Ed Delaporte

Experience

1. Vice President of Engineering

   FlightSafety International

   Jan 2021 — Present · Tulsa, OK, US

   Leads elite team of 300+ engineers to craft world class aviation simulation equipment. Leads all facets of engineering, including hardware (electrical and mechanical), Cybersecurity, Software and Aerospace Engineering. Constructing a Level D flight simulator involves managing 10K items on the bill-of-material: encompassing tens of thousands of components, thirty miles of copper wiring, and twelve thousand distinct connections. Integration of 13M+ lines of code. And then it gets complicated: printing the required code on 8.5 x 11\" sheets yields a stack of paper 59 feet tall! Key Contributions:* Instituted DevOps unit to champion continuous development/continuous integration, meticulous code reviews, gated check-ins, test-driven development, and cutting-edge software development practices.* As Chief Engineer, leads technical brigade responsible for the CRH (Combat Rescue Helicopter) program, marking FSI\'s most complex simulator project to-date.* Established dedicated systems engineering team to enhance bidding process and streamline requirements management.* Lead the visual systems team: responsible for immersive OTW (Out the Window) experience in simulators, including the graphics division (Synthetic Environments) that renders digital world. Drove process standardization and cost-out measures.

Education

• Electrolux Next Level Leader

  Next Level Leader Certificate, Ashridge Business School, International Leadership and Strategy

  2006 — 2006

• Northwestern University

  Masters of Science, Communications Systems, Information Technology Management

• Northern Illinois University

  Six-Sigma Training, Six Sigma

• Cardinal Stritch University

  Bachelor of Science, Management

• Rock Valley College

  AAS Liberal Arts, AAS Liberal Arts