Mr. James Crean is an aerospace & defense innovator with a passion for advanced space systems development, strengthening the defense supply chains, and implementing smart factory technology and methods in the US.
Mr. Crean worked at Hughes Space & Communications and Boeing as a satellite systems engineer and program manager developing systems including DirecTV, NASA TRDSS, and other advanced commercial and government communications and weather satellites. He created and led the Lean Six Sigma group for Boeing Satellite Systems.
In 2002 Mr. Crean founded Crean & Associates which accelerates solutions to complex engineering, production, and supply chain challenges. The Crean organization is a nationally recognized team of over 600 aerospace & defense engineering & manufacturing experts who help develop and deliver clients’ solutions from the depths of the oceans to the furthest reaches of the solar system. Additionally, Crean’s real-time, AI-enabled VIA Production Accelerator and Smart Factory Operating System (SFOS)™ automate factory optimization and provide Visibility, Insight & Acceleration to maximize the efficiency of production of complex high-mix systems.
Mr. Crean has an MS in Aerospace Engineering from USC, an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science from UC Berkeley. He is married with 3 children.