Paul Pilkington

Sr Manager Technical Operations @Drs Consolidated Controls

Danbury, CT, US

Responsible for the vision, planning, and execution of central services which supports engineering and their internal cross-functional customers, innovate process improvements, standardize and enforce best practices throughout the development life cycle.Established Central Services organization primarily servicing Engineering, Contracts, Supply Chain and Manufacturingo Led, designed, and implemented key initiative to transform serviceso Represented Engineering and all interfaces on Oracle to Deltek ERP conversion teamo Expanded groups productivity through process efficiencies, cross training, and standard worko Continuous improvement through established metrics and six sigma toolsChange Agent driving process improvements and standardization across businesso Proactively identify, plan and design process improvements aligned to business goalso Strategic planning, implementation, rollout of new Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) tool, Omnifyo Drive enhanced communications and data flow to functional groups interfacing to engineeringo Achieve cycle time reductionso Eliminated waste through analysis of several engineering processes o Automation of reports within Omnifyo Architect software build automationo Re-engineered processes in customer defect tracking, customer furnished equipment, disposition actions, and lessons learned Solicit and achieve cross functional stakeholder buy-inDesign, plan, and implement best practices across the development lifecycleo Migrated antiquated tool sets to new tools and processesChair Local Process Group (LPG) responsible for cross-functional process changeso Forging successful relationships across the business to service their needso Identify gaps in process and address or mitigate Develop staff for career growth and motivate team to achieve results

University of Bridgeport

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering

University of New Haven

Master's Degree, Engineering & Operations Management with Lean Six Sigma Cert.