Catherine Wright Email & Phone Number

Indialantic, Fl, Us

Indialantic, Florida, Us

Blending my experiences in business strategy, data driven problem solving, creativity and attention to detail, I help customers achieve their business goals and transform their organization. Whether strategic marketing and communications, M&A, or business strategy, I bring my unique background and proven results to help clients achieve success.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Served as Acting VP of Global Communications (March - August 2021), where I oversaw executive and internal communications, brand, creative services, website, social media, public relations, and community affairs. Successfully managed all communications associated with CEO transition.Led Internal and Executive Communications team. Includes developing strategic communication plans for major campaigns, project management of content development and delivery, and metrics evaluation to gauge campaign success. Also includes oversight, development and delivery of executive communications. Led COVID-19 employee communication response as well as oversaw communications for Diversity and Inclusion. As part of my responsibilities, I championed continuous improvement (with improvements in efficiency and first pass success) and chaired a cross-company internal comms working group focused on alignment, collaboration and sharing of best practices.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Communications Project Manager for merger with L3. Responsible for development and management of overall marketing and communications schedule. Led development of comprehensive employee resource intranet site that spanned resources and FAQs for every function across the organization. Responsible for strategic planning and tactical execution of outreach to customers. Includes oversight of customer briefing center, corporate strategic tradeshows, advertising, and website. Led development of new brand story and complete redesign of the Harris external website, which was launched in 2016.Led Communications integration team for Exelis acquisition. Developed strategic approach to outreach with internal and external stakeholders. Oversaw successful execution of communications plan.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Lead strategic marketing efforts for Government Communications Segment ($1.8B). Includes leading a team of seven in performing market analysis, strategy, and strategic marketing. Created strategies for wide variety of technologies (networking, oil field exploration, electronics) and industries (aviation, finance, healthcare, utilities). Also developed product launch plans and strategic messaging for new and existing solutions.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

As part of the Harris CapRock Strategic Growth Office, responsible for strategic planning, growth, and development for the organization with a specific emphasis on leveraging the Harris product portfolio.In addition, responsible for leading the development of the strategic growth plan of the Harris CapRock organization.Also as aspecial assignment, led the development and initial rollout of advanced architecture solution for maritime industry client.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Integration lead for Terrestrial Network Integration for new Harris CapRock Communication organization. Responsible for integrating the core longhaul networks, regional networks, and network services from four distinct entities - CapRock Communications, Core180, Harris Maritime Communication Services, and Schlumberger Global Connectivity Services.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Responsible for marketing and sales for all U.S. customers.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Responsible for coordination of Division level strategies and execution plans for merger and acquisition activities

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Responsible for the management of Systems Integration and Test department. In this role, responsible for staffing, recruiting, and career development for approximately 100 engineers. Also responsible for review of all SI&T BOEs and process execution. As part of leadership team, created the first three year strategic roadmap for the organization and managed the growth teams to execute that roadmap.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Responsible for the design and test of components for space deployable structures. Progressed to roles of increased responsibility including Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead for for the drive train for a deployable reflector, principal investigator for internal IR&D project, and technical subcontracts manager for $3M of space hardware. My last role was as a Project Engineer for multiple space development programs (each $15-$40M in size), where I had both cost and schedule resposibilities for the project.

Mba

Bsae, Aerospace Engineering