Executive Director, Fan and Compression Section Quality
Pratt & Whitney – United Technologies, Inc.
400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06118
Dele Awofala provides leadership for Pratt & Whitney’s fans, cases, shafts, composites, integrated blade rotors and compressor airfoils (cold section) quality organization, responsible for leading the quality strategy and improvement initiatives across internal shops and suppliers to meet customer expectation on critically important Next Generation Product Family (NGPF) and F135 engines, along with all legacy programs. He is responsible for driving quality system and processes to meet AS9100 and other aerospace industry requirements. He is also responsible for partnering with engineering, operations and procurement organizations to launch new programs using our Integrated Product Development process and drive on-time delivery, cost reduction and quality of production parts.
Dr. Awofala has over 25 years of experience in automotive and aerospace industry. He started his career as a manufacturing engineer in 1996 at Fiat Chrysler Automotive company in Michigan. He had assumed various leadership roles in program management, manufacturing operations and quality engineering during his years at Fiat Chrysler prior to joining Pratt & Whitney. He is a certified black belt and member of ASQ and Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
He earned an executive MBA from Michigan State University, a doctoral and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from Wayne State University in Michigan and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is married with three children and lives in Hartford area in Connecticut.