Omar Benitez

Omar Benitez is an experienced manufacturing engineering supervisor at Curtiss-Wright Corporation, where responsibilities include leading a manufacturing engineering team and driving process improvements through a solid background in design engineering. Prior roles include design engineer, focusing on electromagnetic solenoids and hydraulic systems, and manufacturing engineer at Whitcraft Group, where Lean practices were applied to enhance aerospace product lines. Omar's expertise in finite element analysis (FEA) was further developed as a project engineer at QuEST Global, supporting aerospace production at Honeywell. Early contributions at Arizona State University involved Lean production research, culminating in published work and recognition at an engineering symposium. Omar holds a Bachelor's of Science and Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University.