WELCOME!
I'm an innovative and seasoned technical management executive with a passion for leading cross-functional teams and helping organizations of all sizes reach their full potential. Equal parts engineer, business manager, talent developer, and military leader; I offer unique perspectives and insights that drive success and better the organizations I serve. A polymath and lifelong learner, I take great satisfaction in helping people and organizations become their best.
C. Jason Hollan
TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE
EXPERIENCE
2023-CURRENT
ARMAG CORPORATION
Director of Project Management
Leads a team of project managers with a multi-million-dollar portfolio of mission-critical facility design and fabrication projects. Provides hands-on management of our most complex projects, manages financial performance of portfolio, develops proposals for new projects, manages strategic relationships with key clients and sub-contractors, and leverages the PM function to support rapid growth and exploit opportunity. Also responsible for quality assurance and quality control throughout the product realization process.
2001- CURRENT
Lieutenant Colonel
UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE
Lieutenant Colonel – Served in a variety of staff and leadership positions throughout my career. Leadership experience includes commanding at the Company and Battalion levels as well as directing combined and joint staffs. Selected as the first Junior Officer Consultant for a policy board at the Pentagon and one of only 2% of officers to be promoted a year early to the rank of Major. Overseas experience includes serving as a Command Engineer for a Special Operations Task Force with responsibility for portfolio management of mission-critical projects and serving as a liaison to foreign militaries and various US agencies. Have also taught professional military education courses in Europe and Africa to US and International Military Students
2019 - 2023
Senior Manager of Design Engineering
2008 - 2019
LOCKHEED MARTIN
Lead a multi-disciplinary, remote/hybrid team of engineers and technicians supporting design, new technology integration, and modifications to a variety of aviation, ground, and maritime platforms. Responsibilities included resource allocation, program performance, staff development, engineering tools development and integration, strategic improvement activities, and design efficacy. Served as Engineering liaison to cross-functional groups on enterprise-level performance management teams. Managed the Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) and oversaw intern and university recruiting efforts.
BIG ASS FANS
Manager of Engineering & Operations
Lead a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, technical writers, project managers, and installation technicians. Responsible for all aspects of new product development including testing, certification, manufacturing engineering, and documentation. As Services Director, managed our customer service and product installation departments. Responsibilities included profit/loss for product installation business, customer success, and subcontractor management. Managed combined budgets of $7.5MM with annual revenue of $35MM and a staff of 100 in 5 states.
EDUCATION
US Army War College
Master's of Strategic Studies
North Carolina State University
Master's of Mechanical Engineering
University of Kentucky
Bachelor's of Mechanical Engineering & Psychology
US Army Command & General Staff College
Diploma - Leadership Studies
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Graduate Certificate - Engineering Management
Full Stack Academy
Certificate in Cyber Security
PORTFOLIO
Product Design
As the lead Design Engineer and Engineering Manager at Big Ass Fans, I designed and developed a number of our best-selling industrial products while scaling our engineering team and processes to support a fast-growing, entrepreneurial company.
Process Development & Optimization
Mission Critical Facility Design & Construction
Engineering Change Management
New Product Introduction (NPI)
Project Managment Office (PMO) establishment
Quality Control/Assurance
International Partner & Strategic Engagement
Design and project management of mission-critical facilities such as Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, EMP protected structures, Joint Operations Centers, and data centers.
Professional Military Education (PME) instruction and strategic engagement with European & African partners.
SKILLS
Engineering Team Development & Management
New Product Introduction (NPI) Management
Talent acquisition & development
Process Development
Cross Functional Leadership
Project Management (PMP)
Product Development
3D CAD (Solidworks)
Rapid Prototyping
Financial Performance
AWARDS
Publications
Disaster Planning in the Age of Pandemics - Proceedings of the 2021 IISE Annual Conference · May 25, 2021Proceedings of the 2021 IISE Annual Conference · May 25, 2021