Sean Keith

About Sean Keith

Experienced Executive with a track record of delivering results and overcoming obstacles. Global leader who excels in working collaboratively across cultures, businesses, and functions. Builds great teams by attracting top talent, coaching, and empowering. Comfortable in ambiguity and white space. Flexible, able to pivot to new approaches, and encourages the competition of ideas. Process oriented and data driven but not paralyzed in the absence of either. Strong innovator with 18 patents and multiple business firsts. Deep technical expert with broader business experience including acquisition, integration, and business start-up. Cross-functional experience in Engineering, Supply Chain, and Product Management. Strong communicator known for ability to deliver clear and engaging messages. Black belt with Lean transformation experience.

Experience

1. Executive Product Manager, Large Combat Engines

   GE Aerospace

   Apr 2020 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   Leader of a $900MM P&L for unclassified military engines (fighter jets and bombers). Responsible for all aspects of product line leadership including safety, quality, delivery, cost, product changes, acquisition & sustainment, customer relationships, profit, and margin.• Essential member of the proposal team that won the USAF F-15EX fighter jet competition worth $1.6 Billion over 8 years with an additional services revenue stream in the billions. Engaged with USAF acquisition team, owned strategy, content, and personally wrote ~40% of GE’s final proposal. • Negotiated multiple contracts with USG, other large military OEMs, and Foreign Military Customers worth more than $130MM• Worked cross functionally to achieve doubling of engine production deliveries in consecutive calendar years from 20••••20 and 20••••21. • Chair for Product Control Board (PCB) and Safety Board. Developed standard work tollgate templates for PCB across MSO to minimize rework and improve process FTY.

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management

  1988 — 1992

• University of Cincinnati College of Engineering

  Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering

  1983 — 1998

Skills

• Manufacturing
• Finite Element Analysis
• Aircraft
• Gas Turbines
• Lean Manufacturing
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Six Sigma
• Mechanical Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Process Improvement
• Engineering Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Continuous Improvement