Matt Schipp Email & Phone Number

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Experienced in operations strategy, manufacturing improvement, and supply chain management for aerospace and defense, industrials, and transportation companiesManaged teams of up to 4 consultants, and mentored three consultants at a bi-weekly cadenceCo-lead for Venture Boost Camp: a pro bono, hackathon style event where consultants pair up with startups to tackle their most critical operational or strategic growth bottlenecksSelect engagement experiences:• For a cutting tools manufacturer: redesigned the product segmentation and replenishment strategy from a push to a pull system to reduce inventory 25-35% and improve OTIF to 90%• For an automotive accessories manufacturer: verified $23M in tracked savings and set $1.5M on a glidepath to realized savings by establishing governance to validate and implement product design opportunities • For a defense contractor: increased on-time schedule performance from 20% to 60% with quick-hit initiatives, and designed and launched a roadmap to increase OEE from 20% to 35% in 1 year• For a custom composites manufacturer: identified initiatives during a rapid 4-walls assessment to increase revenues by 17% and increase EBITDA margin from 12% to 14% in two years• For an aerospace manufacturer: designed a production system to guide the firm from R&D to full-rate production, trained 10 functional leads on implementation, and presented to the COO and CEO

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

• Utilized scrap analytics to deliver $1.3MM life of contract savings in a global cross-functional team• Prevented grounding an operator’s fleet by coordinating FAA compliance efforts during an audit• Drove root cause analysis, data inspection, & solution implementation for a highly visible fuel leak• Provided 24/7 on-call maintenance and repair direction to operators for aircraft-on-ground situations, resulting in no delays

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Graduate of premier design engineer development program comprised of corporate leadership and business training courses, rotational technical assignments, and completion of GE’s in-house technical training and Masters programSystems Engineer (December 2014 - July 2015)• Troubleshot on-site supplier qualification tests and flying test bed thrust reverser operations• Increased fidelity of fluid properties used in EASY5 performance models• Substantiated thrust reverser kinematics and timing requirements for Safety of FlightDesign Engineer (July 2013 - August 2014)• Collaborated within a multidisciplinary team to reduce a part’s future scrap rate by 50% and salvaged $2MM• Led and resolved investigations on two quality escapes • Managed engineering production, repair, and field serviceability of airfoils & rotating parts Systems Engineer (July 2012 - July 2013)• Developed design assurance test procedures and wrote qualification test reports• Validated the design of a thrust reverser door lock through tolerance stackups • Modeled hydraulic performance of new thrust reverser components using EASY5

- Used SolidWorks to model parts of a robotic bat for use in experiments. - Completed an overhaul of the design to improve the accuracy of acquired data.- Conducted experiments using dSpace and Simulink to study the effect of Central Pattern Generators in flapping flight.

- Managed daily business operations including sales, marketing planning/implementation, customer service, quality control, and production- Performed cost, supply, manpower, and time estimations for home improvement projects- Achieved revenues exceeding $26,000 with a 28% profit margin

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace Engineering