeling, DCF Modeling, M&A ModelingOperations & GM Club (President)Tepper Veterans Association (Executive Vice President)Graduate Finance AssociationAlpha ClubHealthcare ClubAdmissions Ambassador

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  Taiho Oncology, Inc.

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  MBA Summer Associate, Commercial Analytics & Supply Chain Operations
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  DICK'S Sporting Goods

  Sept 2023 - now

  • Sr. Manager, Data Analytics

    Feb 2025 - now

  • Senior Manager, Strategy - EDP

    Sept 2023 - now