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Stephen Solid

Fayetteville,TN

Summary

Resourceful Manager offering history of success coordinating and monitoring operations across various departments. Effective leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Highly committed with hardworking mentality to maintain quality of services and products.

Work History

Senior Industrial Engineering Manager

The Boeing Company
  • Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
  • Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
  • Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decisions and drive business improvements.
  • Achieved lowest attrition rate in Huntsville Engineering, 2.5%, over 4 years

Huntsville Operations Site Executive Support and Plant Centric Program Management

The Boeing Company
  • Guide strategic organizational priorities and identify, recommend, and implement optimization/innovation opportunities
  • Monitor/track operations leadership action, project, and initiative execution and communicate associated status (i.e Oobeya)
  • Set priorities and problem-solved workflow issues to maintain rapport with customers and managers.
  • Prepare, coordinate, and facilitate key internal leadership meetings/visits with internal and external high level customers.
  • Boeing Production System - Boeing Problem Solving Model instructor for Huntsville Site (trained 20% of employees)

Manufacturing Manager - Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Systems

The Boeing Company
  • Manage 30+ represented assembly employees (multi-shift) performing activities within multiple manufacturing disciplines and processes, with vigilant focus on Safety and Quality
  • Develop/Execute business plans and operational strategies to meet/exceed contractual obligations
  • Lead process improvements to increase efficiency, capacity, and quality of factory and product (exceeding 10% challenge) while reducing overall costs as Manufacturing Lean Change Agent
  • Provides oversight of technical approaches, products, testing and processes in production/depot repair
  • Manages, develops and motivates employees by creating cohesive and Fun environment.

Lean+ Program Manager - Missiles and Unmanned Airborne Systems

The Boeing Company
  • Managed portfolio of Lean+ Programs across multiple Boeing sites at all levels of the business
  • Exceeded Program Lean Savings Goals for 2009 and 2010 with $41m and $47m savings respectively
  • Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
  • Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
  • Leveraged Lean+ tools such as VSM, 3P, AIW, Six Sigma and FOD/5S.

Lifecycle Support Specialist – Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System

The Boeing Company
  • Team Lead and Organization Liaison with Ground-Based Missile Defense customer (Ft. Greely, AK, Pearl Harbor, HI and Vandenberg, CA)
  • Responded to customer inquiries and resolved complaints to establish trust and increase satisfaction (maintained over 98% system availability)
  • Provided feedback and recommendations to product development and engineering teams on customer needs and issues for enhancements
  • Logistics Software Developer for Field Maintenance for Process Streamlining of Material Resource Planning (MRP) System

Senior Software Engineer – Space Shuttle Software Systems and Application Development

McDonnell Douglas Space And Defense Systems
  • Developed Boeing Patented Program to cut proposal cost modeling for Space Shuttle manifest from 35 hours to 7 minutes
  • Worked with project managers, developers, and customers to resolve technical issues.
  • Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems.
  • Project Assignment Manager for IT Sustainment Systems throughout KSC footprint
  • Boeing Florida IT Lead for Cobra Financial and Open Plan Professional (OPP) PM Tool.

Budget Manager - International Space Station

McDonnell Douglas Space And Defense Systems
  • Reviewed operating budgets periodically to analyze trends affecting budget needs.
  • Managed $24m Ground Support Equipment (GSE) contract
  • Analyzed revenues, expenditures and cash management.
  • Executed financial controls, procedures, systems and forecasting techniques to evaluate budget status.
  • Analyzed business processes to identify cost savings and operational efficiencies.

Industrial Engineer - Program Control

McDonnell Douglas Space And Defense Systems
  • Aligned production operations with Master Scheduling tool to meet higher standards and maximize returns (100% integration across 9 directorates)
  • Generated detailed reports covering analysis of key data and outlining potential solutions.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process changes.
  • Monitored and optimized production processes to increase throughput and improve quality.

College Professor - Adjunct

Eastern Florida State College
  • 5 years teaching in the Department of Computer Science.
  • Planned and implemented engaging lectures and activities for college-level students.
  • Mentored and advised college students in academic and professional pursuits.
  • Awarded Adjunct Professor of the Year

Education

Master of Arts - Management Science

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
05.2025

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Eastern Florida State College
Cocoa, FL

Business Communications Certificate

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Toyota True Lean

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Leaders At All Levels Certificate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Villanova University
Villanova, PA

Skills

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
  • Toyota True Lean Certification
  • Establishment of program-level strategies and processes, and leading affordability efforts
  • Leading multi-discipline teams executing assigned tasks
  • Developing project plans, processes and approaches, in support of associated deliverables that meet/exceed program execution
  • Identify and manage project risks, issues, and opportunities
  • Skilled at interacting effectively with high-level executives, cross-functional teams, suppliers, and customers
  • Microsoft Office Suite Expert
  • Boeing Defense Systems Supply Operations Leadership Experiences Program (LEP) Graduate
  • Current / Active US Government Secret Clearance (2016)

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP), 1843551, 08/2015
  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification, Villanova University

Qualifications Summary

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification
  • Experience in establishment of program-level strategies and processes, and leading affordability efforts
  • Leading multi-discipline teams executing the assigned tasks reporting as appropriate
  • Developing project plans, processes and approaches, in support of associated deliverables that meet/exceed program execution
  • Identify and manage project risks, issues, and opportunities
  • Skilled at interacting effectively with high-level executives, cross-functional teams, suppliers, and customers
  • Microsoft Office Suite Expert (Adjunct Professor for 5 years teaching Micro-Computer Applications)
  • Boeing Defense Systems Supply Operations Leadership Experiences Program (LEP) Graduate
  • Current / Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance (2016)

Timeline

Senior Industrial Engineering Manager

The Boeing Company

Huntsville Operations Site Executive Support and Plant Centric Program Management

The Boeing Company

Manufacturing Manager - Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Systems

The Boeing Company

Lean+ Program Manager - Missiles and Unmanned Airborne Systems

The Boeing Company

Lifecycle Support Specialist – Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System

The Boeing Company

Senior Software Engineer – Space Shuttle Software Systems and Application Development

McDonnell Douglas Space And Defense Systems

Budget Manager - International Space Station

McDonnell Douglas Space And Defense Systems

Industrial Engineer - Program Control

McDonnell Douglas Space And Defense Systems

College Professor - Adjunct

Eastern Florida State College

Master of Arts - Management Science

Harvard University

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering

University of Miami

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

Auburn University

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Eastern Florida State College

Business Communications Certificate

Harvard University

Toyota True Lean

University of Kentucky

Leaders At All Levels Certificate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Villanova University

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