Jason Newby

Experience

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  2-501st Air Assault (Army)

  Oct 2000 - Mar 2002

  Aviation Platoon Leader

  Responsible for the combat readiness of my platoon in air assault operations in support of 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. Directly supervised 17 personnel in flight operations and maintenance requirements. Responsible for the maintenance and operation of five UH-60L Helicopters.

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  127th Aviation Support Battalion (Army)

  Jul 2003 - Mar 2004

  Production Control Officer

  Responsible for managing the aviation intermediate maintenance operations of 4th Brigade in Baghdad, Iraq. Controlled the allocation and use of maintenance and personnel assets to maximize production on over 50 aircraft. Responsible for forecasting and ordering parts to keep maintenance fluid, not waiting on the supply system. Directed the work of 5 different shops consisting of over 200 personnel.

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  1-501st Attack (Army)

  Apr 2004 - Oct 2004

  Maintenance Company Commander

  Commander of D Company a direct support (DS) maintenance company in support of 1-501st Attack Task Force. Responsible for the DS maintenance of 18 AH-64A helicopters that cost $3,300 an hour to operate, and flew over 900 hours a month in Iraq. Directly supervised 97 people. Responsible for 16 vehicles and maintenance equipment valued at over $30 million.

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  2-501st Air Assault (Army)

  Nov 2004 - Feb 2006

  Assault Company Commander

  Commander of B Company a UH-60 Helicopter Air Assault and General Support Aviation unit in 2-501st. Responsible for the maintenance and management of 8 UH-60s and associated maintenance equipment worth in excess of $49 million. Directly supervised 45 soldiers.

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  GE Consumer and Industrial

  Mar 2006 - Oct 2008

  Responsible for design integrity and maintenance of 6 residential breaker product lines and associated accessories built in Puerto Rico, Brazil and Singapore. Interacted with customers and marketing team to identify product strategy and to develop products for future markets. Responsible for proactive testing and design reviews to help maintain compliance to Underwriter Laboratories (UL) standards across a broad range of products, such as circuit breakers, switches and electrical enclosures. Specific effort in detailed forensic analyses to determine design weaknesses that could impact UL compliance and driving design improvement efforts to build robustness into products.

  • Residential Circuit Breakers Systems Engineer

    Jan 2008 - Oct 2008

  • UL Certification Program Lead

    Mar 2006 - Dec 2007
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  Sikorsky

  Nov 2008 - Dec 2010

  Blackhawk Program Quality Engineer

  Responsible for tracking, investigating & providing corrective action on field deficiencies. Interacted with program teams to provide feedback on internal quality, external quality, & safety alerts to direct the proper resources to correct processes & deficiencies.

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  GE Energy Management

  Oct 2010 - Jul 2018

  Spearheaded a team of 12 designers and cross-functional contributors in the new product design and launch of a GE’s premier power panel. As part of a dual role, gained ownership of the full power panel portfolio providing market feedback and feature prioritization to the project team while managing the obsolesce and life cycles of the rest of the portfolio. Released new power panel in phases focusing on strategic features to ensure largest impact to market while remaining flexible to changes on future rapid iterations. Show less

  • Senior Product Manager & Program Manager

    May 2014 - Jul 2018

  • Switch Gear Program & Design Manager

    Oct 2010 - Apr 2014
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  ABB

  Jul 2018 - now

  Provide portfolio strategy and long-term product road mapping of lighting panel and breaker portfolio while coordinating with other business units to support the larger business’s portfolio plan. Partner with cross-functional teams to manage all aspects of the product line to include NPD selection & execution, targeted project execution, sourcing decisions, manufacturing locations, & marketing strategies in support of NPD launch activities. Review pricing & P&L activities to maximize revenues & profitability. Show less

  • Advisory Services Global Portfolio Manager

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Lighting Panel Global Product Manager

    Jul 2018 - Sept 2023