1. Lesley Vernon Shimanek
5506 Sanderling Drive [Home] 215 766 7511
Doylestown, PA 18902 [Mobile] 215 272 6050
[E-mail] L.V.Shimanek@Comcast.net
Experienced project manager and technical lead with extensive experience working in Systems Engineering; Software Architecture;
Systems Integration, Manufacturing Transition, Verification/Validation Testing and Logistical Support. Continuously exceeded
customer’s and senior management expectations in time for completion, cost and quality while achieving organizational revenue
forecasts. I provide a well versed, knowledgeable individual ready to assist any organization.
QUALIFICATION OVERVIEW:
 Leadership: Solid experiencein leadingdiverseteams in defining,solving,deliveringand sustainingprojects for a diversecustomer
base.
 Planning and Execution: Maintains an effective balance between “big picture”, strategic thinking and focusing on the detail
planning necessary for successful program execution – on cost on schedule.
 Communication Skills: Provides concise and accurate information to the senior staff, business development and customers
resulting in a high level of confidence and customer satisfaction.
 Product Life-Cycle: Experienced from product inception; through all phases of development and production and follow on
logistical support. Detail interface with business development, senior management and customers throughout the life-cycle.
ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AREAS
 Business Development  Procurement and Purchasing(Supply Chain Management)
 Foreign Military Sales (Import/Export Control Officer)  Subcontract Management
 Design To Production Transition  Contract / Agreement Negotiations & RFP Generation
 Risk Management  Estimating and Bid & Proposal Effort
 Change Management & Control  Sparing & Provisioning Planning
 Process Improvement (Cost Reduction; Higher Yield)  Reliability Centered Maintenance
 Open Architecture Designs and Transition  Failure Analysis (Root Cause Investigation)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
SRI International Sarnoff,201 WashingtonRd, Princeton,NJ 08540
Product Manager, BETSS-C Standard Ground Station June 2010 – April 2015
 Product Manager for the largest program at the Princeton location, in excess of $27M. Lead a multi-faceted team or 27
software engineers and 5 systems engineers in the development of the hardwareand software products to providestate-of-
the-art situational awareness to the Base Expeditionary Targeting and Surveillance Sensors – Combined (BETSS-C) Standard
Ground Station.
 Served as Capture manager for follow-on contracts to support further development, approximately $13M, and provided
leadership to deployed field support technicians in both Iraq and Afghanistan, approximately $4.8M annually.
 Served as primary technical interface between US Army and SRI regarding Base Defense.
 Developed perimeter security briefing for US Dept. of State briefings. Reviewed the new threats identified in the various
countries and the means to monitor and to provide alerts and warnings.
 Supported proposal/pursuits and was partof the review team for submissionsto DARPA, DHS S&T, the USAF, NGA and the
US Army. Coordinated and managed the actions on a $250MIDIQ with the USAF.
L-3 Communications Systems – East, 1 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08103
Technical Director Integrated Communications Mar 2004 – June 2010
 Technical Director for a $120M Integrated Communications Systems designed and installed on the latest Royal Australian
Navy (RAN) Command and Control ship. Lead a team that consisted of 37 engineers and major suppliers / subcontractors
which designed the full communication suiteand theinstallation of fiveindependent networks which spanned from UNCLASS
to TOP SECRET
 Primary technical interface between BAE Systems, Melbourne, Australia and the Royal Australian Navy.
 Responsible for the coordination of the technical interface between L-3 Communications and the varied support sub-
contractors for various communications,data management and closed security television systemfor ship security and flight
deck control sub-systems.
 Responsible for the product development roadmap for new software and hardware enhancements for the voice
communications systems utilized for the US Navy, US Coast Guard, RAN and Royal New Zealand Navy.

2.  Led and participated in proposal reviews for submissionsto the navies of the US, Canada,Saudi Arabia,Chile, Australia and
New Zealand and for the US Coast Guard. As part of the proposal process,I reviewed both technical and schedulecontent
and reviewed and approved Basis of Estimate for the engineering content.
American Competitiveness Institute (ACI), 1 International Plaza, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19113
Program Coordinator for Office of Naval Research Man-Tech Projects Feb 2002 – Mar 2004
 Managed MonolithicMicrowave IntegratedCircuit(MMIC) Flip Chip ManufacturingInsertion Program,a key component
of the Raytheon AESA radar resulting in reducing the cost of the product by 10% of planned expectations.
 Managed the Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEMS) IMU development programfor the insertion of high G systems for guided
artillery munitions for the US Navy ERGM and US Army Excalibur projectiles.
 Brought into ACI and managed a $2.4M Li-Ion battery development program for the US Navy Special Warfare Command.
Lead the down select and source selection board for a 100 kW-Hour battery used in underwater vehicles.
 Managed the $2.5M development of an alternate energy storage system for the US Army emergency radios.
 Managed the Rapid Response effort for logisticswith the US Navy Naval Sea Systems that resulted in reducing the cost of a
complex underwater cable from $16K to below $5K unit price while decreasing the failure rate from 1 every 4 weeks to 1
every 6 months
Alliant Techsystems Incorporated spun off from Honeywell Incorporated. Locations in Minnesota and Horsham, PA
Aug 1985 – Feb 2002
Program & Production Manager, Li-Ion Battery Product Line
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Integrated Defense, Horsham, PA 1999 - 2002
 Responsiblefor transitioningand businessdevelopment planningof advanced li-ion polymer batteries to limited production
rates. Through this effort the production rates increased more than twenty-fold, decreasing scrap resulting in lowering
production costs for the customer.
 Managed the activities with 4 major sub-contractors to reduce the cost of material by 30 to 40%.
 Responsible for marketing and business development of the Li-Ion product line.
Production and Maintainability Lead
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Hopkins, MN 1996 to 1999
 Reduced production labor by 66% per unit and increased production yield from one air vehicleper month to six vehicles per
month. Revamped logistical support to ensure expeditious repairs were within financial budgets. Responsible for Depot
Repair and Replenishment Operations
Lead Project Engineer, MK 540 and MK644 Torpedo System Test Set
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Underseas Systems Division, Hopkins, MN 1985 – 1996
 Responsiblefor the$33M programwhich resulted in the successful production and installation of torpedo supportequipment
to Taiwan, Australia and Egypt. Supported Depot maintenance with MHI in support of the Japanese Navy
 Program resulted in a 2x improvement on perceived profit margins.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1978 – 1985
 Awarded Navy Achievement Medal for outstanding performance of duty as the Assistant Operations Office, 3 rd Marine
Regiment (REIN), 1st Marine Brigade, Kaneohe Bay, HI.
 Honorably discharged at the rank of Captain
Formal Education
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, BS Electrical Engineering 1978
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, MS Systems Management 1985
OTHER TRAINING
Advanced Project and Risk Management Course, Carlson School of Business, University of Minnesota
Finance for non-Financial Managers, Carlson School of Business, University of Minnesota
Graduate Classes in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of St. Thomas, St Paul, MN
Systems Engineering Management Plan Design-To-Production-Transition Project Cost Accounting
3M’s Total Quality Management Systems Engineering Advance Course Software Quality Assurance
Security Clearance: Current Top Secret Security Clearance