Michelle Prost
Portland,OR
Summary
Dynamic Project Manager with a proven track record in the Semiconductor, Defense and Aerospace industries, known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in strategic planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. Excel at leadership, prioritizing, and adaptability, ensuring projects meet objectives seamlessly.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager, Systems & Network Engineering
Curtiss-Wright
Portland, OR
05.2024 - 02.2026
- Led cross-functional teams to execute complex project plans for systems and network engineering initiatives.
- Identified project scope risks and proposed mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
- Oversaw budgets exceeding $1 million for research, development, and sustainment projects.
- Tracked expenses and timelines, communicating milestones to stakeholders to maintain project alignment.
- Created reports summarizing project status, budget forecasts, resource utilization, and key metrics.
- Reviewed engineering processes to uncover improvement opportunities, fostering continuous enhancement.
- Implemented enhancements to procedures, increasing project delivery efficiency.
- Served as primary contact for accounting, purchasing, and production throughout project lifecycle.
ME & EME Project Manager
Actalent Engineering Services
Beaverton, OR
01.2022 - 10.2023
- Oversaw project lifecycle execution for new product development and manufacturing sustainment projects for a leading chip-making equipment manufacturer.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive project plans detailing scope, resources, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
- Established and monitored multiple budgets, ensuring financial health across concurrent projects.
- Executed change management plans addressing scope alterations and budgetary adjustments.
- Allocated resources for local and remote project teams, optimizing execution of various projects.
- Managed stakeholder relationships through daily interactions with customers, engineering, and cross-functional teams.
- Created and tracked performance metrics for engineering projects, facilitating timely delivery of customer requirements.
- Reported project performance risks, mitigation strategies, and burn down rates to leadership and stakeholders.
Design Lead, Project Manager
Jacobs/CH2M (Supporting Intel)
Hillsboro, OR
05.2017 - 12.2021
- Led global multidisciplinary design team focusing on closeout stage for hundreds of design packages.
- Managed package release schedule and training processes, ensuring timely completion of design packages.
- Ensured quality control by confirming all design changes met client guidelines before final delivery.
- Co-led development and implementation of Kanbanize system for seventy designers, streamlining management of project deliverables.
- Provided continuous improvement support for project data extraction and analysis, enhancing change request processes.
- Developed automated database systems to streamline project scheduling and deliverable information management.
- Served as liaison among Jacobs design team, construction coordinators, vendors, and trade partners for design change requests.
- Created checklist system to reduce errors and effectively track completion of project milestones.
Design Lead, Project Manager
SSOE (Supporting Intel)
Hillsboro, OR
04.2013 - 04.2015
- Design Lead and Project Manager for multiple semiconductor manufacturing process areas.
- Facilitated design reviews with cross-functional teams to gather customer input and clarify design requirements, enhancing alignment with client needs.
- Ensured satisfaction of all customer requirements prior to final release of design packages.
- Achieved 98% on-time completion rate within three months after process overhaul.
- Delivered all previously late packages to customers through improved scheduling.
- Developed data analysis tools for upper management, enabling tracking of quality trends and ensuring adherence to contractual obligations.
- Implemented metrics tools to proactively identify potential issues in ongoing operations.
- Streamlined record drawing process by automating manual workflows and integrating customer schedules, improving documentation efficiency.
Graphic Designer, Forms Designer
Epiq Systems
Beaverton, OR
02.2012 - 04.2013
- Created static and complex dynamic-merge forms for international legal notices and disbursements, ensuring clarity in design and functionality. Communicated resource availability and system requirements to set clear customer expectations.
Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Support
The Boeing Company
Portland, OR
09.2010 - 02.2012
- Executed quarterly risk analyses to identify labor and capital requirements, enhancing production efficiency.
- Achieved process flow improvements, reducing defects associated with human error or misprocessing.
- Partnered with technicians and management to create standard operating procedures, promoting effective resource allocation.
- Provided insights for budgetary planning and corporate funding proposals, supporting factory management's financial strategies.
Project Manager/Coordinator, Manufacturing Systems Engineer
Insitu
Bingen, WA
06.2009 - 09.2010
- Oversaw all manufacturing aspects for simultaneous new product introduction projects and configuration changes.
- Elicited technical and quality requirements from subject matter experts to guide production decisions.
- Reviewed existing documentation to develop standard operating procedures for x200 UAV production and testing.
- Communicated baseline shifts and potential risks related to schedule, quality, and configuration changes to stakeholders.
- Managed customer expectations while proposing risk-management plans to mitigate impacts on schedules.
- Developed procedures utilized internally by production teams and externally by vendors for consistency.
- Ensured alignment of manufacturing processes with best-known practices, improving process consistency and reliability.
- Monitored project progress to ensure adherence to timelines and quality standards.
Project Management, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineer
Intel
Hillsboro, OR
12.2005 - 06.2009
- Defined project scopes, resource needs, and schedules to enhance lean manufacturing process improvements.
- Delivered lean expertise to support initiatives and effectively engage key stakeholders.
- Documented standard operating procedures and methods for core industrial engineering tasks to ensure consistency.
- Led efforts to gather standard tools utilized in engineering functions to streamline operations.
Education
B.S - Industrial Engineering
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZSkills
- Project management
- Risk management
- Data analysis methods
- Data visualization
- Power Query expertise
- SAP, Jira
- Microsoft: Office, Access, Teams, SharePoint
- Manufacturing efficiency strategies
- Lean manufacturing principles
- Continuous improvement
- Process flow analysis
- Quality control
Timeline
Project Manager, Systems & Network Engineering
Curtiss-Wright
05.2024 - 02.2026
ME & EME Project Manager
Actalent Engineering Services
01.2022 - 10.2023
Design Lead, Project Manager
Jacobs/CH2M (Supporting Intel)
05.2017 - 12.2021
Design Lead, Project Manager
SSOE (Supporting Intel)
04.2013 - 04.2015
Graphic Designer, Forms Designer
Epiq Systems
02.2012 - 04.2013
Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Support
The Boeing Company
09.2010 - 02.2012
Project Manager/Coordinator, Manufacturing Systems Engineer
Insitu
06.2009 - 09.2010
Project Management, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineer
Intel
12.2005 - 06.2009
B.S - Industrial Engineering
The University of Arizona