Lesley Ann Low, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

- Responsible for developing and executing strategy for Cabin and Cargo Engineering Functions consisting of Cabin Systems, Flammability, and Payloads Engineering.- Responsible for workforce strategy and implementation, including hiring, training, and technical excellence for over 1400 engineers located in 3 domestic design centers and 4 global design centers, executing work across all Boeing Commercial airplanes in production and modification as well as Boeing Defense Systems projects (40% growth in engineering and currently developing a 4th global design center).- Responsible for leading process and digital engineering tool development for engineering function, focused on model-based systems engineering. Initial implementation has enabled teams to modify processes for quality and efficiency.

Everett, Washington

- Manage 30–40 diverse mission-critical projects at a time with different timelines and workflows.- Collaborate with stakeholders including 2 regulators, 5 customers, 5 internal organizations (including finance, fabrication, and operations), 2 global partners, ~350 engineers, and 20+ suppliers.

Everett, Washington

- Managed 125-150 simultaneous product development projects ($125K–$5M) delivered to 4 different airplane production systems.- Led 150+ engineers, program managers, and buyers responsible for ensuring quality and on-time delivery of over 150k airlines seats annually.

Everett, Washington

- Identified customer pain point of not meeting expected timeline for interior install and inspections; created strategy, restructured team and set expectations, and developed process to ensure on-time completion. Improved performance by 200% and reduced rework on average by 25%.- Managed initiative to reduce damage during interior build; Created a multi-disciplinary team, developed strategy to address high-damage areas, and created best practices and daily quality checks. Resulted in 40% reduction in damage and costs.

Everett, Washington

- Developed and implemented long-term strategies to improve program management best practices within team, including risk management and requirements management.- Provided visibility on productivity, compliance, quality, safety and product development progress to senior leadership

Everett, Washington

- Took over team that was 12-18 months behind schedule in engineering execution and recovered team to on-time performance in 6 months.- Managed end-to-end project lifecycle to ensure successful completion of team projects ranging from product development to negotiating and meeting regulatory requirements

Everett, Washington

- Engineered highly customized, first-of-its-kind bar unit on aircraft for largest customer. Influenced team to gain buy-in and delivered product on time. Awarded Customer Service Excellence award by customer.

Seattle

Teaching black and white film photography. Helping students understand the fundamentals of composition and technique in exposing and printing images so that their images articulate their vision.

Greater Seattle Area

Conducted research projects such as applying a mathematical model of the cochlea to beamforming and Investigating a nonlinear dynamic mathematical model of social dynamics.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering