Oliver H. Heller

Program Manager for NH90 Product Evolution projects including Software Release 3 (SWR3), Life Time Extension (LTE), and Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU); responsible to define and align the NH90 Product Evolution strategy, to lead offers preparation and contract negotiation, and to execute the respective contracts on time, on quality and on cost.

Bid Manager for governmental helicopter proposals; responsible for Customer requirements analysis, work allocation to the team, proposal build-up, risk and opportunity assessment, ensure proposal validation, and on-time and on-quality delivery of the proposal to the Customer.

Overview of major proposals established:

• NH90 for German Navy / NAHEMA (refer to Projects section for details)
• NH90 for Qatar Armed Forces (refer to Projects section for details)

Engineering Project Manager for technical proposals and contract execution for Dauphin and Super Puma family helicopters; responsible for managing all engineering aspects of the respective project with functional leadership of the engineering project teams and accountable for the engineering budget. Overview of major projects managed:

• H225M proposal elaboration for the Singapore MoD (refer to Projects section for details)
• H225M contract execution for the Brazilian Armed Forces (refer to Projects section for details)
• AS365 K2 contract execution for the Brazilian Army (refer to Projects section for details)
• H155 B1 contract execution for the German Federal Police

International project management trainee with job assignments in Marignanne, Donauwörth and Albacete with the objective to enhance technical knowledge, to apply project management techniques and to apprehend production constraints in a transnational and multicultural environment

• Bid Manager for the NH90 campaign for 31 helicopters for the German Navy
• Responsible for offer elaboration, offer clarifications, offer updates, and contract negotiation with German MoD and NAHEMA
• Recognized as key contributor for achieving contract signature less than one year after Request for Proposal (RFP) release

• Led the offer team for the NH90 tender for the Qatar Armed Forces and was instrumental in managing proposal updates and providing answers to Customer requests
• Acted as key player during the negotiation of the contract between Leonardo and NHI
• Proposal was successful, awarded prime contract value: EUR 3 billion (2 billion for NHI)

• In the frame of a tender for the Republic of Singapore Air Force, responsible for all technical and development aspects of the H225M proposal including Customer requirements analysis, technical compliance assessment, development effort estimation and scheduling, proposal build-up, field evaluation trials with the Customer and contract negotiations
• Proposal was successful, awarded contract value: EUR 500+ million

• Engineering Project Manager for the HXBR contract of 50 H225M helicopters for the Brazilian Armed Forces (Army, Air Force and Navy) with a contract value of EUR 2 billion
• Responsible for managing engineering activities in close cooperation with Helibras; functional leadership of the engineering project team of 60 people and accountable for the development budget of EUR 50 million

• Engineering Project Manager for a contract of 2 new and 32 upgraded AS365 K2 Dauphin-family helicopters with a contract value of EUR 145 million
• Responsible for managing development in close cooperation with Helibras; functional leadership of the engineering project team of 30 people and accountable for the development budget of EUR 7 million

• Diploma in aviation & aerospace engineering
• Specialization in aerodynamics and flight mechanics & flight control
• Diploma thesis in flight mechanics & flight control at Airbus Defence & Space in Ottobrunn, Germany

• European university exchange program ERASMUS
• Final year thesis in the field of numerical aero acoustics