Burkhard Ott

· Coordinate with internal stakeholders to successfully transfer new products to production and new suppliers, and conduct supplier readiness assessment for capacity, capability, staffing, and performance.

· Establish scope, schedule quality requirements, ETQP, APQP, FAI, PPAP, PFMEA, and lead gate reviews

· Drive continuous improvement throughout the process to ensure cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance milestones are met

· Coordinate manpower, quality plans, and materials, ensure safety and EH&S compliance, and drive risk mitigation

· Lead weekly program status updates and set strategy on improving KPIs, quality, tooling, and cycle time of processes, evaluate capacity and capability, headcount, and provide guidance where needed. Thorough understanding of internal and external assessment processes and development

· Subject matter expert (SME) in the machining of exotic metals, programming, tooling, and fixturing/work holding.

· Provided leadership for manufacturing, quality, and production integration supporting a variety of DOD programs

· Responsible for scheduling and production integration of H/W, S/W managing cross-functional stakeholders, using CI, Lean, and Six Sigma principles

· Led and developed teams that provide project leadership and status to support various programs and functions across the site, such as manufacturing integration, Global Supply Chain, Quality, Systems Testing and readiness reviews, program start-ups, and proposal support

· Oversaw the integration of engineering change activities into various aerospace programs to support timely and affordable manufacturing operations at the San Diego Integration Center of Excellence