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Mr. Joe Brennan

 
Current Employer:
The Spaceship Company
Title:
Director of Production Operations
Location:
Santa Clarita, California, United States


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Knowledge Summary

I work in the private space industry for Virgin Galactic overseeing all aspects of the manufacturing activities associated with producing a fleet of manned spacecraft and launch aircraft.
My background is in aerospace composites and includes developing the 787 composite fuselage, working with Boeing Phantom works on future composite aircraft manufacturing, producing aircraft composite parts and assemblies using multiple out-of-autoclave processes, earning a number of composites manufacturing related patents (8+), and now directing production operations for spacecraft and aircraft production for Virgin Galactic.

Bio:
This Maven is Director of Production Operations at The Spaceship Company, and is responsible for the production of the world’s first fleet of commercial Spaceships for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.

Prior to joining The Spaceship Company in 2009, this maven worked as Program Manager at Quatro Composites, overseeing the development and initial production of numerous out-of-autoclave aircraft composite structures and assemblies.

This maven started his career at The Boeing Company in 2004 where he worked on developing what would become the 787 Dreamliner, earning “Lead Inventor” status on most of 10 US patent applications for Boeing that he was involved with.

This maven holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a masters certificate in project management, and an MBA from the University of Washington where he graduated in the top 10% of his class.

Experience

Current Employer:
The Spaceship Company
Title:
Director of Production Operations
Dates:
Aug 2011 - Present
Past Experience:
The Spaceship Company
Title:
Vehicle Production Manager
Dates:
Sep 2009 - Aug 2011
Description:

Oversees and manages the setup and operation of the production facilities which will produce Spaceship twos and White Knight twos, developed by Scaled Composites.


Past Experience:
Quatro Composites
Title:
Program Manager
Dates:
Jul 2008 - Sep 2009
Description:

Oversees the development through production implementation of new composite aerospace products and assemblies utilizing exclusively out-of-autoclave processing.
Is responsible for the production of composite aerospace products accounting for nearly


Past Experience:
The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)
Title:
Airplane Development Program Engineer
Dates:
Sep 2007 - Jun 2008
Description:

Challenged 787 production processes and established a new vision (3D factory layout and simulation) for the next Boeing composite commercial aircraft.
Demonstrated new high potential production processes for large composite structures, adhering to


Past Experience:
The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)
Title:
Development Engineer
Dates:
Jun 2004 - Sep 2007
Description:

Developed new composite manufacturing processes for a variety of 787 primary structures.
Wrote and published manufacturing process control documents which were implemented throughout the 787 certification process.
Wrote equipment specifications and


Past Experience:
Capital Area Swim Team
Title:
Head Swim Coach
Dates:
Aug 2003 - Jan 2004

Knowledge, Keywords & Publications

Lean Manufacturing
Composites
Aerospace
Manufacturing
Strategic Planning
Continuous Improvement
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Process Improvement
Engineering
Program Management
Engineering Management
Supply Chain Management
Systems Engineering
Product Development
Catia
Procurement
Military
Materials Management
Management
Business Development
Start-ups
Aeronautics
Aviation
Root Cause Analysis
Six Sigma
Testing
Integration
Space Systems
Software Documentation
Process Engineering
Avionics
Design for Manufacturing
5S
Earned Value Management
Team Leadership
Supply Chain
Quality Assurance
Kaizen
Project Planning
Manufacturing Engineering
Spacecraft
Flight Test
GD&T
Product Design
Aircraft
AS9100
Supply Management
Aircraft Design
Project Management
Value Stream Mapping
Experienced in developing and managing composites fabrication and assembly for aircraft structures.

Education & Languages

Oregon Institute of Technology

2014

Master of Arts (MA)

University of California, San Diego - The Rady School of Management

2008 - 2009

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Stevens Institute of Technology

2007

Master of Arts (MA)

University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business

2006 - 2009

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Michigan State University

1999 - 2004

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Certifications & Licenses

COMPOSITE STIFFENER POSITIONING AND VACUUM BAG INSTALLATION DEVICE (20100154990, http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22Brennan,+Joseph%22.IN.&OS=IN/%

MANUFACTURING ONE-PIECE COMPOSITE SECTIONS USING OUTER MOLD LINE TOOLING (8454870, 2013/4/6, http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22Brennan,+Joseph%22

Method and Apparatus for Forming Highly Contoured Composite Parts (20100102482, http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=6&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22Brennan,+Joseph%22.IN.&OS=IN/%2

Method for forming and installing stringers (08-0053-US-NP, 2013/10/12, http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8601694.PN.&OS=PN/8601694&RS=PN/8601694)

Methods and systems for automated ply boundary and orientation inspection (7,555,404, http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%22Brennan,+Joseph%22.INNM.&O

Tools for manufacturing composite parts and methods for using such tools (7,655,168, 2006/31/1, http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week05/OG/html/1350-1/US07655168-20100202.html)