Abou Kassim Falana is seeking a position as a Project Engineer where he can utilize his 13 years of engineering experience, including 3 years in Avionic Engineering Prototype Lab. He has a background in project planning, organization, scheduling, cost management, and acting as a liaison between customers, engineering, procurement, and management. Some of his responsibilities have included developing processes and procedures, ensuring products meet requirements, presenting findings to management, and identifying and resolving issues. He has a Master's degree in Systems Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona.

1. Abou Kassim Falana cax85719@hotmail.com
2916 S Pantano Edge Dr. Tucson, AZ 85730 (520) 869-3279
Objective: Project Engineer - to plan, organize, control, and implement project elements to meet deliverables. This
involves working with engineers, program managers, procurement teams, and customers to meet their goals.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
 13 years of engineering experience including 3 years of experience in Avionic Engineering Prototype Lab.
 Provide motivational leadership.
 Project Planning, Organization, Scheduling & Cost Management.
 Act as liaison between customers, engineering, procurement and management.
 Develop and implement processes and procedures.
 Effective in achieving results.
 Create and present program reviews.
 Ensure products meet technical and performance requirements.
 Monthly review of cost tracker for programs.
 Present findings to management.
 Contact customer to obtain product specifications and communicate status on daily basis.
 Ability to identify, anticipate issues to remove roadblocks to meet deliverables.
 Follow directions and instructions carefully.
 Create a culture of mutual trust and caring.
 Assess team needs, gap closure planning, tool gaps, facilitating problem resolution.
 Work with Quality Assurance representatives for the FAA, conformity processes, and deliverables.
 Contribute to team and individual performance evaluations and improvement plans.
 MS Project, MS Office, AutoCAD, OrCAD, PSpice, ERP.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 2013– January 2015 Securaplane / Meggitt Oro -valley, AZ
Focus Factory Manager – Engineering Prototype Lab
 Provide motivational leadershipandcommunicationtoall teamassociatestoensure understandingand
attainmentof Safety,Quality,Deliverable,InventoryandProductivity(SQDIP) performance objectivesand
R&D weeklyshipments.
 Utilize,drive,andpromote understandingof VisualandLeanManufacturingtoolsandprinciplestoensure
the deliveryof businessobjectivesandaculture of continuousimprovement.
 Developandimplement,dailymanagement,leanconversion,andcountermeasures.
 Lead the FocusFactory Teamof engineeringtechnicians,assemblers,testtechniciansandCommodity
Leaders.
 Developandimplementplansformaterial flow forprocurementteam.
 Developandmaintaincost-trackerdataforprototypes.
June 2012 – April 2013 Meggitt/Securaplane (Aerotek Contractor) Oro -valley, AZ
Program Manager Assistant
 Provide detailed, accuratestatus updates to the Program Manager on open issues and action items.
 Provide updates to task or issue burn-down charts in Excel and assist with generation of status presentations to
customers and upper management.
 Follow up with Engineers to understand open issues, scheduling conflicts, etc. and communicate issues to the
PM in a timely and concise manner.
 Assist the PM with removal of roadblocks that prevent the engineers from performing their tasks.

2.  Provide diligent daily tracking, follow-up and documenting of Qualification test activities.
 Coordination of test lab activities, scheduling and quotations.
 Follow up on test equipment design and build status.
 Coordination of schedules.
February 2002 – December 2009 Iota Engineering Tucson, AZ
Project Engineer
 Test and troubleshoot experience in AC to DC converter/charger for 12-volt, 24-volt, and 48-volt battery.
 Participate in design and development of two forward switch converter
 Ensured projects comply with company operating standards.
 Prepare drawings and specification documents, ensured projects comply with regulatory requirements.
 Confirmed compliance with process safety, UL-458 standards and CE standards.
 Obtained certification for product through regulatory agency.
 Supervise entire regulatory agency compliance file for updates and changes, assisted regulatory agency
inspector for inspection every quarter.
 PCB design and development.
Project management at Iota Engineering
 Created and executed project work plans and revised as appropriate to meet changing needs and
requirements.
 Identified resources needed and assigned individual responsibilities.
 Managed day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
 Ensured project documents were complete.
 Tracked and reported team expenses on a weekly basis.
 Managed project budget.
 Hold regular meetings with project team.
 Effectively communicate relevant project information to superiors.
 Motivated team to work together in the most efficient manner.
 Keep track of lesson learned and shared those lessons with team members.
Electrical testing at Iota Engineering
 Sample testing of the manufactured products to ensure reliability and quality goals aremet.
 Product improvement and throughput saving cost for the company.
EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Systems and Industrial Engineering Tucson, AZ
Master of Engineering, Systems May 2011
University of Arizona, Electrical and Computer Engineering Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering December 2002
Idaho State University, Instrumentation Automation Engineering Technology and Industrial Pocatello, ID
Advanced Professional Technical Training May 2012
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS (HONORS AND AWARDS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS)
 MEGGITT Leadership training. May 2014 – June 2014
 PROJECT MANANGEMENT INSTITUTE, TUCSON CHAPTER, Member. June 2011
 AMERICAN TRAINCO, Electrical Troubleshooting and Preventive Maintenance. January - 2012
 DALE CARNEGIE, Certified in Effective Communication and Human relations. May - 2008
 Arizona Scholars Graduate program, Tuition and Registration Scholarships from the University of Arizona.
 APICS, The Association for Operations Management, Tucson Chapter.