Thomas Hoffman

Vice-President, Operational Excellence | Aerospace & Defense

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area

About

Passionate Quality, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Improvement leader with proven record of driving impactful business results and strong customer satisfaction in complex and changing environments. Broad, global executive level management experience in the Aerospace & Defense, Commercial & Industrial, and Consumer Products industries for Fortune 200 companies. Highly respected partner and collaborator. Values inclusion, transparency, and teamwork. Trusted by customers and suppliers. Positive approach and solution oriented. - Led quality and operational excellence functions at enterprise, division, and business unit levels - Recognized practitioner of business process, lean, and customer oriented operating systems - Drives zero defect mindset and methodologies using data to support short and long term decisions - Positively engages and empowers diverse teams and talent to excel - Works across matrixed organizational structures with mutual trust and respect - Creates shared sense of purpose through alignment of strategic priorities and establishment of key business performance indicators - Strong experience in integration of merged or acquired businesses by standardizing and leveraging best practices

Experience

  • Vice-President Operational Excellence at BWX Technologies, Inc.
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Senior Director, Quality at Collins Aerospace
    Dec 2018 - Aug 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • United Technologies (11 yrs 7 mos)
    • Senior Director, Quality - UTC Aerospace Systems
      Jul 2014 - Nov 2018 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    • Director - Operational Excellence (ACE) - UTC Aerospace Systems
      Aug 2012 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Director - Integration, Quality - Hamilton Sundstrand
      Nov 2011 - Jul 2012 · 9 mos

  • Worldwide Director - Global Quality at Colgate Palmolive
    Aug 2005 - Apr 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos