Career path of a Project Management Specialist at Boeing
James's career path showcases a strategic progression from early inventory and procurement roles in high school, through six internships across diverse sectors (medical, automotive, HVAC, and aviation), culminating in a full-time industrial engineering position at an aerospace company. After six and a half years in industrial engineering, "most recently before coming to Boeing," James transitioned into project management, demonstrating a clear trajectory toward their current Project Management Specialist III role.
Internships, Aviation, Project Management, Industrial Engineering, Career Path
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James Moody
Project Management Specialist III
Boeing
Purdue University, 2014
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Industrial, Supply Chain Management
Aerospace, Aviation & Defense
Operations and Project Management
Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. James pursued six internships in various fields, including medical, automotive, HVAC, and aviation, which helped him transition into an aerospace engineering career.
2. His industrial management degree provided a blend of business and engineering knowledge, relevant to his engineering roles.
3. His career progression shows a transition from industrial engineering to project management within the aerospace industry, demonstrating career growth opportunities in the field.
Transcript
Could you walk me through your career path, starting with your experiences and college? Any internships or jobs you had before your current role?
You actually had six internships, which is quite a few. You started in high school, working in inventory and procurement for a medical company that makes insulin.
You moved from there into automotive, and then into HVAC systems. Those were the first three internships. The last three were in aviation, first in engines. The first one was in engines, and the last two were on commercial airplanes. That's how you got into the aviation field from your internships.
Once you finished your six internships, you graduated and went to an aerospace company full-time. Your degree was in industrial management, which is half business and half engineering. Because most of your internships were in the engineering space, that's kind of what you transitioned to once you graduated and went full-time.
You were in industrial engineering for about six and a half years, mainly on the commercial aerospace side, the things that we fly on, and then a little bit on the fighter jet side. After industrial engineering for six and a half years, most recently before coming to Anderson, you were in a project management role for the satellite division.
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