Ivan Artola

• Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
• Ensured product compliance with industry regulations by staying up-to-date on relevant standards and guidelines, implementing necessary changes to maintain conformance.
• • Reviews specifications, drawings and sketches; interprets and modifies procedures; researches technical literature and contacts other facilities and manufacturers to determine appropriate methods, instrumentation and test set-ups; adapts, devises, fabricates, and calibrates test equipment; designs special mechanical fixtures and holding devises; troubleshoots equipment problems.
• Establishes and documents test and inspection programs for assigned products/materiel requiring studies of product design, military requirements, background information and precedent test and inspection methodology. Modifies established inspection and test methods to accommodate variations in product characteristics such as dimensions, performance capabilities and functional environments.
• Responsible for ensuring that quality requirements are established, implemented and maintained for complex armament products/materiel to also include mechanical, electro- mechanical, electric, electronic, optical, and irregular or unique design characteristics or parts.
• • Identifies and classifies product defects based on their potential to cause performance failure or degradation of quality and RAM characteristics. Revises quality assurance letter of instruction to on-site inspector to amend problems encountered during production. Tests/inspects items to resolve differences between contractor personnel and government contract administration inspection personnel; ascertains adequacy of assessments relative to required quality and RAM characteristics.

• Electronics Mechanic Leader in Blue Force Tracking (BFT) multi-functional shop in Tactical Communication Facilities Branch of Systems Integration and Support Services Division. Instrumental part in reformat of shop from shelter/antenna (OE 254) shop into BFT multi-functional shop.
• Set up manufacturing layout of equipment, organize parts, train employees. Set up quality inspection area and format for inspection per drawing specification. Implement Statement of work and procedures to accomplish task to be performed meeting all manufacturing guidelines.
• Lead and supervise with full technical authority 85 employees (Federal and Contractor).
• Schedule organize assign, perform, review, and evaluate work performance: to include overseeing day-to-day maintenance, repair, installation, alignment, modification, overhaul, test and other technical aspects; plan & direct short/long term work, equipment, facilities, & material needed to establish priorities, deadlines, work assignments & sequence of work to accomplish organization's mission
• Ensure project execution meets deadline on time; ensure there's enough work to keep everyone busy for entire shift; report status, progress of work, & problems that will cause delay in production to supervisor.
• Approve any deviations from standard operating procedure (SOP); urge employees to follow instructions, SOP, & other directives by explaining importance of quality, who customers are, & where products are going; answer questions about procedures, policies, written instructions, technical orders; check work in progress & when completed.
• • Give advice/counsel workers on how to improve their performance & explain new work techniques. Use technical knowledge & principles of electronics to offer guidance, problem solving, leadership, instruction, & assistance.
• • Use technical/management background, investigate grievances & complaints, resolve them informally, if possible, & document situation by creating reports on all dealings with employees& elevating findings to supervisor, especially those of sufficient importance, seriousness.

I served as the PM Prophet Theater Lead for the Wolfhound/MISER Program; Field Logistics Directorate. Wolfhound/MISER Systems A signal detection system under Intelligence Electronic Warfare Division part of the Signet Network.

• Provide field support as deemed necessary to the Division Chief and System Program Manager. serve as liaison between Joint Crew, Composite Squadron (JCCS-1), and Combined Joint Task Force Paladin (CJTF-82), and Logistic personnel to ensure that mission requirements are being met within mission criteria.
• I independently plan, direct, evaluate and oversee all work within the programs. Resolve most of the conflicts that arise, coordinate workload with; Customer, Unit Commanders and or Logistic Officers.
• Develop and carry out plans for expansion, integration and downsizing. Inform Program Manager and other Logistic entities of all matters, progress and issues with resolve for them.
• Review and analyzes branch short and long-range strategic planning objectives and goals; keeps fully informed of all factors pertaining to the mission accomplishments, e.g., program progress against established objectives; challenges encountered in fulfillment of mission responsibilities; tracks individual actions of greatest significance for recognition; quality, schedule and performance of programs to ensure they are met or exceeded.

I was a Temporary Production Controller position in the Satellite Communication Division assigned to the MilStar Satellite Branch which supported TYAD's sustainment mission which includes repair and overhaul of hundreds of electronic systems.Items may include radio systems, telephones, electro-optics, night vision and anti-intrusion devices, airborne surveillance equipment, navigational instruments, electronic warfare, and guidance and control systems for tactical missiles.

• Implement these to accomplish the work of repair and overhaul of hundreds of electronic systems. Update the production schedules, coordinate and schedule new programs, new priorities, necessary changes, and program completions in order to meet goals and deadlines.
• Provide the production shops and planner with monthly requirements; ensures the schedule is reflective of each shop's capacity, skill and current manpower; and communicates off-schedule conditions and downtime problems that may affect production's ability to meet the schedule.
• Knowledge and experience in production of recurring manufacture overhaul and repair of all commodities assigned to the division, products and sufficient experience to correlate and analyze a variety of routine production data and processes to support workload schedules.
• Communicate effectively to obtain the cooperation and assistance of personnel within the division, directorate and depot. Schedule work orders; communicates daily and weekly schedule requirements from the controllers and Master Scheduler (CECOM) to the shop supervisor; and responsible for encompassing all commodities.
• Provide the production shops and planner with monthly requirements; ensures the schedule is reflective of each shop's capacity, skill and current manpower; and communicates off-schedule conditions and downtime problems that may affect production's ability to meet the schedule..