AUSTIN C.

MATTSON II, MSCPM, PMP

5116 Scenic Drive
Murrysville, PA 15668
724.327.0667
am7d8914@westpost.net
PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE IN PROGRAM CAPITAL EFFECTIVENESS
Performance-driven executive leader, strategic thinker and planner, extremely ef
fective at driving tactical initiatives to winning outcomes. Thirty years of com
prehensive and progressive global experience in project and operations managemen
t. Highly recognized for expertise in:
* Delivering Projects and Programs - NPD, R & D, Construction
* Creating & Implementing Project Management Systems
* Developing Proposals and Handling Negotiations
* Leading Difficult Change Management Initiatives
* Operations Building, Optimization and Turn-around
* Optimizing Diverse Group Synergies to Achieve Goals
* Developing Corporate Business and Marketing Strategies
* Developing and Providing Project Management Training
* Project and Program Portfolio Management
* Building Strategic Alliance Partnerships
* Developing Business Plans
* Profit and Loss Management
* Cost Containment & Asset Maximization
* Establishing Effective Performance Metrics
* Project / Program Risk Management
* Rescuing Troubled Projects
* Corporate Budgeting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DELSAER, Montreal QC, Canada 2009 - Present
Executive Project Management Consultant,
Specifically recruited to assist in negotiations between a Fortune 150 steel man
ufacturing company and two engineering, procurement, construction and management
firms to form an Alliance Partnership delivering projects. Selected as princip
le designer, writer and trainer of the project delivery system. Responsible for
process and procedure compliance, training and establishing mechanisms for proj
ect continuous improvement.
* Represented Owner's team in complex three-way Alliance Partnership Agreement f
or capital projects.
* Authored a Scalable Alliance Project Delivery System and Process Manual for Al
liance Partnership.
EDMC, Pittsburgh, PA 2009
Director of New Course Development
Responsible for new course development of Graduate, Masters and Undergraduate Le
vel Degree Programs for three Universities. Responsibilities included training
executive management and program development managers in project management prin
ciples applied to new course development processes resulting in improved efficie
ncies.
* Designed and applied unique project management methodology to higher education
new course development.
* Established new performance metrics, providing a first-time visibility into ne
w course development effectiveness.
ALCOA 1998 - 2009
Project Controls Technical Consultant (Major Projects), Alcoa Corporate Center,
Pittsburgh, PA 2006 - 2009
Selected as principal executive level project management technical expert to pro
vide strategic and technical leadership in project controls for major capital co
nstruction projects across the organization. Maintained responsibility for proj
ect governance of all capital growth projects and sustaining capital projects gr
eater than $50 million.
* Developed and led global implementation of the Alcoa Project Controls System,
providing enterprise-wide project management methodology praised by senior manag
ement for its comprehensiveness and effectiveness.
* Implemented well-received Project Lessons Learned and Project Peer Review Prog
rams that enabled project teams to learn from past project mistakes and successe
s improving overall capital effectiveness.
* Led Mega-Project (> $1 Billion) Peer Reviews and analyzed success parameters,
providing executive and senior management with accurate project readiness and pe
rformance assessments.
* Appointed Secretary of Project Decision Review Board (PDRB), delivering proje
ct selection decisions on the capital projects portfolio and recommendations for
project Board of Directors authorization.
* Successfully led project rescue team to turn around troubled strategic project
> $500 million by conducting a performance gap analysis and guiding the project
through stage gated process.
Senior Program Manager (R & D and NPD), Alcoa Technology Laboratory, Alcoa Cente
r, PA 2004 - 2006
Recruited to develop and deploy a research and development project management pr
ogram. Directed and managed projects and programs to ensure consistency with co
rporate strategy and consistency of processes across projects, while maintaining
high customer satisfaction levels.
* Instituted the Project Management Methodology after successfully piloting it w
ith sixteen projects, including defense, aerospace and automotive projects to pr
ovide the organization with a standardized methodology to improve management pro
cess of projects and overall project performance.
* Authored three internal project management guidebooks adopted by the organizat
ion.
* Established a voluntary global project management best practices community org
anization with an interactive intranet website that served as a knowledge resour
ce library and was widely used throughout the enterprise.
* Developed well-received project management training program, including constru
cting courses and teaching both internal and external project management practit
ioners.
Project Manager/Senior Project Manager (NPD), Alcoa CSI Inc., Crawfordsville, IN
1998 - 2004
Provided leadership on strategic projects in research & development, process imp
rovement, new material development and new product development.
* Guided multiple successful projects from conception to market introductions, i
ncluding:
A new product; representing 18% of the total company market sector sales volume
.
An improved technology platform, doubling product manufacturing throughput.
 A new sealing technology for closures under extreme heat conditions.
A new blended material, saving approximately $ 4.5 million in material costs pe
r year.
* International experience leading process transfer to European Research and Des
ign organization in Germany, while also leading two new product development proj
ect teams across Europe.
* Appointed to the product development task force, which devised new processes,
tools and techniques that reduced product development time from over 2 years to
less than 8 months.
* Selected as the only project manager to serve as co-program owner of 2 product
market sectors.
* Developed the strategic organizational competencies plan, which was adopted as
a corporate-wide model to build project management capability.
NYPRO OREGON INC., Corvallis, OR 1996 - 1998
Operations Manager
Held total responsibility for manufacturing operations of an ISO 9002 certified
custom injection molding plastics plant.
* Developed business strategy to convert tooling shop into a profit center by ad
ding mold building capabilities and marketing and selling new prototype and rapi
d mold build services.
* Conceived and executed machine process controls strategy that improved overall
production efficiency from 72% to 85%, and improved product yields from 90% to
98%.
* Staffed logistics team and chartered procedures to improve inventory accuracy
from 67% to 100%.
LETICA OF NEVADA, Jean, NV 1994 - 1996
Plant Manager, Plant II, Thinwall Division
Recruited for a second time to turn around, and re-engineer a failing injection
molding facility.
* Enhanced delivery reliability from 60% backorder to 100% on time by rebuilding
plant management and customer service teams, improving inventory control system
, and fully-integrating workflow procedures.
* Improved plant efficiency from 50% to 75%, while reducing plant scrap rate fro
m 8% to 4.3%.
THE TIMBERLAND MFG. CO., Mountain City, TN & Boone, NC 1993 - 1994
General Manager
Maintained complete responsibility for U.S. operations, of multiple manufacturin
g locations and warehouses with 1200 plus personnel, and an annual operating bud
get of $27.5 million.
* Increased average monthly production of outdoor footwear products 108%, and re
duced the cost per pair by 20%.
* Increased output by almost 50% by re-organizing production lines according to
modular manufacturing concepts.
* Improved inventory turns from 9 to 19, which reduced raw materials inventory f
rom $9.6 million to $6.5 million.
* Initiated the idea of, and then established, a highly profitable retail outlet
store within the factory.
BARRY'S OF SAN ANGELO, San Angelo, TX 1988 - 1993
Plant Manager
Converted cutting and sewing facility into an injection molding facility.
LETICA OF DELAWARE, Middletown, DE 1985 - 1987
Plant Manager - Lead operations of an injection molding and decorating plant.
ALLEN BRADLEY COMPANY, Greensboro, NC 1984 - 1985
Production/Maintenance General Supervisor - Managed 5 production lines in a high
speed electronics plant.
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Asheboro, NC 1980 - 1984
Maintenance Supervisor - Responsible for 25 skilled trades workers involved in t
he production of battery products.
U.S. MARINE CORPS, Camp Lejeune, NC 1977 - 1980
Captain - Platoon Commander and Special Staff Officer, in Motor Transport, Commu
nications and Intelligence.
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS
- PhD Candidate, Specialized Curriculum: Strategy, Program and Project Managemen
t, Lille Graduate School of Management, ESC - Lille, "Ecole Superieure de Commer
ce de Lille", Lille, France
- MS, Project Management, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
- BA, Sociology, Honor Student, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
- Advanced Project Management Certificate (APMC)
- Project Management Professional Certification (PMP?)
AFFILIATIONS
* Member, The Project Management Institute (PMI),1999 - Present
* On-Site Evaluation Team Member, Global Accreditation Center (GAC), PMI, 2008 -
Present
* Member, Advisory Panel , The Project Management Institute (PMI), 2005 - Presen
t
* Member, Construction Industry Institute (CII), 2006 - Present
* Member, Board of Advisors, Construction Industry Institute (CII), 2008 - 2009
* Member, Board, Independent Project Analysis (IPA), 2008 - 2009
* PMI Chapter Member, Indianapolis (1999 - 2009), Pittsburgh (2004 - Present); a
nd Risk SIG (2005 - Present)
* Member, Research Team 241 (Optimizing Construction Input), Construction Indust
ry Institute (CII), 2006 - 2008
* Member, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AAC
E), 2006 - Present
* Member, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), 1988 - 1997; Senior Member, 1997
- 2005