Val Solomon

About Val Solomon

I help executives, directors, organizations, and programs achieve success by delivering high value project management and business operations support; and by applying leadership expertise, business acumen, operational excellence, analytical and presentation skills, project management best practices, professional communications, high quality work product, and strong work ethic to any and all areas of running the business, working 100% remotely. As the first individual contributor of the Software Engineering Strategy and Operations team in the Office of the Vice President of Software Engineering, I helped stand up the new organization of and developed numerous solutions and processes to support the growth and maturity of the team while documenting processes and sharing knowledge. In my role, I have been responsible for org level program metrics reviews, program management reviews, organizational and executive communications, chief of staff for Boeing Global Services Software Engineering, and numerous strategy and operations projects; including providing visibility of software operational accomplishments to the VP of Engineering, Test and Technology; program management of Software Engineering External Technical Affiliations; the design, logistics, and facilitation of Software Engineering all-team and all-manager meetings and webcasts; employee engagement and recognition; Software Engineering Tech Talks; Senior Technical Fellowship projects; employee survey development, deployment, and analysis; and development, maintenance, and support of digital engagement platforms. My role includes extended software leadership team engagement and support, and business partner engagement. I am a PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a John Maxwell Team certified Speaker, Trainer, and Coach; a certified Boeing Facilitator for The Pacific Institute\'s Thought Patterns for High Performance (TPHP); and a Microsoft Office Specialist in Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Word.

Experience

1. Senior Business Operations Specialist

   Boeing

   Jul 2021 — Present

Education

• Everett Community College & The John Maxwell Company

  Certificate

  2017 — 2017

• Liberty University

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  2017 — 2022

• Everett Community College

  Aerospace Manufacturing Core Certificate

  2018 — 2018

• Everett Community College & The John Maxwell Company

  Team Leadership

  2019 — 2019

• Edmonds Community College

  Associate of Technical Arts - ATA

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Operations Management
• Microsoft Office
• Business Process Improvement
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Project Management
• Process Improvement
• Supervisory Experience
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• P&L Operations
• Team Building
• Customer Service
• Management
• Human Resources
• Corporate Maintenance
• Contract Negotiation
• Business Consulting
• Operations Improvement
• Contracts
• Franchising
• Legal Writing
• Coaching
• Powerpoint
• Contract Review
• Training
• Leadership
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Strategic Planning
• Sales
• Team Leadership
• Legal Research
• Corporate Governance
• Microsoft Word 2010