Stephan F. Schady

Experience

1. Associate Director of Continuous Improvement and Operations Excellence

   Collins Aerospace

   Mar 2011 — Present

   Legacy United Technologies Corporation Quality Master • Continuous improvement and OPEX for 40 sites worldwide. • Led and implemented more than 200 improvement events in US, Europe, and Asia. • Expert in root cause analysis, Shainin Red-X, mistake-proofing, value stream mapping, cell design and kaizen events. • Led numerous manufacturing lean events with millions in savings in inventory and production cost. • Trained and motivated hundreds of associates worldwide in lean methodology, DMAIC, value stream mapping, and kaizen.

Education

• University of Connecticut

  Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy Double Major

  1989 — 1994

• University of Connecticut

  Master of Science, Materials Science

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Process Control
• Materials
• Red X
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Integration
• Aircraft
• Mrp
• Electronics
• Management
• Program Management
• Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Mechanical Engineering
• Aerospace
• Kaizen
• Dmaic
• Earned Value Management
• Aviation
• Failure Analysis
• Iso 9000
• Value Stream Mapping
• Project Planning
• 5s
• Continuous Improvement
• Design of Experiments
• Leadership
• Process Scheduler
• Ms Project
• Manufacturing
• Supply Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Military
• Microsoft Project
• Quality Management
• Defense
• Change Management
• Finite Element Analysis