Michael Kelsey, PMP

• Manage all client and internal design projects for Actineon, Meritronics, and other Meritronics subsidiaries. Role includes: o Managing product investigations, design, testing, prototyping, and release to manufacturing. o Monitoring project schedule, budget, and status and using project management tools and reports to manage stakeholder engagement and alignment. o Managing internal engineering and project management resources and external contractors. o Drafting and approving project contracts (e.g. RFPs, RFQs, SOWs, MSAs). o Managing selection and monitoring of contract manufacturing processes. o Overseeing and continuously improving project management systems and processes. • Develop team workflows and project management assets to improve project and operational performance and team collaboration. • Manage NPI Process for Actineon industrial computer products and new solar inverter products for Meritronics’ subsidiary Reliable Power Inc. Role includes managing concept design, prototyping, quoting, certification, and release to manufacturing. • Direct Quality Management System for Actineon, Inc. to ensure compliance with ISO 9001 standards and continual improvement of quality processes and results. • Manage certification and regulatory compliance of internal and client products. • Provide technical project management on a contractual basis to clients to resolve project issues. Example: training a client developing an app and firmware for a medical wearable product on agile methodology and acting as the team’s scrum master during the primary design cycle.

o Direct NPI and Customer and Internal Design Projects: - Manage engineering design teams in the US and oversees - Write and negotiate project contracts - Create project budgets and milestones - Identify project requirements, organize work items, assign tasks, and resolve issues - Track team performance, project budget, schedules, issues, and stakeholder status - Review internal product development (e.g. reports, schematics, CAD drawings, prototypes) to ensure that stakeholder requirements are met o Quality Manger (ISO 9001) o Manage Customers and Vendor o Manage certification for products (e.g. UL safety, FCC emissions) o Arena PLM administrator

Project management consulting and instruction for candidates for the PMI CAPM and PMP exams.

Manage new product design projects with engineering design teams in the US and Asia. Write and negotiate customer contracts.

o Sole project manager overseeing projects from bidding stage to project close: - Write project contracts and change orders - Create project budgets and milestones - Identify project requirements, organize work items, assign tasks, and resolve issues - Track team performance, project budget, schedules, issues, and stakeholder status - Review internal product development (e.g. reports, schematics, CAD drawings, prototypes) to ensure that stakeholder requirements are met o Develop new project management tools and methodologies to track team performance & project status o Responsible for procurement and vendor management (including third party assembly of products) o Main point of contact for customer management and negotiation o Coordinate certification for products (e.g. UL safety, FCC emissions)

o Project Management – Creation of new Hillsdale MA Program in Washington D.C. - Coordinated work by other Hillsdale staff and departments necessary for program creation - Drafted academic policies, strategic plans, and course curricula - Managed application for District of Columbia Licensure o Policy and Academic Research - Managed research by interns and graduate students at the Kirby Center - Drafted congressional testimony, book reviews, and other writings for Hillsdale faculty and staff - Prepared research memos on public policy, politics, and constitutional topics

Checked citations and line edited essays for the second edition of The Heritage Guide to Constitution.

-Contributed research for policy publications and public lectures by Heritage staff. -Helped run multiple educational programs for junior and senior level Congressional staffers. -Drafted and edited publications and research memos.

-Coordinated the build of high-end video boards. -Negotiated pricing and services with vendors. -Responsible for ordering parts and generating RFQs and Purchase Orders. -Used various parts database systems (e.g. Agile Advantage) and researched/classified unidentified parts.