Mike Dills

Experience

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  McDonnell Douglas

  May 1986 - Mar 1995

  • Managed and provided deliverables to support the development, design, manufacturing, testing and FAA certification of various cabin and avionic systems.• Designed and built test benches to evaluate supplier equipment for passenger address, flight interphone and in-flight entertainment systems. • Supported product support proposal team with data entry for the Air Force One MD-11 proposal.

  • Design Engineer

    Jul 1986 - Mar 1995

  • Summer Intern

    May 1986 - Jul 1986
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  AirWorks

  Mar 1995 - Jun 1996

  Engineering Manager

  • Managed a team of twenty engineers who designed the integration and installation of SATCOM and in- flight entertainment systems.• Defined and administered design processes and controls to comply with ISO 9001 requirements and successfully passed an ISO audit.• Chaired daily meetings to discuss project schedule, design and certification issues.• Prepared weekly and monthly project status reports for the customer and company president.• Traveled internationally to support shipside aircraft modifications. Show less

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  Boeing

  Jun 1996 - Jun 2017

  • Successfully executed the transfer of cabin systems knowledge and work statement from Bellevue, WA to Long Beach, CA.• Documented system knowledge, mapped processes, identified key documents for learning.• Established relationships with project sponsors, team leads, subject mater experts, and FAA authorized representatives to support a team path of continuous improvement of job knowledge.• Trained a small team of engineers in defining software requirements, releasing functional system definition, and writing return to service tests for aircraft interior modifications.• Led and approved all team planning and schedule commitments.• Monitored project deliverables, schedule, budget, risks, issues and opportunities for 40 – 60 individual concurrent projects.• Executed process improvement initiatives that resulted in a 25% cost reduction for my team.• Led the engineering initiative to establish a dedicated project team office and wall space for rapid team execution of key projects that resulted in a 30% reduction of project schedule span. Presented results to Boeing President and CEO.• Provided major/minor determination for certification plan input and provided FAA / Boeing authorized representative (AR) with compliance method for all major changes.• Communicated project status with multiple customers, sponsors and project managers weekly.• Attended and supported aircraft modifications at various domestic and international airports. Show less • Performed product integrity and safety audits of several potential Boeing suppliers.• Led the out-sourcing of engineering deliverables for aircraft modifications to Boeing Shanghai.• Initiated concept, defined requirements and deployed web based tool "Project Tracker" to integrate legacy project management information systems, which resulted in a 50% reduction in project monitoring costs.• Developed, published and maintained department web portal page which is now a central location for finding all processes, flow charts, tip sheets and tools.• Led the quality management system team in creating training materials and preparing for yearly audits, which resulted in successful audits. • Mapped Boeing Quality Manual to AS9100C to identify any gaps to support Plan-Do-Check-Act model of continuous improvement for the Electrical and Interiors Design Organization.• Facilitated process improvement meetings with virtual teams through the use of WebEx, share point sites and other tools.• Led cross-functional teams that produced project deliverables per project schedule, plan and budget• Reviewed all incoming projects for work scope, budget and schedule to assure the availability of resources,consideration of past lessons learned and adherence to commitment processes.• Led large scale planning and integrated schedule development for various aircraft avionics and interiors modifications Show less • Assigned as lead engineer to build a proposal board engineering team that quoted all aircraft system changes.• Created quoting processes, research tools, guidelines and technical data archive that reduced the request for quote processing time by 25%.• Validated proposal technical compliance to customer requirements and supported all downstream organizations with simplified summary of engineering data.• Managed and identified synergies of bundled projects for key sales campaigns.• Coordinated technical issues with the engineering floor and equipment suppliers.• Monitored business unit resources and capacity.• Chaired weekly board meetings for developing customer catalog selectable pre-priced proposals. Show less • Coordinated program requirements with integrated project teams for the Saudi Arabian Airlines MD-90 program interior changes.• Defined and implemented contingency plans for high-risk projects and customer issues. Led engineering and production meetings at aircraft manufacturing delivery center for the resolution of customer squawks.• Facilitated daily parts shortage meetings to remove roadblocks and implement corrective action plans to prevent future shortages.• Managed key projects that were necessary to close outstanding contractual obligations to support the closure of the MD-11 product line. Show less

  • Team Lead Cabin Systems

    Jan 2014 - Jun 2017

  • Project Manager / Staff Engineer - Electrical & Interiors

    Apr 2004 - Jan 2014

  • Team Lead - Avionics Proposal Board

    Apr 2001 - Apr 2004

  • Project Manager - Avionic Systems

    Aug 1999 - Apr 2001

  • Deputy Program Manager

    Jun 1996 - Aug 1999
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  Boeing Global Services Inc

  Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

  Project Technical Lead - Aircraft Interiors

  • Responsible for the decomposition of the SOW into an executable project schedule, resolved project issues, facilitated project status meetings and led design integration meetings.• Team Lead for the process improvement initiative to standardize how work scope creep was documented and implemented into exiting plans and schedules.