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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
2023-CURRENT
ARMAG CORPORATION
Director of Quality & 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
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
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.
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