Marlene Geary

About Marlene Geary

Associate Director with deep experience leading digital sustainment systems, analytics products, forecasting, and enterprise decision support in complex aerospace and defense environments. Builds governed, scalable products that connect engineering, logistics, maintenance, and program stakeholders to better readiness, affordability, and operational decision-making.​Known for translating fragmented data, competing stakeholder needs, and mission-critical operational constraints into structured requirements, product priorities, and repeatable decision frameworks. Combines product thinking, systems engineering, executive communication, and team leadership to drive adoption of digital solutions at enterprise scale.Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering & Technology Management (RPI). MBA in progress.

Experience

1. Associate Director, F135 Forecasting, Powerplant Engineering, & Shop Visit Strategy

   Pratt & Whitney

   Nov 2023 — Present · East Hartford, CT, US

   Lead digital and operational strategy for F135 sustainment across maintenance planning, logistics forecasting, data integration, and shop visit cost strategy at enterprise scale.Lead a team of approximately 28 engineers and analysts, setting priorities, developing talent, and driving execution toward mission-capability objectives of readiness and affordability.Deliver executive decision support linking Performance-Based Logistics metrics, including availability, capability, removals, and cost, to sustainment options, risk assessments, and roadmap decisions for senior government and industry leadership.Establish governance for data models, assumptions, and decision frameworks, improving consistency of digital outputs across engineering, logistics, and program teams.Serve as a primary interface across engineering, logistics, and platform stakeholders to align priorities and drive adoption of standardized digital solutions across the sustainment enterprise.Advance the shift from ad hoc analysis toward scalable analytics and repeatable enterprise decision products by integrating maintenance data into digital sustainment workflows.Partner with digital teams in Agile environments to translate operational needs into prioritized features, refined requirements, and iterative delivery of sustainment tools.

Education

• RPI at Work

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Technical and Scientific Communication

  2018

• Project Management Institute

  Certification Training, Project Management

  2018 — 2018

• RPI at Work

  Master of Engineering - MEng, Systems Engineering & Technology Management

Skills

• Social Networking
• Employee Training
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Blogging
• Software Implementation
• Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Technical Writing
• Strategic Consulting
• Html
• Scorm Compliance
• Business Process Improvement
• Technical Course Development
• Addie
• Technical Training
• Software Training
• Public Speaking
• Mobile Learning
• Enterprise Software
• Webinars
• Project Management
• Social Media
• Root Cause Analysis
• Presentations
• Editing
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Performance Metrics
• System Testing
• Customer Service
• Consulting
• Training & Development
• Wordpress
• Sharepoint
• Testing
• Online Training
• Analysis
• Quality Assurance
• Web Editing