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| DONALD McELYEA MYSPACE PROFILE PAGE |
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| E-Mail: donmcelyea@donmcelyea.com | |
| Telephone: (256) 881-6459 | |
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WORK EXPERIENCE: |
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| 10/20/2003 to 03/03/2007 |
General
Engineer.
Aviation Rockets and Missiles (ARM)
Project Office, and Joint Attack
Munition Systems (JAMS) Project Office, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Senior project engineer and
technical manager for guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon
System (APKWS) fuzes and battery.
Participated on guidance electronics
Integrated Product/Process Team (IPT),
fuze IPT, battery IPT, battery initiator
IPT.
Participated in Army
Fuze Safety Review Board (AFSRB) actions
and presentations.
Involved in development of new
fuzes for both guided and unguided
APKWS.
Senior system project engineer and
technical manager for all unguided (HYDRA-70 2.75-Inch Rocket
System) APKWS warheads, fuzes, and
rocket motors.
Responsible for several different
types of warheads and fuzes (high
explosive, multi‑purpose,
submunitions, practice, smoke,
flechette, flare, illumination).
Performed as engineering
representative on all unguided rocket IPTs (Payload, Propulsion,
ECP, All-Up rockets, M156 Warhead).
Participated in insensitive
munitions (IM) activities/studies.
Involved in safety engineering
activities including safe separation, arming issues and studies,
and failure reviews.
Monitoring of warhead, fuse, and
battery testing activities was of special interest. Responsible
for Change Control Board (CCB) activities including evaluation
and recommendations for disposition of ECPs, Deviations, and
Waivers.
Involved in integration issues and
activities.
Utilize Earned Value Metrics for
contract progress tracking. |
| 05/22/1988 to 10/19/2003 |
General Engineer.
Close Combat Weapons Systems (CCWS) Project Office, Redstone
Arsenal, AL. Senior
system project engineer and technical manager for production TOW
missiles. Responsibilities
included involvement in design, development, test, production and
support of missiles, including warheads, guidance and control, software,
simulation, propulsion, launchers, and firing platforms. Participated on
failure investigation teams, IPTs, and Alpha contracting teams.
Evaluated and negotiated contract proposals.
Performed cost analysis and
estimating. Monitored and
rated contractor performance. Evaluated engineering change proposals
(ECPs) and suggestions and made approval/disapproval recommendations.
Performed as System Safety Engineer and received award for same.
Served on source selection boards and evaluated contractor risk.
Involved in Reliability, Maintainability, Quality, Shelf Life,
and Logistics. Performed
surface danger zone and air safety zone analyses.
Participated in helicopter and TOW integration activities. |
| 11/08/1987 to 05/21/1988 | General Engineer.
HELLFIRE/GLD Project Office, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Production engineer and technical manager of work involving
initial production facilities, production readiness, producibility,
manufacturing, statements of work (SOWs), and cost estimating. |
| 04/06/1986 to 11/07/1987 | General Engineer.
Special Management Office, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Performed as Chief,
Configuration and Data Management Division and as PMO configuration
engineering expert with responsibility for overall engineering aspects
of configuration identification, control, status accounting, audits, and
related standardization program and the data management program (Data
Management Officer). This
was a “black,” tri-service, cruise missile program. |
| 12/30/1984 to 04/05/1986 |
General Engineer.
Systems Engineering and Production Directorate, Redstone Arsenal,
AL. Responsibilities included evaluation and assessment of
contractor performance and production operations in order to determine
contractor capability to meet contractual requirements and to identify
actual or potential management and production problem areas; staying
abreast of state-of-the-art producibility engineering and planning,
manufacturing methods, and technology.
Perform cost estimating and cost analysis. |
| 02/04/1979 to 12/29/1984 |
Performed under multiple
job titles. Production and
Procurement Directorate, Redstone Arsenal, AL. Industrial Engineer
(08/16/81–12/29/84); General Engineer (06/08/80–08/15/81); Industrial
Engineer (02/04/79–06/07/80). Determined and recommended labor
elements and material for missile systems hardware production.
Included: fabrication, assembly, inspection, test, engineering,
quality engineering, system and project engineering, management,
organization, facility layout, standards, efficiency, personnel, and
production control to include planning and schedule of equipment and
facilities, labor, material, reporting systems, decision‑making
procedures to alleviate or eliminate production problems.
Evaluated contractor technical risk, cost risk, schedule risk,
feasibility of proposed effort, and relative value of competing
contractors. Participated
in contract negotiations by negotiating labor, material allowances and
other production factors.
Served on Should Cost teams.
Performed hardware complexity reviews.
Supported contract proposal evaluations, negotiations, and cost
analysis for Project Offices (TOW, Patriot, Hawk, and Pershing). |
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07/1977 to 02/03/1979 |
Electronics Engineer.
U.S. Army Missile Research and Development Command, Technology
Lab., Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Performed hardware and software work in tactical digital computer
systems, display systems, data transmission systems, subsystems,
components of air defense command, control, and coordination systems
(CCC) for missile weapons.
Performed as member of engineering team with sole technical
responsibility to insure that deployed systems perform CCC as required
and designed. Assisted in
incorporating new capabilities into CCC systems.
Practical working knowledge of circuits, computer electronic
configurations, displays, machine language programming required.
Provided assistance in analysis and development of approach to
investigation of PATRIOT initialization.
Researched data and math methods to establish comprehensive
approach to PATRIOT training system.
Developed graphical solution to coordinate transformation
problem. Received
Outstanding Performance Rating (OPR) and Quality Increase (QI) in 1978. |
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04/07/1974 to 07/1977 |
Electronics Engineer.
U.S. Army Missile Command, Guidance and Control Directorate,
Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Responsibilities included performance of hand calculations and numeric
machine investigations to insure correct allocation of calculation
accuracies; performance of investigation of timing, data flow, ground
clutter, and electronic countermeasures effects.
Performed as a test director for
TSQ-73 maintainability demo at WSMR. Developed
and implemented plan for test and reliability evaluation of TSQ-73
system power subsystem.
Developed Physical Configuration Audit Plan for TSQ-73 system software
documentation and managed and directed audit of system software
documentation. Assisted in
documenting of AN/TSQ-73 computer programs.
Received OPR and QI in 1975. |
| 08/28/1972 to 04/06/1974 |
Statistician.
U.S. Army Missile Command, Directorate for Research, Development,
and Engineering, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Responsibilities included use of the techniques of industrial
engineering, operations research (management science), computer science,
and systems analysis to develop and maintain a computer based management
information system for the Laboratory.
Performed analysis of resource requirements for past, present,
and future force structures and missions.
Provided the Lab Director and his staff with statistical studies
and reports. |
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06/1956 to 08/28/1972 |
VARIOUS CONTRACTORS AND OTHER EMPLOYERS 1972 May – 1972 Aug, Martin Marietta Corp., Huntsville, AL: Position; Reliability Engineer (Systems Safety). 1972 Apr to 1972 May, General Electric Co., Huntsville, AL: Position; Quality Engineer. 1966 Nov to 1972 Aug, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Huntsville, AL: Position; Credit Interviewer (part-time while at UAH full-time). 1965 Dec to 1966 Mar, General Electric Co., Huntsville, AL: Position; Quality Assurance Representative. 1962 Sep to 1965 Dec, Spaco, Inc., Huntsville, AL: Position; Instructor, Supervisory, NASA School of Reliability & Quality Assurance. 1961 Oct to 1962 Aug, US Army, Ft. Hood, TX: Position; |
| ARMY ACQUISITION CORPS: | |
| CERTIFICATIONS | CORPS ELIGIBLE | |
| 22 December 1994 | AAC Level III (Senior), Manufacturing and Production | |
| 31 December 1994 | AAC Level III (Senior), Systems Planner, Research, Development | |
| 27 July 1998 | AAC Level III (Senior), Acquisition Logistics |
| EDUCATION: |
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Master's Degree, 1984, Master of Administrative Science (MAS),
University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, total credit semester hours
earned: 33; BSBA, 1971,
Management Science (Operations Research), University of Alabama,
Huntsville, AL, total credit semester hours earned : 39;
BS, 1970, Physics and
Mathematics, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, total credit
semester hours earned: 163.
Associate Degree in Applied
Science and Electronics Technology, 1959, DeVry Institute of
Technology, Chicago, IL, 2,880 classroom contact hours. |
| ADDITIONAL UNIVERSITY, GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY EDUCATION: Additional courses in real estate, computer science, computer programming, software systems analysis and development, reliability and quality assurance, configuration management, logistics, cost estimating, and management/project management. |
| REAL ESTATE: Many courses in real estate and real estate-related subjects inclusive of real estate sales, buyer representation, appraisal, homebuilding, property management, real estate law and records, mortgage origination, insurance, construction, construction cost estimating, inspection, electrical systems, HVAC systems, and radon gas measurement and mitigation. |
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REAL
ESTATE CERTIFICATIONS EARNED THROUGH TRAINING AND STATE
EXAMINATION (ONLY THE BROKER AND HOMEBUILDER LICENSES HAVE BEEN
MAINTAINED ACTIVE): Real Estate Broker: Broker license No. 050365. Homebuilder License: Alabama State Residential Homebuilder/Remodeler License No. 02006. Home Inspector: Alabama State registration/license No. HI-0017. Inspector, Housing: Southern Building Code Congress, International, professional member and certified Housing Rehabilitation Inspector (1483), Mechanical Inspector (1327), and Electrical Inspector (1538). Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) Contractor: Alabama State certified & licensed (96130). Radon Gas Services: EPA & Auburn University trained; measurement and mitigation. Financial & Investment Analyst: Alabama State appraiser license, and training in finance, mortgage origination, and accounting. |
| Management and maintenance of my own investment real estate |
