Jonathan Blank

Photo of Jonathan Blank External Advisory Committee Ohio State GE Aviation

 

(above) View Jon's Purpose Talk Presentation given January 7, 2019 (video of GE Aviation)
 

Jonathan is a Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) Materials and Processing Section Leader at GE Aviation, a global leader in commercial and military aircraft engines with over $30B annual revenues. He is accountable for leading the GE team to develop and execute on the CMC product and process recipes, creation of the next generation material systems and processes, and FastWorks Labs for technology and manufacturing development/maturations, industrialization and scale to meet business commitments.

Education
  • B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University (1996-2001)
  • M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University (2000-2002)
  • PhD Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University (2002-2008)

Specialties
  • Design, materials and manufacturing engineering (materials and processing engineering domain expertise)
  • Global, multi-disciplinary technical and operational leadership
  • Global organization strategy & start-up
  • Change leadership (reorganizations, strategy, process)
  • Project management; product development
  • Technology, mfg and business strategy; business dev. & IP strategy; JTDAs/ JVs dev. & execution
  • Innovation, new product dev., new technology dev., technology maturation
  • Industrialization & scale; vertical integration start-up and maturation
  • Customer, military, regulatory agency & media relations