WELCOME!
I help organizations grow and scale by transforming complexity into disciplined execution. With a background across engineering, business management, talent development, and military leadership, I bring an integrated approach to strategy, operations, and people development. As a lifelong learner, I focus on building resilient organizations designed to grow beyond their current limits.
C. Jason Hollan
ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
EXPERIENCE
My career has progressed from designing products to building teams, leading businesses, and helping organizations scale. Over more than 20 years, I have held increasingly senior leadership roles spanning engineering, operations, project and program management, quality, security, product development, and customer-facing operations across commercial, industrial, and defense organizations. I have led $100M+ portfolios, managed P&L operations and geographically dispersed teams, built new organizational capabilities, and developed the processes and management systems needed to translate strategy into disciplined execution.
Across these experiences, a consistent theme has been solving the organizational challenges that emerge as businesses and missions become larger and more complex. My approach combines technical understanding with business judgment, cross-functional leadership, and a focus on building scalable systems that improve execution and performance. My parallel career as a U.S. Army Reserve officer has further shaped that approach through command leadership and experience operating in complex joint, interagency, and multinational environments.
2023-CURRENT
ARMAG CORPORATION
Director of Quality & Project Management
Enterprise leader responsible for Project Management, Quality, and Security within a rapidly growing defense manufacturing organization. Leads a $100M+ portfolio of approximately 35 active mission-critical design and fabrication projects while providing enterprise-level leadership across strategic and cross-functional initiatives. Partners across engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, and business development to translate business priorities into execution, strengthen organizational discipline, and develop scalable systems and processes. Maintains executive-level relationships with key customers, prime contractors, and strategic partners while providing direct leadership to the organization's most complex and strategically important programs.
2001- CURRENT
UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE
Lieutenant Colonel
Served in progressively senior command and staff leadership positions across operational, engineering, and joint environments, leading complex organizations and mission execution in both domestic and overseas assignments. Command experience includes leadership at the Company and Battalion levels with responsibility for personnel readiness, operational planning, training execution, resource management, and organizational performance in high-accountability environments.
Directed cross-functional and combined staffs supporting joint and interagency operations, coordinating efforts across U.S. military organizations, allied partners, foreign militaries, and government agencies to achieve strategic objectives in dynamic and resource-constrained conditions. Demonstrated disciplined execution and organizational leadership in fast-paced operational environments requiring rapid decision-making, risk management, and synchronization across diverse stakeholders.
Deployed as Command Engineer for a Special Operations Task Force with responsibility for the planning and execution of mission-critical infrastructure and secure facility projects supporting sensitive operations. Served as a key liaison between U.S. forces, partner nation militaries, and interagency stakeholders to synchronize operational priorities and enable effective collaboration across multinational teams.
Additional experience includes instructing professional military education programs in Europe and Africa for U.S. and international military officers, reinforcing leadership development, strategic planning, and multinational coordination capabilities
2019 - 2023
Senior Manager of Design Engineering
2008 - 2019
LOCKHEED MARTIN
Led a multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed team of engineers and technicians supporting the design, integration of emerging technologies, and modification of complex aviation, ground, and maritime platforms for Special Operations Forces. Directed engineering resource allocation and execution across a $100M+ portfolio while overseeing organizational performance, technical effectiveness, talent development, engineering systems, and strategic improvement initiatives. Represented Engineering on cross-functional enterprise performance teams, collaborating across program management, operations, manufacturing, quality, and other functions to improve program execution and organizational performance. Led engineering leadership development and university recruiting initiatives to strengthen the organization's technical and leadership talent pipeline.
BIG ASS FANS
Engineer, Manager, Director
During 11 years with Big Ass Fans, I progressed from Design Engineer to Engineering & Operations Manager and ultimately Services Director, gaining broad leadership experience across engineering, product development, manufacturing, customer service, and field operations. I led multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams, built new organizational capabilities, launched products and business functions, and ultimately held responsibility for a $35M business with approximately 100 employees across five states.
Much of my work focused on building the teams, processes, and management systems required to support a rapidly growing organization. I established new Applications Engineering, Custom Products, and Value Engineering capabilities; helped launch products generating more than $100M in revenue; developed a custom-products capability supporting more than $25M in annual sales; and implemented improvement initiatives generating more than $1M in recurring annual savings. The experience provided a foundation in scaling technical organizations while balancing innovation, operational execution, financial performance, and customer needs.
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.
Tier 1 Automotive design - Electronic Throttle Bodies
SKILLS
Technology & Engineering Leadership
Product Strategy & New Product Introduction (NPI)
Talent acquisition & development
Operational Excellence & Process Design
Cross Functional & Stakeholder Leadership
Execution & Delivery
Organizational Scaling & Capability Development
Financial Performance & Value Creation
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