Craig A. West has over 25 years of experience in program management and leadership roles in the aerospace industry. He has a track record of successfully leading programs with budgets ranging from $13M to $50M, including programs for the KC-46 Tanker, F-15 FBW, A400M, C-27J, C-295, F-35, Boeing 787, Bombardier Challenger 300, and Airbus A350. His experience spans roles in the US, Germany, and Canada managing relationships with prime contractors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, and Bombardier. He has a proven ability to deliver projects on time and on budget through effective communication, leadership

1. Craig A. West
cwest@moog.com
50 Kettle Run
East Aurora, NY 14052 801.652.0760
OBJECTIVE To leverage my experience as an effective leader and collaborator in
demanding technical and programmatic environments in a role that
provides challenges in management, customer interface, and
supports program objectives and engages in the strategic
development of the execution of the business unit.
KEY SKILLS Highly effective communicator with internal and external customers,
adaptable, proven excellence with customer intimacy, program leader
and consensus builder, personnel developer – supporter of the growth
of internal social networks, barrier eliminator, strong project
management skills, cost controller, highly effective turnaround and
adversity management experience in challenging customer settings.
PROFES S IONA L EX P ERIENCE
Moog, East Aurora, New York 2011 - Present
Military Aircraft Group Deputy Program Director – Tanker and Transports
 Primary responsibility: KC-46 program lead overseeing a $50M NRE budget, weekly and
monthly metric reporting including working knowledge and application of Earned Value
Management System (EVMS), management of customer relationships and expectations,
established a relationship platform in support of future business opportunities, internal
team leadership, evaluated and negotiated contract modifications increasing program
NRE from $36M to $50M, facilitated product and production engineering leading to on-
time and on-cost development delivery goals, effective cross-site coordination to achieve
delivery objectives, facilitated Military Sector Leadership in the application of New
Product Introduction (NPI).
 Secondary responsibilities: A400M and F-15 FBW program team lead overseeing NRE
budgets of $30M and $13M respectively, collaborated with the respective Moog and
customer engineering groups through qualification completion, worked extensively with
the Airbus and Boeing Program, Contract, and Engineering offices to bring the A400M
and F-15 FBW programs into production, teamed with Moog Operations leadership in
support of establishing a strong production team – crossing all operational functions –
ensuring long term on-time quality and delivery performance.
 Tertiary responsibility: directed the sustaining production of C-27J and C-295, established
a strong working relationship with Alenia North America – the prominent outcome;
closure of a long unresolved Master Purchase Agreement and substantial price increases
in the case of C-295.
Moog, East Aurora, New York 2010 to 2011
Military Aircraft Group Staff Program Manager, Lockheed Martin F-35 SDD Phase
 Worked with Moog leadership to establish program strategies in line with Product Line
objectives, extensively utilized EVMS tools, applied Program Management tools in
support of influencing outcomes, e.g., developed and managed a performance upgrade
plan for all fielded CV hardware in time to support planned test flights at Lockheed Martin.

2. Craig A. West
cwest@moog.com
Moog, Bremen, Germany 2008 to 2010
Moog Aircraft Group, A350 On-Site Customer Support
 Lived and worked in Bremen, Germany coordinating the initial post contract award of the
A350 High Lift System (HLS) with all Airbus teams to achieve timely resolution of
engineering changes and contractual updates, managed the analysis and implementation
of engineering changes affecting the A350 HLS design including their tracking, worked
with the Moog team in Torrance to determine the cost impact of engineering changes and
negotiated the commercial impact with Airbus, coordinated daily and weekly tasks with
Airbus and the Moog Torrance team, conducted weekly Drumbeat meetings with Airbus
engineering, supported and evaluated the application of new hardware and technologies,
e.g., lead the proposal phase for the A350 HLS Damper Struts and Arms, lead the
proposal phase for A320 Slat and Flap actuation package – this included coordination
with the Moog team and negotiation with the customer, obtained a working knowledge of
the German language.
Moog, Salt Lake City, Utah 2004 to 2008
Moog Aircraft Group, Boeing 787 Sr. Program Manager
 Secondary flight control program lead overseeing a $35M budget, collaborated with
Moog’s Program and Engineering leadership across all Aircraft Group facilities in
managing the 787 secondary flight control development and delivery of lab and flight test
hardware, directed a team of 25 co-located Moog colleagues grouped to enhance
communication and efficiency during development of the secondary flight controls,
worked directly with Moog Supply Chain to develop the program’s supply base.
Moog, Salt Lake, Utah 1999 to 2004
Moog Aircraft Group, Challenger 300 Program Manager
 On-site Montreal, Canada program lead for the secondary flight control Joint Definition
Phase, secondary flight control program lead overseeing a $30M NRE budget, worked
with Moog’s engineering community to develop the first complete system delivered by
Moog, collaborated with manufacturing and engineering to introduce and implement
concurrent engineering.
Raytheon Aircraft, Salt Lake City, Utah 1993 to 1999
Statistician
 Trained Operations, Quality Engineering and Inspectors, Design Engineering, and Site
Leadership in the techniques of applied statistics in the manufacturing arena, budgeted
and purchased automated software and gauging allowing for real-time data collection,
applied the techniques of Process based Statistical Process Control (SPC) to
manufacturing, favorable results: reduced tool wear, reduced scrap, and elimination of
redundant inspection.
E-Systems, Salt Lake, Utah 1990 to 1993
Associate Design Engineer
 Boeing 777 Wing Fold design and development.
EDUCATION
 BSME, University of Utah School of Engineering; Salt Lake City, Utah, 1990