JUSTIN B.

EATON
179 11TH Street
Pasadena, MD 21122
H:(410) 255-3378 * jefd949c@westpost.net

SUMMARY
Detail-oriented Cost Accountant and Operations Coordinator with over five years
experience costing and negotiating defense contracts with the United States Gove
rnment and several major defense contractors. Hold a security clearance and ade
pt at system product flow through a manufacturing environment from raw materials
to finished products. Core competencies lend strength to:
Government Audits Earned Value Management
Operations Management Quality Control
Advanced Excel User Work Flows
Project Budgets Work Breakdown Structure Reporting
WBS Cost Performance Analysis Contract Negotiations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COBHAM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS, Nurad Division, Baltimore, MD 2005 - 2010
Production Dispatcher / Production Expeditor (2009 - 2010)
Directed fact find / audit and negotiated a 5 year 11.5 million dollar contract
award from Navy Engineering Logistics Office.
Performed as lead cost analyst for multiple audits from Defense Contract Manage
ment Agency (DCMA), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Lockheed Martin, North
rop Grumman, Boeing and Robins Air force Base ensuring compliance and adherence
to Federal contracting regulations.
Functioned as lead cost analyst and negotiator for a fact find on a contract fo
r over 40 parts and negotiated a 5 year approximately $25MM contract with Robins
Air Force Base securing a long term business relationship.
Led fact find and negotiations for multiple lots of composite radomes and anten
nas for EA-18G and FA-18 aircraft resulting in 7MM of new sales.
Managed cost analysis and fact find for fifteen parts on a Lockheed Martin five
year contract for F-16 antennas and composite radomes for foreign sales resulti
ng in substantial continued business with Lockheed Martin.
Installed, implemented, and trained production floor staff with a new Made to M
anage labor tracking system. This effort resulted in real time labor tracking an
d reduced labor errors by seventy-five percent.
Coordinated and expedited the flow of work and material within and between prod
uction departments
Reviewed/created routers for production floor for legacy repair items to ensure
completeness as material is passed off to the next operation or work area.
Oversaw all incoming Government Air Force repair items from receipt to authoriz
ed repair documents through completion of repair. Supported Program Managers wi
th weekly daily updates to government entities to ensure timely shipment of all
MICAP and items.
Reviewed part status with each production line leader to determine status of al
l job to meet required completion dates.
Held multiple daily huddle meetings with Quality department to ensure all quali
ty requirements were fulfilled. Created work authorization orders for any rewor
k required to ensure on time delivery.
Served as production liaison with the Test department and line leaders to ensur
e test requirements were met. Oversaw and coordinated repairs with line leaders
to minimize bottlenecks in the master production schedule.
Communicated work flow issues to Director of Operations to ensure all planned s
hipments were met.
 Worked with Program Managers, Operations Director, and Senior Engineers to inco
rporate new design programs into the production workflow to eliminate design-to-
production oversights.
Assisted Master Scheduler to incorporate emergency Government repairs with plan
ned production schedule.
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Facilitated constant communication between line leaders, Director of Operations
, Program Managers and General Manager regarding part status, issues, resolution
of issues or other obstacles to ensure a constant and effective flow of all Wor
ks in Process.
Senior Operations/Cost Accountant (2005 - 2009)
Created, monitored, analyzed and reported budgets with WBS estimated cost at co
mpletion on major programs on a monthly or bi- weekly basis. Reported results t
o General Manager, Operations Director and Chief Financial officer to ensure cos
ts for major programs were being monitored and reduced.
Led government sub-contract fact finds and price negotiations for legacy produc
ts resulting in over sixty million dollars in awards.
Created and monitored Budgets and estimates to complete for all in-house jobs o
ver $100,000. Reviewed cost spent to date vs. original budget and updated WBS da
ta. Updated General Manager, Operations Director, program managers and area sup
ervisors monthly with final report directed to CFO for month end closing analysi
s.
Directed contract negotiations as assigned by CFO or Sales Manager.
Provided cost history and gross margin reports to CFO, sales manager and other
senior management monthly.
Worked with and assisted senior accountant to complete month end closing activi
ties.
Assisted senior accountant with daily assignments within department.
Established contract budgets at award and reported actual cost performance agai
nst these budgets.
Prepared cost estimates and price quotations for legacy products from scratch.
Supported and advised Sales Manager/Program managers on major Design and Develo
pment programs.
Implemented Earned Value Management System (EVM) accounting reporting tools fro
m company theory to management reporting tool.
Worked with DCAA to negotiate a five year Forward Pricing Rate Agreement.

ACCOUNTANTS INC. TEMP AGENCY: On assignment at United Concordia, Towson, MD 200

4 - 2005
Membership and Billing Analyst
Managed, maintained and collected over $3MM per month for 13 clients including:
Ford, General Motors, Damiler, Delphi, Visteon.
Solved Call Center problems.
Completed yearly enrollment audits.

U.S. TITLES AND SETTLEMENT SERVICES, Colonial Beach, VA 2003 - 2004

Title Examiner

COLONIAL BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Colonial Beach, VA 2001 - 2003

High School Business and Accounting Teacher
Taught 8th - 12th grade students in Accounting, Business and Computer Science s
kills.
Taught: Intro to Accounting, Business and Marketing, Introduction to the Micros
oft Office Suite, level 1 and level 2 keyboarding.
ABB INC. Bland, VA 1999 - 2001
Accounts Payable Clerk and General Assistant
Batched and processed incoming A/P invoices, and printed and distributed checks
weekly.
Functioned as the Lead for Sales and Use Tax audit.

EDUCATION
B.S. Business Administration, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA