Christopher Couch Email & Phone Number

Patuxent River, Maryland, United States

Directs and coordinates program activities to support customers with logistics products optimized for effectiveness and affordability. Ensures effective and economical support for manufacturing or servicing of products, systems, or equipment from conceptual stage through life cycle of product. Designs and implements models, databases, and tools aimed at standardizing data analysis. Compiles and writes documentation of data structure and program development in the use of new systems. Analyzes contractual commitments, customer specifications, design changes, and other data to plan and develop logistics program activities. Supports a team overhauling product technical data and publication delivery systems for military aircraft and associated aeronautical equipment. Connecting team members with key stakeholders to validate need for system capabilities and tap potential funding sources.

Patuxent River, Maryland, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Provides expertise in logistics management of military aircraft and associated aeronautical equipment. Supporting development of artificial intelligence and machine learning processes to capture experience and expertise of operational maintenance and supply personnel in order to update technical data and publications and improve their effectiveness. Guiding development team in understanding acceptance of technical system specifications, business management requirements, contracting approach, and funding strategy. Connecting the development team with key stakeholders to validate need for system capabilities and tap potential funding sources.

Patuxent River, Maryland, United States

Executive business and operations manager leading a 21,000-employee maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) enterprise for 4,100 Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with $3.4 billion in Navy Working Capital Funding. Collaborating with stakeholders in problem-solving to achieve defined cost, schedule, and performance targets. Oversees integration of support resources to optimize repair line velocity and affordability.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Led 2,500 personnel repairing 300 aircraft and 100,000 mission system components at five sites, annually, with $200 million in Navy Working Capital Funding. Managed capital property and equipment. Required knowledge of strategic planning and policy; product supportability; maintenance planning; supply integration; business operations; level of repair analysis; data collection and analysis; and personnel management and training.

Patuxent River, Maryland, United States

Executed acquisition efforts for 1,000 F/A-18 military fighter aircraft and 2,000 F/A-18 F404 and F414 fighter aircraft engines. Developed Logistics Support Plans, Supportability Analysis, Logistics Requirements Funding Summaries, Life-Cycle Support Plans, and Maintenance Task Analysis. Employed Reliability Centered Maintenance and Level of Repair and Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analyses to assess level and location of component repair. Served as primary review point for Product Support related to Contract Data Requirements Lists.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Oversaw readiness, training, and administration of technicians, mechanics, and administrative personnel repairing aircraft engines, structures, and components in 11 aircraft carriers and carrier air wings. Developed and implemented strategic maintenance and logistics plans and policy. Approved requests for weapons system technical assistance. Coordinated dozens of aviation logistics review conferences. Conducted site visits and briefed principal stakeholders on options to close equipment, personnel, and training gaps. Resolved aircraft readiness issues via clear and concise communication and tracking of improvement actions to closure.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Led 300 personnel repairing aircraft engines, structures, and avionics components in support of 72 deployed military aircraft. Stood up industrial repair capability and capacity for over 12,000 aircraft components. Ensured technical and procedural compliance across repair lines. Achieved a five-year high in aircraft component repair, calibration, and support equipment readiness rates. Drove delivery of 14,000 repaired components. Led a 200-person team in restoring structural integrity to over 350 shipboard spaces by resolving nearly 2,000 compartment material condition and configuration discrepancies following a shipyard period.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Supervised repair and overhaul of 140 engines and 12, 500 components, annually. Executed $254 million in Navy Working Capital Funding. Directed 5 Integrated Product Teams with 200 multi-discipline personnel, performing risk and business analysis and problem solving to overcome repair capacity and capability shortfalls. Led 93 quality assurance personnel in Quality Review Boards to achieve$22 million in rework cost avoidance and a 5 percent reduction in product defect rate across 7 aircraft repair lines. Led six quality and environmental system reviews. Maintained AS9100, AS9110, and International Standards Organization 9000 and 14000 certifications for 3 years.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Patuxent River, Maryland, United States

Executed sustainment of 602 automatic test equipment stations for repairing military aircraft components. Developed Logistics Support Plans, Logistics Supportability Analysis, Logistics Requirements Funding Summaries, Life-Cycle Support Plans, and Maintenance Task Analysis. Employed Reliability Centered Maintenance and Level of Repair and Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analyses to assess level and location of component repair. Approved Contract Data Requirements related to system support. Integrated aviation logistics requirements into Enterprise Resources Planning project and informed information technology portfolio investment strategy.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering

Activities and Societies: ROTC, Marching Band, Phi Mu Alpha

Master Of Arts - Ma, National Security And Strategic Studies

Master Of Science - Ms, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Thesis: ISO 9000 implementation in Naval aviation squadrons