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Chief Operations Officer at Big Ass Fans
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Experience
- Big Ass FansVice President of Operations & Engineeringcurrent2022 — presentLexington, Kentucky, United States
- Emerson Automation SolutionsDirector Of Operations2021 — 2022Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Emerson Automation SolutionsVice President of Operations, Americas2018 — 2021Greater Lexington Area
- Emerson Automation SolutionsDirector Of Manufacturing2018Lexington, Kentucky Area
- ZeliosPlant Manager - Consultant2018Lexington, KY
- The Outdoor GroupDirector of Manufacturing - South2015 — 2018Lexington, Kentucky Area
- Schneider ElectricEngineering Manager2015Greater Lexington Area
- Schneider ElectricAssembly Plant Manufacturing Manager2013 — 2015lexington, kentucky area
- Schneider ElectricFabrication Manufacturing Manager2004 — 2012Greater Lexington Area
- Schneider ElectricSenior Quality Engineer1998 — 2004Greater Lexington Area
- BullardQuality Engineer1996 — 1998
Skills & more
Leadership23Change Management10Manufacturing41Sheet Metal Components4Sheet Metal9Lean Manufacturing26Materials6Metal Fabrication4Value Stream Mapping9Stamping7Quality Control6Six Sigma12
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Injection MoldingManufacturing Operations Management5SKaizenDMAICProcess ImprovementManufacturing EngineeringContinuous ImprovementLanguages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brian Hilander?
- Chief Operations Officer at Big Ass Fans
- Where does Brian Hilander work?
- Brian Hilander is Chief Operations Officer at Big Ass Fans.
- Where did Brian Hilander go to school?
- Brian Hilander studied at Morehead State University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Technology).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Big Ass Fans14
Carey SmithFounding Contrarian at Unorthodox VenturesLewis KilongoPrincipal at Unorthodox VenturesBrian SmithInvestor at Unorthodox VenturesDavid BanksInvestor at Unorthodox VenturesGavin HolidayInvestor at Unorthodox VenturesTristan SmithInvestor at Unorthodox Ventures
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Also worked at Emerson Automation Solutions33
Jim NyquistAdvisor at ChrysalixShashank SabesanPrincipal at Tanglin Venture PartnersIdan LevyPrincipal at Watertower Ventures Management, LlcAchint AgarwalFund Manager at Big Red VenturesJean TroupinBusiness Data Manager at Meusinvest (Noshaq)TJ ChungInvestor at Tensility Venture Partners
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Also worked at Schneider Electric87
Tony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalChristofer FloresSoftware Engineer at Struck CapitalBetsy AtkinsAdvisor at Colle Capital PartnersBasmat Al-Sabbah FareedAssociate at Sawari VenturesWang ChenyuSenior Manager at SGInnovateFrançois ValenconyChief Business Officer at GENERAL INCEPTION
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