CAREER SUMMARY
A highly motivated change agent and people leader with a unique combination of process improvement expertise, project management experience & hands-on data analytics and machine learning skills. Diverse academic and career background, with exposure to R&D, NPI, operations, supply chain & digital in a highly regulated industry. Active practitioner & instructor of Lean Six Sigma, FastWorks/Lean Start-up and Digital Data Analyst methodologies to . Passionate about using digital, data science and AI along with well-established process excellence & project management methodologies to deliver global business improvements through actionable insights from process data. Life-time learner, enjoys increasing his experience and skill set.
Key skills
· Process improvement – Lean Six Sigma BB, GE Lean Academy, Change Acceleration Process (CAP) certified, LSS GB & FastWorks/Lean Start-up trained trainer
· Project management & team leadership – over 10 years of NPI PM & technical leadership (PMP certified)
· Analytics, data science & machine learning – R, Python (incl. pandas, sklearn), SQL, Matlab/Octave, JS/nodejs, Linux/CentOS, Dataiku Data Science Studio, TIBCO Spotfire, Predix, Cloud Foundry. Instructor of Digital Data Analyst 200 class. GE Analytics Engineer, Aviation Analytics 200 & Digital Data Scientist 300 certifications
· Academic background - Aircraft design, computer modelling of aerodynamics, aeroelastics & flight mechanics
EXPERIENCE
Analytics Transformation Leader
Avionics Operations UK Operations, GE Aviation Systems, Bishops Cleeve, UK
9/2017 – present
Leading digital transformation & development of business analytics within UK Operations Team and managing a small team focused at digital process improvement & cost-out. Working closely with the business leadership & key stakeholders on implementation of GE Aviation Digital League initiative & development of digital tools to make real-time business intelligence & metrics readily available across all business functions. Set up & chaired site-wise digital transformation working group. Leading. Driving business digital strategy and providing training on self-service analytics tools. Successfully influenced business senior leaders to obtain approval and funding for setting up UK analytics environment and self-service toolchain. Delivered a number of Digital Data Analyst 200 classes, obtained Digital Data Scientist 300 machine learning certification.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - Engineering Productivity
Engineering & Technology Operations, GE Aviation Systems, Bishops Cleeve, UK
9/2014 – 8/2017
Responsible for tracking of Engineering Productivity (EP) across all GE Aviation Systems sites. Leadership of numerous business improvement projects & initiatives across all key business functions. Successfully rolled out several software tools that streamlined internal processes. Defined improvement plan for plant non-conformance management process improvements and embedded it on site quality procedure. Used data analytics to obtain actionable insights from business data. Obtained GE LSS Black Belt & GE Analytics Engineer certifications. GE Project Management University and PMI PMP certified. Acted as instructor of GE LSS 2.0 Green Belt course, GE EPM-PRO training & GE FastWorks Everyday classes.
Engineering Project Manager
Dowty Propellers, GE Aviation Systems, Gloucester, UK
9/2011 – 8/2014
PUBLICATIONS
PhD Thesis
Papers
References in Aviation Press
Bird strike emerges as open rotor concern, Flight International, 25th Nov-1st Dec 2008, page 11
UK CAA Studies Gyroplane Blade Fatality Link, Flight International, July 2006.
Citations
Zilli, B., R.C.A. Aerodynamic Design, .s.d G.A.S.T., Casarsa della Delizia (PN), Italy
Related Forum Entries
Discussion on 'Development of an Aeroelastic Stability Boundary of a Rotor in Autorotation'
Project management of NPI programs and R&D activities (development / introduction of new engineering tools). Joined project team of $10M+ Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC)
propeller system NPI program in 2011 and has been responsible for coordination and management of engineering activities during bid and pre-contract phase of the program. Has been supporting SSC program launch, propeller system design and development since SSC program contract award in Jan 2013.
Performance Engineer
Dowty Propellers, GE Aviation Systems, Gloucester, UK
4/2008 – 9/2011
Propeller aerodynamic analysis, propeller blade optimization and propeller blade aeroelastic analysis. Development of mathematical models of propeller blade aerodynamics, aeroelastics and structural dynamics. Technical leadership and management of internal and collaborative research projects. Leadership of internal Matlab training and tool development program. GE Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified. Trained trainer.
Tutoring & Course Management
University of Glasgow, UK
9/2005 – 3/2008
Tutoring of Computing I, Dynamics I, Fluid Mechanics I, Propulsion II and Flight Mechanics III courses. Tutoring and course management of Aerodynamics II, Aerospace Design Projects II, III and IV courses. Co-marking and compilation of course material and exam questions for Aerodynamics II course.
Project Engineer
Aerogistics Ltd, Liverpool, UK
9/2004 – 2/2005
Application of an innovative approach in aerospace supply chain management and logistics. Project management, implementation of CAA, ISO 9000 and AS 9100 quality approvals, business negotiations with customers and analysis of British and international aerospace material specifications represented main work duties. British and international aerospace material specifications and quality standards were revised and tailored to meet company's requirements.
EDUCATION
PhD by research, Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2005 – 2009
CAA ARB sponsored 'Aeroelastic Modelling of Gyroplane Rotors' research project. Supervised by Dr E A Gillies & Dr D G Thomson. The viva passed with minor corrections to the thesis.
Dipl.Ing., Aerospace Engineering
Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Brno University of Technology (LU VUT Brno)
Brno University of Technology (VUT Brno), Brno, Czech Republic
1998 – 2004
Core subjects: Aircraft Structural Analysis, Aerodynamics, Flight Mechanics, Aerospace Materials, Aerospace Manufacturing Technology, Aircraft Systems, CAD systems and computer-aided FEM, Dependability and Fatigue of Aircraft Structures.
The degree has UK NARIC certified equivalency to British taught Master’s Degree. Final thesis was written in English.
FINAL THESIS (Diploma work):
Trchalik, J., Optimisation of General Aviation Aircraft Wing, Letecky Ustav FSI VUT v Brne (Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Brno University of Technology), 2004. Written in English.Classification: Final examination - excellent, final thesis - excellent.
Cambridge CAE & CPE Language Courses
Brno English Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
2001 - 2002 & 2003 - 2004
Awarded CAE Certificate in 2002.
A - levels
Mikulas Kopernik Grammar School (GMK), Bilovec, Czech Republic
A-level examinations: Czech Language & literature (A), Mathematics (B), Physics (A), English language (A).
Keywords
Aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, aerospace, aeronautics, aircraft, aircraft design, analytics, data science, big data, Black Belt, engineering project management, engineering tool development, EPM, Fastworks, Fortran, Green Belt, HTML, Javascript, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Startup, machine learning, Matlab, mathematical modelling, Mathworks, MiniTab, nodejs, Octave, Pandas, Predix, Python, R, RStudio, Shiny, statistics, statistical learning, VBA, Visual Basic.