Kevin Wright

Current

Senior Vice President, Strategy, Sales and Marketing at Meggitt Control Systems

Past

Group VP, Customer Satisfaction at Crane Aerospace and Electronics
Group VP Product Development at Crane Aerospace
VP Group Development at Crane Aerospace

VP Aerospace and Government Solutions at SITA
VP Group Marketing at Crane Aerospace
Director, Engineering at Hydro-Aire
Director, Sales and Marketing at Hydro-Aire
Regional Business Manager at Vickers
Program Manager at Lucas Aerospace
Customer Technical Manager at Lucas Aerospace
Project Engineer - Flight Test at Lucas Aerospace
Various Engineering Positions at Lucas Aerospace

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)
University of Nottingham

William Parker School

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Recommended

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500+ connections

Industry

Aviation & Aerospace

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Kevin Wright’s Summary

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● Aerospace Executive, systems, software, electronics
● Network infrastructure and deployment
● Private WAN, wireless, security, resilience
● Global sales, marketing, branding, multimedia/advertising
● Business and Product Development
● Program and Project Management
● Strategy, M&A, Innovation
● Talent acquisition and development

Aerospace industry recognized executive with 28+ years of broad management and leadership experience from electronics design to multi-technology systems development; program management to product support. Developed and ran global sales, marketing and business development teams for sales in excess of $450M.

Electronics Engineering background with lead roles in design and management of embedded software control systems for jet engine management and flight controls; airframe systems integration and flight test; ATE development and qualfication testing.

Focused on building cohesive teams, identifying, promoting and developing talent and managing organizational change. Talent spotter, networker and recruiter of A level talent.

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OPEN networker and group manager - Invites Welcome.

Member SAE International
Member IEEE
Member IET
Member MAPI
Member AIAA
Member GAMA
Member AIA
Member AIPMM
Member Moon Society

Kevin Wright’s Specialties:

M&A, technology development, embedded systems, organization re-engineering, business development, brand management and communications, Advertising and multimedia, strategic planning, global sales and marketing, aftermarket and MRO, talent acquisition, development and mentoring, public speaking and presentations.

Kevin Wright’s Experience

Senior Vice President, Strategy, Sales and Marketing

Meggitt Control Systems

(Public Company; MGGT; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Senior VP for Strategy Sales and Marketing of a $400 million aerospace group for Meggitt PLC, a UK company. Responsible for strategy, sales, marketing and all customer facing activity of nine companies in Europe and the US.
Group VP, Customer Satisfaction

Crane Aerospace and Electronics

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CR; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

February 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Customer relationship management from initial sales and marketing to customer service and support. Including Voice of the Customer, Mergers and Acquisitions,Strategic Planning and Marketing Communications for the aerospace group. Managed sales growth greater than industry benchmark. Sales > $400M. 100 reports.
Group VP Product Development

Crane Aerospace

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CR; Defense & Space industry)

April 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 11 months)

Responsible for the business and product development including program management for Crane Aerospace Landing, Cabin and Fluid Solutions. Sales for these solution groups exceeded $300M. 250 reports.
VP Group Development

Crane Aerospace

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CR; Defense & Space industry)

November 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for the Strategic Growth of the Crane Aerospace Group. This includes Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology New Ventures, organic growth through Strategic Growth Teams and overall Strategic Planning. Reports directly to the President of Crane Aerospace Group and serves as a member of the Aerospace Group Leadership Team.
VP Aerospace and Government Solutions

SITA

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 11 months)

Responsible for establishing and developing a global aerospace sector team. Developing relationships with key customers and driving growth. Exceeded all targets for growth and contract retention and establishing new emerging products for the defense and border security markets.
VP Group Marketing

Crane Aerospace

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CR; Defense & Space industry)

May 1998 — January 2001 (2 years 9 months)

Integrated the presence of 4 seperate companies into one cohesive brand. Developed brand awareness, communications planning internal sales campaign. Responsible for the global sales team.
Director, Engineering

Hydro-Aire

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CR; Defense & Space industry)

March 1997 — May 1998 (1 year 3 months)

Product development responsibility for the companies aircraft brake control products. Including software, hardware and hydromechanical systems. 100 man engineering team. Global leader in brake control with 80% flying fleet.
Director, Sales and Marketing

Hydro-Aire

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CR; Defense & Space industry)

January 1996 — March 1997 (1 year 3 months)

Re-engineered the global sales team. Introduced the concept of Regional Business Management with end-to-end responsibility. Responsible for global sales in excess of $100M.
Regional Business Manager

Vickers

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

January 1993 — January 1996 (3 years 1 month)

Wide-body and freighter cargo systems for Boeing.
Locally managed existing development programs Cowrote
Strategic Plans for two Vickers divisions
Significantly enhanced Vickers relationships across a
broad customer base Orchestrated Vickers involvement
in Business Plan Alignment at Boeing
Program Manager

Lucas Aerospace

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GR; Defense & Space industry)

January 1992 — January 1993 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for activity on MD-12 program teamed with
Vickers for the braking/steering system.

Group manager of the ExLucas employees group:
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Customer Technical Manager

Lucas Aerospace

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GR; Defense & Space industry)

January 1990 — January 1992 (2 years 1 month)

Represented Lucas interests in North America, and onsite
presence at Boeing
Project Engineer - Flight Test

Lucas Aerospace

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GR; Defense & Space industry)

May 1988 — January 1990 (1 year 9 months)

Successfully completed flight tests and entry into service
for 747-400 and 767-300ER airplanes with Lucas FADEC
systems Initiated, staffed, equipped and maintained full
support office on-site at Boeing Trained Qantas and
Cathay Pacific personnel at their facilities
Various Engineering Positions

Lucas Aerospace

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GR; Defense & Space industry)

September 1979 — May 1988 (8 years 9 months)

Lead various project teams during FADEC development
activity on commercial and classified military programs. Sponsored through University degree program.

Kevin Wright’s Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

Technology Strategy 2005 — 2005
Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)

Leadership Development Program (LDP) 2005 — 2005
University of Nottingham

BS (Honors) , Electrical and Electronics Engineering , 1980 — 1983

Group manager of the University of Nottingham Alumni group:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/38887/07E60A68384D
William Parker School

1973 — 1979