Effective leader of multi disciplined aerospace & defense supply chains, extensive production/experimental flight test experience.

VP Integrated Supply Chain @ Procurement, Operations, Quality Assurance, Rapid Prototyping, Security, Facility, EHS, Manufacturing Engineering, multi site >300M annual sales From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Site Leader @ Textron Defense Systems, Sensor Fuzed Weapon. Ops, ME&T, QA, Prod Control, Safety, and EHS. > $100 Million in annual sales. From November 2011 to September 2013 (1 year 11 months) Supplier Manager @ Responsible for overall major structures commodity supplier performance - Liaison for Ops, Eng, QA, and Configuration Management. From March 2009 to November 2011 (2 years 9 months) Operations Manager @ OH-58D Mod Program & Iraq Armed Scout Proposal Team- Coordinate with Bus Dev, PM, and military customers to capture new business, and provide forward planning for program start-up. From December 2008 to March 2009 (4 months) Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Operations Manager @ Manufacturing, flight ops, and delivery, Created 35M lean production facility, staffing & EVM plans, operating procedures, budgets/forecasts. Coordinated production readiness reviews with US Army. EVM CAM & Ops SME for ITAR compliance, MLA & TAA, and design process gate approvals. Aircraft type - Bell ARH-70A From September 2005 to December 2008 (3 years 4 months) Build Team Director @ Planning and execution of primary / final assy, and flight ops. EVM, CAM, recruiting and staffing from inception to 2006. Aircraft types- Bell AH-1Z, and UH-1Y From March 2004 to September 2005 (1 year 7 months) FlyingH Aviation- Owner @ Engine, and airframe inspection, repair, and alteration services; Member of the Board of Directors for PRNFC. From March 2001 to January 2004 (2 years 11 months) Operations / Quality / Logistics Site Lead @ Experimental Flight Testing. 120 employees & 25 USMC techs. Ops, QA, ILS, & SCM. Responsible for experimental Bell aircraft at site and at offsite test locations. Created site specific operating procedures, ensured aircraft were configured and available for flight tests. EVM CAM. Aircraft types- Bell AH-1Z, and UH-1Y From March 2001 to January 2004 (2 years 11 months) Flight Operations Leader @ Completion, flight test, and delivery of Bell Helicopter models manufactured and delivered at the Ft. Worth facility, both commercial and military. From January 1996 to January 2001 (5 years 1 month) Premier Aviation Production & Flt Ops Leader @ Induction, teardown, inspection, final assembly, flight testing, and delivery of Bell Helicopter TH-67 aircraft for the U.S. Army at Ft. Rucker AL. From January 1993 to January 1995 (2 years 1 month) Crew Chief, and Production Supervisor @ Line & depot level maintenance, heavy multi-engine jet aircraft. Production Supervisor- supervised all maintenance, ensured sortie requirements were fulfilled. Achieved an unsurpassed on time take-off rate. Aircraft types- Rockwell Int'l. B-1B Lancer, Boeing 707Strato-tanker. From January 1986 to January 1992 (6 years 1 month)

McNeely School of Business @ Texas Christian University From 2003 to 2004 USAF College, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering @ CCAF From 1986 to 1992 David Higgins is skilled in: Aerospace, Aircraft, Flight Test, Earned Value Management, Six Sigma, Aviation, Military, Helicopters, Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Root Cause Analysis, Aerospace Manufacturing, Avionics, AS9100, Systems Engineering