Description
- Expert cross-functional team leader, problem-solver and communicator: Achieve maximum collaboration with strategic partners and build common purpose across organizational levels. - Keenly focused on driving innovative technical processes and business solutions to streamline functions and maximize revenue generation. - Talent for Business Development, leading programs, auditing, RFP proposal development, contract management, quality assurance, safety and regulatory compliance, change and risk management, strategic planning and target setting, supply chains and procurement, vendor / partner management, and project management. - Highly knowledgeable of the integrated aircraft lifecycle with extensive OEM design and manufacturing (Boeing), airline operations and MRO expertise.
Work Experience
| COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
|---|---|---|
| (Confidential) | Director Aviation Lifecycle Management / Product Development | 12/2017 - Present |
| CDI Corporation | Director / Chief Engineer, Aerospace & Industrial Equipment (Aie) | 4/2017 - 11/2017 |
| Boeing Commercial Airplanes | Multi-Skill Engineering Manager | 1/2012 - 4/2017 |
| Boeing Commercial Airplanes | Principal Systems Engineer and Project Manager | 1/2007 - 1/2012 |
| Boeing Commercial Airplanes | Senior Systems Engineer / Aircraft Maintenance Programs | 3/2004 - 1/2007 |
Education
| SCHOOL | MAJOR | YEAR | DEGREE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranfield University, Bedford, UK | Aerospace / Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) / Design and Manufacturing | 2015 | Doctorate Degree |
| Portland State University, Portland, OR | Engineering Management | 1999 | Master Degree |
| • Cogswell Polytechnical College, San Jose, CA | Mechanical Engineering | 1999 | Bachelor Degree |
Social Media
| TYPE | TITLE | URL | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | Blake Gibbons - LinkedIn | media url | |
Accomplishments
Highlights:
•Gibbons / Boeing patents: #8,694,196 (04/08/14) and #8,340,854 (12/25/12): Statistical Analysis for Scheduled Maintenance Optimization (SASMO) that included enhancing fleet reliability, developing cost-management models, and quantifying optimum aircraft maintenance intervals resulting in new OEM service offering.Companies I like:
Job Skills
Keywords
- Reliability
- System design
- Control Systems
- Environmental Control Systems
- Hydraulics
- Project Management
- Project Manager
- Quality
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Management
- Program & Project leadership
- Director
- Business Development
- Engineering Manager
- Engineering Director
- Regulatory Manager
- Aviation / Aerospace
- Manufacturing & QMS / ISO
- Airlines
- Safety Management Systems (SMS)
- MRO (Part 145)
