Bryan Tutor
Creative, energetic and innovative leader with experience in diverse, fast-moving and technically challenged environments. Big-picture strategist as well as a detail-oriented planner. Participative leader who excels at developing talent, managing multi-disciplined teams, forging positive relationships, and personally vested in successful business performance.
Career History
Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division 2000 - 2016
Director of Fixed Wing Programs
Leadership for all fixed wing programs including quality, schedule and cost performance. Effectively negotiate with customers to achieve business performance goals. Distinct capability to interact with a wide variety of stakeholders effectively. Relocated and consolidated 5M square foot facility to new greenfield 1M square foot facility. Effectively built strategic relationships and responsible for all customer care. Up to $450M revenue responsibility and P&L accountability.
Director of Supply Chain and Strategic Planning
Responsible for MRP, Receiving, Warehousing, Internal Transportation, Production Control, Highway Transport/Logistics and Reclamation. Improved production inventory accuracy from 92% to 99.2%. Developed strategy for $750M business unit defining path forward for cost competitiveness and new business.
Chief Information Officer
Twelve years leadership of all IT services and solutions for the Vought Enterprise. Transformation of IT from out-sourced to balance of in and out sourced services. Leader of SAP implementation that yielded $50M+ annual savings. IT services supporting over 6,200 employees, six locations, $1.8B revenue with IT Staff of up to 300. Experienced with divestitures, acquisitions, and start-up operations.
Northrop Grumman Corporation 1994 - 2000
Senior IT Account Manager
Responsible for internal customer integration of all IT activities. Lead recovery of operation in Hawthorne, California by developing strategy and technical plans to create a Lean/Agile manufacturing environment during the digital design conversion of the 747 fuselage.
Manufacturing Technology Specialist
Technology Specialist support to the Division Operations Vice-President and Center Manager. Led fixed/variable cost studies as well as outsourcing options for operations. Early participation and implementation of the MIT Lean Aircraft Initiative. Managed all priorities and funding conditions according to schedule. Developed 5 and 10 year strategic plans to meet business goals.
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. 1986 – 1994
Production Technology Engineer
Served as the Senior Production Technology Engineer and Lead Manufacturing Technology Engineer. Developed tracking systems, performed trade studies and annual capital equipment and rearrangement forecasts of personal computers in the Perishable Tooling Department. Supervised design, manufacture and implementation of specialized equipment for Bonding, Sheet Metal and Machining Operations.
Education and Training
- Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Design Engineering Technology (Oklahoma State University).
- Center for Creative Leadership Executive Leadership Training
- Gartner Benchmarking Case Study (Executive Programs)
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (University of Michigan)
- Finance for Executives (University of Texas)
- Leadership Development Program
- Executive Program Management Course
- Secret Security Clearance
Areas of Expertise
Business and Technology Alignment
Leadership Development
Strategic Planning and Execution
Stakeholder Relations
Goals Leadership and Benchmarking
Analysis and Strategic Valuation
Six Sigma Green Belt
Supply Chain Management
Manufacturing Operations
Executive Communication
Public Speaking
Contract Negotiation and Management
Leadership Affiliations
CIO Executive Summit, Governing Body Member and Speaker
SMU EMIS Distinguished Advisory Council
Aerospace Industries (AIA) E-Business Steering Group Chair, 2007-2010
Gartner Group EXP Program Advocate
Vought Mentor Program
Chair, Administrative Committee, Webb Church, Arlington, Texas.
Technical Skills
Manufacturing Execution Software (MES), SAP ERP, Microsoft Office desktop products (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Outlook)
Career Objective
To lead an organization to high performance, provide challenging developmental opportunities, and push the limits way past the status quo.
Supplementary Comments
I'm well rounded with business and technology skills. Have led diverse multi-function teams and across multiple sites. I'm a participative leader - always ready to roll up the sleeves and be a direct participant in creating solutions.