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James R. Wixson,
CVS-Life, CMfgE: Jim graduated from the University of Utah in 1977 with a BS
in Industrial Engineering and has an MBA from the University of Phoenix
(1986), a Masters' Degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Idaho
(Spring, 2003), and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from
Villanova University (2004). For a copy of his resume, please click
here.
Mr. Wixson is a
Certified Value Specialist
(CVS-Life) through the Society of American
Value Engineers (SAVE) and a
Certified
Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE-Life) through the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers (SME). He is an
active member of
SAVE,
SME, the International Council On Systems Engineering
(INCOSE), the Project Management
Institute (PMI) and the American Society
for Quality (ASQ) . He has served in
numerous positions with SME ranging from chapter chairman to region chairman
at the national level and is past
Chairman of the Eastern Idaho
Section of ASQ.
Jim has over 30 years of experience in Value Engineering, Systems
Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Management,
Project Management, Contracts and Pricing with Fortune 100 and 500 companies
including Boeing, Unisys, Inc., Baker International, Inc., Raytheon Aircraft
(formerly E-Systems, Inc.), EG&G Idaho, Inc., Lockheed-Martin Idaho
Technologies Company, Inc., Bechtel-BWXT Idaho, LLC, and CH2M-WG Idaho,
LLC. He has served as team leader and consultant on numerous projects for governmental
agencies as well as commercial organizations.
He is currently on contract as a Senior Systems
Engineering consultant with the Boeing Commercial Aircraft company assigned to
the Enterprise Value Management office. He has been a consultant on the
787 Dreamliner development program and is the primary point of contact for
Value Management at the Boeing Everett facility in Everett,
WA.
These companies and agencies as
well as others representing a wide range of products and services have
benefited significantly from Jim’s dedication to cost effective quality,
designs, and problem solving through value management. Jim's dedication to the
Value Methodology has resulted in savings of millions of dollars through cost
reduction and cost avoidance.
Mr. Wixson's strengths are his ability to organize and facilitate
interdisciplinary teams to develop creative, cost effective solutions to
complex problems. This combined with strong analytical and project management
skills and experience ensure quality and cost effective solutions can be
achieved.
For a copy of Mr. Wixson's resume,
click here.
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