Steve Watkins
Challenger 300 350 Captain at Vista America
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Watkins is a multi-skilled aviation captain and quality management professional with nine years in corporate and charter flight operations and a decades-long background leading supplier quality programs across automotive and manufacturing sectors. As a Challenger 300/350 Captain and former Lear 60 first officer, he pairs an Airline Transport Pilot license and multiple type ratings with rigorous ASQ and AIAG certifications (SPC, MSA, APQP/PPAP, FMEA, ISO/TS 16949) to bring safety-minded, process-driven leadership to flight operations. Previously he managed global supplier quality for multi-hundred-million-dollar leather buys, launched new suppliers across four continents, and drove dramatic PPM reductions through cross-functional APQP and FMEA work. Comfortable at both the operational front line and the program level, he blends tactical aviation expertise with systems-thinking quality engineering and supplier development. Based in Louisville, KY, he also maintains data architecture and BI skills in the Microsoft ecosystem, reflecting a rare combination of hands-on piloting, manufacturing quality leadership, and analytics fluency.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at University of South AlabamaFaith Academy, Manila, PhilippinesMs, Quality Management, Ms, Quality Management at Eastern Michigan UniversityLeTourneau University
Github Skills (4)
python5
pandas4
data-analysis4
data-science3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
stevewatkins17/PythonForDataAnalysis
Jan 2019 - Mar 2021
CodeLouisville Python for Data Analysis class
Contributions:56 commits, 2 PRs, 170 pushes in 2 years 2 months
data-analysispythonpython-for-data-analysisdata-sciencepandas
stevewatkins17/PythonDataAnalysis
Feb 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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