Eddie Hodges

Eddie Hodges has a diverse work experience spanning over 27 years. Eddie began their career in the US Navy as a Dental Technician from February 1994 to September 1996. Eddie then moved into the private sector and joined Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. in 1998. There, they served as an Accuracy Control Manager, overseeing dimensional control efforts in multiple gulf coast shipyards until 2010.

In 2010, Eddie transitioned to NOVACES, where they worked as a Continuous Process Improvement Consultant and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Consultant. Eddie facilitated and mentored military personnel to acquire Black Belt Certification through the DoD AIRSpeed Initiative, focusing on flight readiness improvements by reducing maintenance and repair time.

Eddie then joined Rexnord in 2011 as a Quality Manager until October 2012, before moving on to National Oilwell Varco in 2013. At National Oilwell Varco, they initially served as a Project Manager before being promoted to Operations Manager in April 2015. In this role, Eddie provided management and direction for the design and project management of oil & gas process equipment fabrication until March 2017.

From March 2017 to February 2018, Eddie worked at Metal Shark Boats as a Senior Project Manager, overseeing projects in the marine industry. In 2018, they joined Praeses as a Project Manager, later transitioning into the roles of Program Manager and Associate Director PMO, where they currently spearhead various projects and oversees the program management office.

Eddie Hodges' education history is as follows:

Eddie obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Jack Welch Management Institute, studying from 2020 to 2023. Prior to that, Eddie earned the certification of Certified Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt from Air Academy Associates, although the exact dates are unknown.

In 2009 to 2010, Eddie attended the University of Phoenix and achieved a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Management. Before that, Eddie completed an Associate of Science (A.S.) degree in Business Administration and Management, General from the University of Phoenix, studying from 2008 to 2009.

Eddie's high school education took place at L.W. Higgins High School from 1989 to 1993, although no specific degree or field of study is provided.

Additionally, Eddie Hodges has obtained several certifications, including:

- Programming Foundations: Beyond the Fundamentals from LinkedIn in July 2022.

- Learning GitLab from LinkedIn in June 2022.

- Learning Microsoft Project from LinkedIn in June 2022.

- Programming Foundations: Fundamentals from LinkedIn in June 2022.

- SharePoint Online Essential Training: Beyond the Basics from LinkedIn in June 2022.

- SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics from LinkedIn in May 2022.

- Graduate Certificate in Leadership from the Jack Welch Management Institute in December 2021.

- Working on a Scrum Team from Mountain Goat Software in August 2021.

- Advanced Branding from LinkedIn in January 2021.

- Agile Foundations from LinkedIn in December 2020.

- Agile at Work: Building Your Agile Team from LinkedIn in December 2020.

- Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings from LinkedIn in December 2020.

- Scrum Master Training from StackSkills in December 2020.

- Power BI: Dashboards for Beginners from LinkedIn in October 2020.

- Body Language for Leaders from LinkedIn in July 2017.

- Accounting Foundations: Fundamentals from LinkedIn in May 2017.

- Leadership Foundations from LinkedIn in April 2017.

- Microsoft Project 2016 Essential Training from LinkedIn in April 2017.

- Operations Management Foundations from LinkedIn in April 2017.

These certifications cover a range of topics such as programming, project management, leadership, agile methodologies, and more.