Kelly Thompson
Founder at Polaris Aerospace Solutions
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKelly Thompson is an aerospace product and program leader with 13 years of experience driving data-connected, safety-focused innovations across commercial aviation. As founder of Polaris Aerospace Solutions and former Value Stream Leader at Collins Aerospace, she has led global cross-functional teams to deliver product portfolio P&L improvements, saving $11M+ in R&D and improving EBIT by over $2M through strategic consolidation and design reuse. She blends technical aerospace engineering background and PMP-certified program management with an MBA in technology and innovation to align roadmaps, certification strategies, and commercial outcomes. Passionate about leveraging connectivity and analytics, she helps operators modernize legacy systems and deploy data-driven solutions that improve safety, sustainability, and passenger experience. Known for transparent, collaborative leadership, she also has a track record of right-sizing teams and processes to deliver measurable cost and operational gains. Beyond the numbers, Kelly’s uncommon strength is turning complex certification and cross-border engineering challenges into practical, repeatable product families that free funding for core innovation.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Aerospace Engineering, 3.86/4.00, Bachelor's Degree, Aerospace Engineering, 3.86/4.00 at Iowa State UniversityMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management of Technology and Innovation, 3.91/4.00, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management of Technology and Innovation, 3.91/4.00 at Carlson School of Management
Github Skills (17)
mpc7
transform5
xml5
open-data5
scrapy5
scrape5
data-journalism5
xslt4
network-visualization4
orange4
networkx4
scraper4
python4
visualization3
metadata3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
thompske/proquest-to-bepress-ETD-xslt
Oct 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:28 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
etdtransformfollowingproquestxml
infogrrl/etd-con-xslt
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:33 pushes in 1 month
electronicthesesconversionconversion-utilityiowa
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