Thomas Warda

Thomas Warda has extensive experience in manufacturing and engineering management, with a career spanning over a decade across multiple companies. At Collins Aerospace, Thomas served as a Senior Manager in Manufacturing Engineering and previously as Engineering Manager for Operations Support, focusing on productivity, quality, and customer alignment within the Power Transmission Systems Business. Prior experience includes leading operations as Production Manager at Advanced Filtration Systems Inc., overseeing a large team in a highly automated environment, and various roles at Caterpillar Inc., including Quality Supervisor and Assembly Manufacturing Engineer, where Thomas developed lean strategies and managed assembly processes. Thomas began his career as a Mechanical Engineer Co-op at LyondellBasell, gaining foundational experience in reliability engineering and production. Thomas holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has furthered education in Sustainable Design at Lunds tekniska högskola.