Ed Delaporte

Vice President of Engineering @FlightSafety International

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.

Electrolux Next Level Leader

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

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