William Lentz
Senior Program Planner | Helping companies maintain operational excellence via strategic decision-making and project governance.
- Role
- Senior Program Planner at Virgin Galactic
- Location
- Las Cruces, NM, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About William Lentz
As a resourceful and driven professional, I have extensive experience in driving project…
Experience
Senior Program Planner
Dec 2022 — Present · Las Cruces, NM, US
Oversee the Mission Operations Desk during flights, upholding safety, resolving conflicts, and mitigating issues hindering on-time launches. Develop communication strategies for spacecraft and runway operations, leveraging problem-resolution processes. Supervise scheduling to increase flight efficiency and adherence to timelines.Highlights of accomplishments in this role include:• Drove flight planning and established commercial repeatable space flights while creating a schedule for monthly operations. • Attained seven out of eight space flights launched precisely to the scheduled minute, a record of achievement praised by a 24-year veteran NASA Shuttle Launch Director.• Transformed operations planning, resulting in advanced timetable introduction of the Delta series spaceships.
Education
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Bachelors of Science, Workforce Education & Development
2000 — 2001
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Masters Of Aeronautical Science, Aerospace Operations / Aerospace Management
2008 — 2010
Community College of the Air Force
Associates, Applied Science in Flight Engineering
1997 — 1998
Skills
- Defense
- Helicopters
- Dod
- Microsoft Office
- Aircraft
- Management
- Team Building
- Aerospace
- Uav
- Operations Management
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Aviation
- Research
- Marketing
- Constitutional Rights
- Security Clearance
- Program Management
- Business Development
- Military Operations
- Politics
- Leadership Development
- Special Operations
- Intelligence
- Training
- Public Speaking
- Curriculum Design
- Flight Safety
- U.s. Department of Defense
- Military
- Top Secret
- Military Experience
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