Jake Gibbs Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, OK, US

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Provide comprehensive onsite product and applications support for customers in the central U.S.
• Leverage partnerships with research institutions and customer research and development teams to advance technologies through screening, qualification, and market adoption.
• Curate and administer technical literature, data packages, and processing guides for Hexcel products and technologies.
• Manage raw material forecast and strategic growth opportunities for accounts totaling $8M annually.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Managed projects to identify and implement engineering, manufacturing, material, tooling, and process improvements to enhance plant quality, productivity, and profitability metrics
• Led the qualification of NORDAM’s facility, equipment, planning systems, laboratories, and technicians for manufacture of F-35A composite structures
• Characterized and qualified material systems including prepregs, honeycomb, and adhesives
• Reduced production scrap and rework costs by over $100K per year as an engineering liaison to multiple nacelle and thrust reverser platforms
• Wrote and maintained material and process specifications to reflect evolving manufacturing capability, supplier qualification and customer requirements
• Served as mentor and project advisor to ten intern engineers with a 60% rehire rate

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Planned an impact test program for a composite inlet bulkhead
• Assessed corrosion resistant nozzle coating systems for mechanical and environmental performance
• Performed lab experimentation including composite mechanical testing and corrosion testing
• Generated component level engineering models and drawings in support of test article development