BRUCE W. ELLIS

Naples, Florida (M) +1-404-***-**** ad00tf@r.postjobfree.com

Overview

Senior Management Consultant with deep experience in strategic and operational planning and implementation, continuous process improvement, project management, and risk analysis and mitigation. A seasoned leader and practitioner at the business, operations, governmental, US Department of Defense (DOD), and policy levels. Increase profitability, productivity, workflow, capabilities development, efficiency, operational excellence, and business process improvement. Core Competencies

Operational Excellence Strong Organizational Skills Change Management Financial Analysis & Modeling Continuous Improvement Technology Commercialization Complex Research and Analytics Lean Production & Operations Statistical Process Control Strategic Planning & Implementation Project Portfolio Management Key Performance Indicators Client & Stakeholder Relations Business Development Team Building and Leadership Senior Management Consultant, StratTech, Naples FL 2005 - 2023

• Led collaboratively with excellent problem-solving skills. Developed innovative solutions to unprecedented situations while building and bringing teams together to enhance teamwork, training, productivity, process re-engineering, lean, and continuous process improvement.

• Connected industry, academia, and governments through aerospace and defense (A&D), technology transfer, commercialization, and advanced manufacturing.

• Worked closely with the US DOD, the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the global A&D manufacturing industry.

• Optimized complex and challenging market decisions by integrating international market competition, competitor analyses, emerging technology, internal data, market signals, economic drivers, risk and reward analyses, and the assessment of supply chain operations.

• Recommended new processes, continuous improvement, resources, and capabilities as needed to deal with existing and emerging business and operations opportunities and threats.

• Implemented continuous process improvements, roadmapping of technology and product development, process development, and value stream and workflow mapping. Developed requisite Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and KPI tracking and monitoring.

• Provided leadership, direction, coordination, evaluation, and direction of strategic implementation teams.

• Monitored progress against plans, variance, and KPIs. Proactively identified issues and provided managerial oversight.

• Served as a principal point of contact between core teams, Research & Development (R&D), Joint Ventures, vendors, supply chains, and technology assessment finance, and technology commercialization.

• Skilled in business development, analytics, management and technology consulting, and sales of services.

• Coauthored “Aerospace Industry Report 2011: Facts, Figures & Outlook for the Aviation and Aerospace Manufacturing Industry 2011” and served as Senior Aerospace Economist and Manufacturing Strategist at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

• Provided detailed presentations on efficiency gains, re-engineering, project management and schedule, budgets, ROI, and other relevant financial matters.

• Assessed and developed project feasibility studies and multi-year analyses. Conducted meaningful financial analyses as required for Joint Ventures, Asset Management, Capital Expenditure, and performance tracking. Located and evaluated national and international Joint Venture candidates.

• Set the project team vision, goals, direction, and plans. Provided management oversight and evaluation.

• Documented methods, procedures, and workflow of a business unit or department using analytics, observations, interviews, review of forms, artifacts, policies and procedures, organization charts, flow charts, and related documents.

• Recommended R&D, manufacturing and management productivity improvements, and automation opportunities that could be implemented systemwide or be re-engineered to attain specific strategic, technical, financial, and operational goals.

• Received a 2017 Gartner Consulting Cool Vendor Award in Project Portfolio Management. Sr. Research Scientist & Principal Research Investigator, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA 1998-2004 Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory.

• Held a joint appointment with University of Cambridge and Georgia Tech Research Institute 1999-2001.

• Led four-year international A&D manufacturing strategy study for the US Department of Defense (DOD), which impacted the DOD’s contracting, production, manufacturing, and policies.

• Conducted technology assessment and commercialization within the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory. Senior Research Associate & Project Manager, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England 1999-2001 Institute for Manufacturing, Center for International Manufacturing.

• Held a joint appointment with the University of Cambridge and Georgia Tech Research Institute 1999-2001.

• Led a three-year study of the global A&D manufacturing industry to determine UK 20-year A&D manufacturing strategy for the UK Government and the UK A&D manufacturing industry. Education

• Ph.D. Engineering & Management, University of Cambridge, England

• M.B.A Concentration in Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

• B.S. Biology with High Honors, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Military Service

• U.S. Coast Guard, Search and Rescue

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