Stacia Roberts
Anna,TX
Summary
Versatile proposal and change management analyst with advanced knowledge of financial, business development, and operational areas. Adaptable approach when stepping into new areas. Highly skilled project manager and problem-solver with 18 years of experience in government defense programs.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Change Proposal Lead
Raytheon Technologies
08.2022 - Current
- Efforts on the Radar Sensor System (RSS) Program as an Engineering Change Proposal Lead have efficiently ensured proposal responses are well documented, understood, and delivered in a timely manner to gate review board for proposal approval and delivery
- Efforts of understanding Request for Proposals (RFP) scope, bid methodology, historical actuals to be used in bidding, Basis of Estimation (BOE) generation, review & approvals, and preparing & presenting gate review packages led to submission of 19 RFPs
- Spearheaded the proposal response for nineteen (19) RFP and Engineering Change Proposals values at over $200M that resulted in on time deliveries
- Of the 19-proposals submitted, 5 have been awarded valuing over $32M, one (1) placed on an Undefinitized Contract Award (UCA) undergoing negotiations, valuing at $160M, while the remaining thirteen (13) are awaiting customer responses and counter-offers
- Assisted RSS contract close out team, in gathering and completing required artifacts, in order to burn down backlog of contracts not properly closed
- Updating process document for contract close out to ensure current contracts are closed according to process and in a timely manner
- Assisted Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) team in estimating, BOE generation and bidding labor hours for Mid Band Extension (MBX) array team
- Laid foundation of nine (9) BOEs for the array team.
Systems Engineer Lead
Northrop Grumman
05.2018 - 07.2022
- Champions change by effectively identifying and explaining the cause and effect of the associated process changes
- Proven process champion that has streamlined Agile Change Board Process (CB) via suggestions, feedback, recommendation and training that delivering on ~50% improvement to the Change Board packages
- Efforts on The Strike Program as a project engineer have efficiently ensured responsible packages are well documented, understood, and delivered in a timely manner to change board for package delivery/approval
- Spearheaded the process development and adaptation of the updated LO IPT change board process that was initialized on April 21, 2020 resultantly the process has been improved by saving ~25 days from package development to board approval
- Reviewed and dispositioned over Seven Hundred Twenty-three (723) Integrated Product Team (IPT) Change Board reviews per the new process resulting in approximately $586M in CB approvals and $19.08M in program giveback funding
- Coordinated and ushered twenty-one (21) complex CR packages totaling approximately $27.9M and impacting over three (3) IPTS, with all 21 packages resulting in first time approvals
- Effective team builder in engaging the Palmdale team supporting the collection and review of changes to increase the efficiency of the program
- Quickly engaged the Low Observables and Vehicle Design Build teams to burn down change package back log while instantiating and encouraging process discipline by all involved
- Fully versed on deriving and identifying customer requirements
- Sound understanding of the program lifecycle and the intricacies/dependencies of each
- Mentoring to two early career engineers
- Dedicated trainer and advocate for process improvement
- Trained twelve (12) employees on the Engineering Document Release (EDR) utilizing Common Product Lifecycle Management (CPLM) tool.
Systems Integration & Test Lead
Harris Corporation
06.2006 - 05.2018
- Led of a team of five (5) Test Engineers supporting the NexGen National Airspace Voice System (NVS) Air-to-Ground (AG) and Ground-to-Ground (GG) test efforts while multitasking as a System Integration and Test Engineer, authoring and excusing test procedures and documenting test results and test reports under customer and quality witness
- Led meetings with Functional Team leads to identify requirements resolutions, system configurations and test status
- Communicated, coordinated and consulted with program functional groups and FAA customers for continuity of information and transparency with the customer
- Documented challenges faced by the AG and GG team during Integration and Checkout (INCO) and formal dry run test phases
- Compiled daily lab test schedules and formal First Article Test (FAT) Dry Run test
- Created multiple Re-planned schedules for the AG and GG test time line to generate solutions for best effort meeting program milestones on or before time
- Facilitated team generated solutions integration challenges, assisted in creating fifty-seven (57) Program Tracking Reports to document and tract software defects, participate in Formal Test, provide test guidance and test status reports to upper management
- Follow the test statuses of the individual team members and generate daily activity status reports for each team member
- Plan and performed twelve Air-to-Ground (AG) and one Ground-to-Ground (GG) system test verification and validation activities
- Interpreted customer requirements accurately
- Conducted elven peer reviews of system test procedures
- Contributed to creation of configuring workarounds in order to progress through testing
- Performed root-cause analysis and develop countermeasures to resolve defects and retest to validate solution
- Effectively operated in as a lead tester while the lead tester was out on leave generating test schedule and test results
- Conducted monthly lab inventory and inspections test equipment
- Managed and procured test equipment for Protected Anti-Scintillation Anti-Jam Modem Wideband Net-Centric System (PAAWNS) program in other lab facilities during Production Acceptance Test (PAT) phase
- Coordinated, managed and led Test Readiness Review meetings (TRR)
- Generated quarterly Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) review packages
- Produced Basis of Estimates (BOE) for proposal efforts
- Traveled to customer training facility to assist with training customers on enhanced product features
- Organized and facilitated peer reviews for system test procedures authoring and test execution.
Education
Master of Science - Systems Engineering
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL05.2013
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Shaw University
Raleigh, NC05.2006
Skills
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Business process reengineering
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Performance metrics analysis
- Team Building and Leadership
- Data-driven decision-making
- Project Management
- Decision-Making
- Contract Negotiation
- Stakeholder Relations
Certification
- NG Women’s International Network (NGWIN) People in Leadership Award, 04/01/20
- NG Program Integration Team’s Employee of the Month Nominee, 01/01/20
- NGC Florida Women in Science & Engineering (FWISE) Professional Development Cohort Graduate, 12/01/18
- Founding Member of Harris’ African American Resource Group, 11/01/12
Timeline
Engineering Change Proposal Lead
Raytheon Technologies
08.2022 - Current
Systems Engineer Lead
Northrop Grumman
05.2018 - 07.2022
Systems Integration & Test Lead
Harris Corporation
06.2006 - 05.2018
Master of Science - Systems Engineering
Florida Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Shaw University
- NG Women’s International Network (NGWIN) People in Leadership Award, 04/01/20
- NG Program Integration Team’s Employee of the Month Nominee, 01/01/20
- NGC Florida Women in Science & Engineering (FWISE) Professional Development Cohort Graduate, 12/01/18
- Founding Member of Harris’ African American Resource Group, 11/01/12
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