Chris Katsetos

About Chris Katsetos

Well-respected management professional in launch vehicle electronics, software, and test system design. CONTRIBUTIONS• Proven Senior Engineering Manager: Leading both Electrical and Systems Engineering Departments. Responsible for department strategy, staffing, proposals, and developing over 130 electrical and systems engineers. • Project Manager: Led multi-million dollar projects using lean product development practices. Project planning and tracking skills using MS Project and other tools to schedule, track, and deliver projects on time and on budget. • Cost Account Management (CAM): Earned Value Management experience to effectively plan and track work. Ability to write monthly variance analysis reports using Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI) as indicators to control account health.• Well Respected by Customers: Fosters strong relationships. Works with customers daily to solidify requirements, work through schedule challenges, generate proposals, generate test system designs, and provide test support on the production floor. Present status and design information at program management reviews (PMR), preliminary and critical design reviews (PDR and CDR), and test readiness reviews (TRR). • Successful Proposal Leader: Responsible for generating basis of estimates, win strategy, and technical content on some of the largest wins in division history. • Experienced Software Developer: Extensive experience using C, C++, National Instruments LabVIEW and TestStand, and scripting languages.• Subject Matter Expert in the area of Test System Architect and Electronic Design: Extensive experience using PXI, GPIB, SCXI, LXI, and other test platform technologies. Experience designing electronic circuits to interface to data acquisition, digital I/O, digitizer, and comparator instruments. • Capability Maturity Model Integrated: CMMi Validation PAT Leader.• Experienced Mentor: Developed engineers into some of the most respected professionals in the company. • United States Patent Holder for US68•••23B, “System for Interfacing Components”.

Experience

1. Senior Manager - Systems Engineering

   L3Harris Technologies

   May 2022 — Present

   Lead and develop systems engineering managers and collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering departments in planning, designing, manufacturing, and testing of complex sensor, launch vehicle, and satellite systems. Responsible for making substantial improvements to processes, systems, and solutions. Additional responsibilities include planning and establishing goals and objectives for the organization with direct impact on the operational results for the department, driving engineering process improvement activities participate in proposal reviews.

Education

• University of Cincinnati

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Skills

• Cmmi
• Machine Tools
• Earned Value Management
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Project Tracking
• Performance Appraisal
• Design Review
• Electronic System Design
• Electronics
• Us Patent
• Presentation Skills
• Programming
• Ni Labview
• Test Systems
• Project Management
• Systems Engineering
• Schedules
• Proposal Writing
• Testing
• Powerpoint
• Personnel Supervision
• Electronic Circuit Design
• Launch Vehicles
• Customer Relations
• Electronic Troubleshooting
• C++
• Microsoft Office
• Test Design
• Avionics
• Engineering Management
• Microsoft Project
• Software Project Management