Robert Wirthlin, PhD

Experience

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  Providio

  Feb 2000 - Feb 2001

  Business Technology Consultant
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  Los Angeles AFB

  Feb 2000 - Jun 2003

  • Executive Officer

    Feb 2002 - Jun 2003

  • Program Manager

    Feb 2000 - Feb 2002
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  Buckley AFB

  Jul 2003 - Jul 2005

  Branch Chief
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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Sept 2005 - Aug 2009

  PhD Candidate & Aerospace Fellow
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  U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology

  Feb 2009 - Jun 2013

  Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems
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  United States Air Force

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2015

  Branch Chief and Program Manager
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  General Motors

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2019

  • Engineering Group Manager, EDGE Product Manager and PLM Innovation Leader

    Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

  • Engineering Group Manager

    Jun 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Senior Strategist, Systems Engineering

    Sept 2015 - Jun 2017
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  Ford Motor Company

  Jul 2019 - now

  Senior Technical Leader, Systems Engineering

  Driving implementation of effective, modern SE tools and methods into Ford systems and culture through engagement, empowerment, and teaching. Leveraging existing PLM tools, external resources, and partners to develop, implement and deploy Systems Engineering and Integration solutions for use on individual programs and throughout the corporation globally.