Jonathan Little

About Jonathan Little

Program Director with over twenty years of progressive experience with a passion for Project and Program management. Seasoned engineer with successful track record leading, mentoring, training, and motivating engineering and IT professionals to exceed customer expectations and improve corporate profits.Career Highlights: Consistently earned exceptional contract customer ratings for seven straight years. Implemented NIST 800 guidelines successfully across approximately 70 IT professionals supporting multiple operational and development projects at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Published in the 2014 with an article about “Implementing quantitative schedule performance metrics at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.” Received an individual NASA Agency Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for the development and rollout of the Goddard Schedule Analysis Tool (GSAT). Successfully supported and managed teams for over 6 launches and over 20 on-orbit missions. Awarded for a new innovative test system that increased productive output and increased the company’s productive yield that led to a $2.0 million process improvement.(Classified Trade Secret)Specialties: Project/Program Management, IT Operations & Security, Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Contract Administration, Resource Management, Financial Management, Change Management, Project/Program Scheduling, Semiconductor Engineering, Project Leadership, Creative Problem Solving, Innovative designs, Multi-Project Coordination, Root Cause Analysis, Database Management, Process Validation, Quality control, Manufacturing Automation

Experience

1. Senior Director of Program Management

   Qorvo, Inc.

   Aug 2020 — Present · Greensboro, NC, US

Education

• University of Phoenix

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management

  2008 — 2010

• Virginia Commonwealth University

  Engineer’s Degree, Electrical Engineering

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Semiconductors
• Root Cause Analysis
• Spc
• V&V
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Process Improvement
• Six Sigma
• Product Development
• Manufacturing
• Management
• Integration
• Team Leadership
• Systems Engineering
• Testing
• Ms Project
• Troubleshooting
• Program Management
• Aerospace
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Procurement
• Dod
• Earned Value Management
• Engineering Management
• Problem Solving
• Pmp
• Training
• Process Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Management
• Software Documentation
• Automation
• Project Planning
• Databases
• Risk Management
• Microsoft Project