Casey van Gorp
General Manager & Site Leader @Collins Aerospace
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General Manager & Site Leader @Collins Aerospace
Winnipeg, MB, CA
General Manager & Site Leader for the Collins Aerospace facility in Winnipeg, MB, Canada• P&L responsibility for business focused on interiors STC development, cargo conversions, and production of associated parts. • Site leadership for the Winnipeg Collins entity with 60 team members, including engineers, program managers, production personnel, and all support functions.
EDUCATION
University of Manitoba
MSc, Mechanical Engineering - Two Phase Fluid Flow
University of Manitoba
BSc, Mechanical Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT CASEY VAN GORP
I have been an aviation professional since 1998. Starting out as a engineer in the gas turbine component repair development area, I moved on to central roles with progressively more responsibility and diversity, including providing direction for central support teams, business unit engineering, customer service, customer program management, strategy & business development, and general management. Goals: Continue to increase my understanding of customers\' needs, Create and lead high performance teams, Continue developing my leadership and technical capabilities. In 2007, I took on an international posting in the Netherlands where I was responsible for the teams providing engineering, quality, facilities, and environmental service aspects of a business that reached $100M+ in sales at its peak. In 2009-10 I was deeply involved in the proactive risk management aspects of a significant facility and personnel reduction, workscope change, and transfer of work from the Netherlands to Canada. Since returning to Winnipeg in 2010, I took on the role of leading the Customer Programs team for the Turboprops business, which was responsible for ensuring that we meet all of the requirements of our partnership agreements with customers. Starting in 2016, I led a number of strategic projects related to improving market share and customer satisfaction for the Turboprop business and for transferring products to new Centres of Excellence as part of our Integration with Vector Aerospace. In 2020 I started the next phase of my career taking on the General Manager & Site Leader role with Collins Aerospace in Winnipeg. Specialties: • Leadership, Mentoring, Facilitation, Team Building • Contract management, customer service, and sales & gross margin management • Project Management • Measures of Performance, Business planning • Management of Engineering teams, Repair Development, Maintenance, Calibration • Problem Solving, Root Cause Analysis, Continuous Improvement • EASA Part 21 DOA, TCCA DAO • Safety Management Systems (SMS) • ISO implementation, procedure development and management
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