Jerry Smithwick Jr
Franchise Owner - North Mid Cities at Kidokinetics- Claim this Profile
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James (Jas) Kirkwood
I have worked with Jerry over the past 10 years at Bell. When we met, he was a member of the Material Review Board and was responsible for the disposition of non-conforming parts. He was always thorough and fair with his assessment and disposition. When he moved to a Supplier Manager position, he became our go-to person for questions regarding castings and forgings. As fate would have it, Jerry and I ended up on the same team executing projects to transition parts to new suppliers. Jerry was very skilled at putting together the transition plan with the new suppliers and tracking the plan to ensure the new supplier delivered quality parts on time. He was also instrumental in developing a data analysis tool to help determine costs or savings when moving parts to a new supplier. Jerry has built a well-rounded career taking his engineering background and applying it to project management. He is a good team member, always there to help, and I enjoyed working with him.
James Popiolek
As a strategic sourcing professional, one of my core focuses is evaluating feasibility of sources for strategic long term agreements. Jerry’s knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, and aerospace was absolutely critical in helping me find sources and ultimately execute many long term contracts in the Bell organization. Jerry and I also worked together to build a process between strategic sourcing and engineering to better evaluate sources for agreements. Jerry helped to align expectations between the two groups, build a more efficient process, and improve the integrity of data shared within it. His contributions to defining a complex process, executing a very technical workflow, and ultimately socializing the improvement cannot be understated. Jerry has a passion for improvement, innovation, and most importantly building the people around him. Any team that has Jerry on it has an incredible asset, both from a technical and personal standpoint. Jerry is an incredible engineer and an even better friend to all that have the pleasure of knowing him.
James (Jas) Kirkwood
I have worked with Jerry over the past 10 years at Bell. When we met, he was a member of the Material Review Board and was responsible for the disposition of non-conforming parts. He was always thorough and fair with his assessment and disposition. When he moved to a Supplier Manager position, he became our go-to person for questions regarding castings and forgings. As fate would have it, Jerry and I ended up on the same team executing projects to transition parts to new suppliers. Jerry was very skilled at putting together the transition plan with the new suppliers and tracking the plan to ensure the new supplier delivered quality parts on time. He was also instrumental in developing a data analysis tool to help determine costs or savings when moving parts to a new supplier. Jerry has built a well-rounded career taking his engineering background and applying it to project management. He is a good team member, always there to help, and I enjoyed working with him.
James Popiolek
As a strategic sourcing professional, one of my core focuses is evaluating feasibility of sources for strategic long term agreements. Jerry’s knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, and aerospace was absolutely critical in helping me find sources and ultimately execute many long term contracts in the Bell organization. Jerry and I also worked together to build a process between strategic sourcing and engineering to better evaluate sources for agreements. Jerry helped to align expectations between the two groups, build a more efficient process, and improve the integrity of data shared within it. His contributions to defining a complex process, executing a very technical workflow, and ultimately socializing the improvement cannot be understated. Jerry has a passion for improvement, innovation, and most importantly building the people around him. Any team that has Jerry on it has an incredible asset, both from a technical and personal standpoint. Jerry is an incredible engineer and an even better friend to all that have the pleasure of knowing him.
James (Jas) Kirkwood
I have worked with Jerry over the past 10 years at Bell. When we met, he was a member of the Material Review Board and was responsible for the disposition of non-conforming parts. He was always thorough and fair with his assessment and disposition. When he moved to a Supplier Manager position, he became our go-to person for questions regarding castings and forgings. As fate would have it, Jerry and I ended up on the same team executing projects to transition parts to new suppliers. Jerry was very skilled at putting together the transition plan with the new suppliers and tracking the plan to ensure the new supplier delivered quality parts on time. He was also instrumental in developing a data analysis tool to help determine costs or savings when moving parts to a new supplier. Jerry has built a well-rounded career taking his engineering background and applying it to project management. He is a good team member, always there to help, and I enjoyed working with him.
James Popiolek
As a strategic sourcing professional, one of my core focuses is evaluating feasibility of sources for strategic long term agreements. Jerry’s knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, and aerospace was absolutely critical in helping me find sources and ultimately execute many long term contracts in the Bell organization. Jerry and I also worked together to build a process between strategic sourcing and engineering to better evaluate sources for agreements. Jerry helped to align expectations between the two groups, build a more efficient process, and improve the integrity of data shared within it. His contributions to defining a complex process, executing a very technical workflow, and ultimately socializing the improvement cannot be understated. Jerry has a passion for improvement, innovation, and most importantly building the people around him. Any team that has Jerry on it has an incredible asset, both from a technical and personal standpoint. Jerry is an incredible engineer and an even better friend to all that have the pleasure of knowing him.
James (Jas) Kirkwood
I have worked with Jerry over the past 10 years at Bell. When we met, he was a member of the Material Review Board and was responsible for the disposition of non-conforming parts. He was always thorough and fair with his assessment and disposition. When he moved to a Supplier Manager position, he became our go-to person for questions regarding castings and forgings. As fate would have it, Jerry and I ended up on the same team executing projects to transition parts to new suppliers. Jerry was very skilled at putting together the transition plan with the new suppliers and tracking the plan to ensure the new supplier delivered quality parts on time. He was also instrumental in developing a data analysis tool to help determine costs or savings when moving parts to a new supplier. Jerry has built a well-rounded career taking his engineering background and applying it to project management. He is a good team member, always there to help, and I enjoyed working with him.
James Popiolek
As a strategic sourcing professional, one of my core focuses is evaluating feasibility of sources for strategic long term agreements. Jerry’s knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, and aerospace was absolutely critical in helping me find sources and ultimately execute many long term contracts in the Bell organization. Jerry and I also worked together to build a process between strategic sourcing and engineering to better evaluate sources for agreements. Jerry helped to align expectations between the two groups, build a more efficient process, and improve the integrity of data shared within it. His contributions to defining a complex process, executing a very technical workflow, and ultimately socializing the improvement cannot be understated. Jerry has a passion for improvement, innovation, and most importantly building the people around him. Any team that has Jerry on it has an incredible asset, both from a technical and personal standpoint. Jerry is an incredible engineer and an even better friend to all that have the pleasure of knowing him.
Credentials
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Material Review Board - Engineering
Bell HelicopterJul, 2006- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Kidokinetics
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Spectator Sports
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1 - 100 Employee
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Franchise Owner - North Mid Cities
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Oct 2022 - Present
Kidokinetics is a sports and fitness program for children, where we bring our coaches, equipment, and curriculum to you – at your preschool, daycare facility, school, recreation community center, local park, backyard or private event. Our programs introduce children to over 20 different sports and activities, teaching them the foundational skills with a new sport/fitness activity every class. ✓ Helps kids discover new sports and physical activities that they may not have otherwise had the opportunity to experience. Plus, they get to see what they like best! ✓ Develops fine and gross motor skills while building coordination, balance and confidence ✓ Allows children who do not enjoy competitive sports to participate in sports and physical activities without having to worry about competition. It also gives children who do participate in competitive sports the opportunity to practice and develop their skills, and enhance their fitness and coordination ✓ Teaches ball skills and other physical exercises. It enables them to be competent at the basics of over 20 different sports. During the Kidokinetics class, children will learn a new anatomy/physiology fact in which we focus on muscles, heart, and lungs as they relate to exercise. Our coaches teach classes of children separated in groups by age: Babykinetics ages 6 months-18 months (set up as a mommy/daddy and me class) Kidokinetics Jr ages 1-3 year olds (parent also present, can be involved if desired) Kidokinetics ages 3-5 years old Sportskinetics ages 6-9, 9-12 years old
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Bell Flight
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Management Specialist
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Oct 2017 - Present
- Evaluates and executes major aircraft part transitions from supplier to supplier o Evaluation consists of business case study analysis in compliance with all Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisitions Regulations (DFAR) requirements and marrying those up with Engineering requirements o Execution consists of the creation and execution of a transition plan to ensure compliance to the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) schedule and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) o Projects consist of multi-disciplinary teams including Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Quality o Reduced the time required to perform a transitions analysis from three days to thirty minutes by using material characteristics to automate calculations- For all Mexico-based suppliers o Recruits and leads the certification and evaluation process with suppliers o Tracks On-Time-Delivery (OTD), Quality and Cost Metrics and performs RCCA with the suppliers as required o Serves as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all assigned suppliers
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Supplier Manager - Castings and Forgings
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Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Manager responsible for evaluation of suppliers, strategic transitions between suppliers, negotiations assistance and facilitating the resolution of issues that challenge delivery and quality. This position required expertise in sand castings, investment castings, forgings, 3D wax printing, additive manufacturing, machining, metallurgy, digital inspections and non-destructive inspections.
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Tech Lead, H-1 Liaison Engineering (Engineer III)
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Jul 2013 - Oct 2016
Track the state of Material Review Board (MRB) activity across the enterprise for the H1 program in order to ensure proper flow of parts to the production line and to prevent sudden line stoppages due to MRB backlogs on the production line itself.Serve as a technical expert to both Bell personnel and to Bell suppliers for MRB and corrective action related activity. Coordinate and monitor the training of MRB Liaison Engineers at approved vendors in order to ensure quality standards are maintained.Review and provide repair dispositions for all H1 Airframe supplier discrepancies.Review and provide repair dispositions for discrepancies created at local Bell production facilities.Review and provide repair dispositions on customer assets (mostly military) at the Bell Repair and Overhaul Center as required.Perform Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations in order to prevent defect recurrences as well as minimize the cost of rework. Coordinate repairs and corrective actions with customer (DCMA).Provide support on an as needed basis to other programs within the Bell Enterprise.Perform structural analysis using the classical hand-calculation methods in order to substantiate repairs.
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Expatriate Liaison Engineer (Engineering Specialist)
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Jun 2010 - Jul 2013
Part of the original team sent to set up and support a new facility in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico by the name of Textron International Mexico (TIM) which is now critical part of the Bell Helicopter Enterprise.Trained and led a team of eight Liaison Engineers in order to support the rapidly growing production line. This including documenting all training activity in anticipation of their eventual certification and placement on the Material Review Board (MRB) at Bell Helicopter Canada.Served as the primary point of contact for all engineering related issues and questions.Involved in the implementation of many innovative ideas, which included a specialized repair team of expert mechanics, an establishment of a standard checklist for inspection and a skills checklist for individual operators.
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Sr. Engineer (Design Engineer)
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Jul 2005 - Jun 2010
Wrote many design changes in support of various Bell Aircraft in order to solve manufacturing problems improve producibility, or realize cost savings.H-1 Airframe Group-Resident expert for CR (Change Request), EWA (Engineering Work Order), and PCA (Product Change Authorization) writing-Served as mentor for several new engineers-Directed workflow, supervised and trained airframe design engineering staff maintaining a master tasks list and coordinating with various other disciplines.-Group Lead for the CR and PCA effort-Utilized Unigraphix NX5 with Teamcenter to perform this workNew Medium Product Design Team-Was part of a 4-person airframe design team on a clean sheet helicopter design program-Performed 75% of the Airframe modeling during conceptual design-Worked many trade studies including floor panels, side-panels, landing gear, doors, nose, among many others.-Took into account the latest FAA and EASA regulations while designing.-Took into account multiple missions in the design of the aircraft including Search and Rescue, OGP, Law Enforcement, among others-Became very familiar with competition aircraft in the design of the aircraft.-Researched and became familiarized with the latest manufacturing materials, techniques and capabilities in the industry.-Utilized CATIA V4 and later CATIA V5 on this program.Legacy Airframe Group-Performed parts list conversions from mylar-based to computer-based. -Participated in an effort to update all legacy drawings to the latest standards including hardware and process specsV-22 Nacelle Structures (July 2005 - Feb 2006)-Worked with a variety of groups to come up with CRI (Cost Reduction Initiative) ideas for Nacelle improvement/cost reduction on the V-22 program.-Utilized CATIA V4
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KONE
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Finland
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Mechanical Engineer II
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May 2003 - Jul 2005
Worked as an Elevator Designer specializing in highly customized special order designs. These include some very well-known projects such as Miami International Airport and Trump Tower, Chicago. Worked as an Elevator Designer specializing in highly customized special order designs. These include some very well-known projects such as Miami International Airport and Trump Tower, Chicago.
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ACR Engineering
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Harlingen, Tx
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Mechanical Engineer
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Aug 2002 - Dec 2002
Performed HVAC analysis and design on large commercial buildings. Performed HVAC analysis and design on large commercial buildings.
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United Space Alliance
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Staff 1
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Aug 2000 - Aug 2002
Contracted to NASA to provide real-time troubleshooting of the Space Shuttle and Space Station Robotics Systems (Served as a NASA Flight Controller) Wrote procedures to be performed by the NASA astronauts in flight. Wrote software requirements for the tools used by other NASA flight controllers for the purpose of viewing telemetry coming down from the space station. Contracted to NASA to provide real-time troubleshooting of the Space Shuttle and Space Station Robotics Systems (Served as a NASA Flight Controller) Wrote procedures to be performed by the NASA astronauts in flight. Wrote software requirements for the tools used by other NASA flight controllers for the purpose of viewing telemetry coming down from the space station.
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Education
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2014 - 2016
Southern Methodist University
Master’s Degree, Manufacturing Systems Management -
2006 - 2007
The University of Kansas
Aerospace Short Courses -
1997 - 2000
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering -
1996 - 1997
Del Mar College
None, Mechanical Engineering
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