{"id":12300,"date":"2019-03-16T02:03:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T02:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2019-03-16T02:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T02:03:52","slug":"cadence-aerospace-names-nick-guerra-as-companys-chief-technology-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/california\/cadence-aerospace-names-nick-guerra-as-companys-chief-technology-officer\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Cadence Aerospace Names Nick Guerra as Company\u2019s Chief Technology Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cadence Aerospace, a provider of highly complex aerospace\ncomponents and assemblies to commercial and defense customers, has named Nick\nGuerra as the Company\u2019s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With Centers of\nExcellence based in the U.S. and Mexico, Cadence Aerospace serves the world’s\nleading manufacturers of aircraft, aerostructures, aeroequipment and other\ndefense platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting to Thomas C. Hutton, Chief Executive Officer of\nCadence Aerospace, Mr. Guerra will be responsible for developing and\nimplementing transformational technologies that will enable step change\nimprovements in productivity, quality and process standardization. As a member\nof the Cadence Executive Leadership Team, he also will work to develop a\ntechnology vision as well as support recruiting of technical talent across the\norganization. In his new role, Nick will play an important part in the Cadence\nAerospace capital equipment planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Guerra brings 20 years of experience to his new position\nas Cadence Aerospace CTO. He most recently served Perfekta Inc., the Cadence\nCenter of Excellence in Wichita, Kansas that specializes in multi-axis\nmachining of complex aerostructures, complex machined forgings, hard metals and\nstructural assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am thrilled to welcome Nick to a new role at Cadence\nAerospace. Through his technical leadership, hard work and dedication, the\nPerfekta operation has evolved and cultivated deeply entrenched working\nrelationships with key customers through quality improvement, design for\nmanufacturability, and cost reduction projects\u2014specifically on new aircraft\ndevelopment programs,\u201d said Mr. Hutton. \u201cNick\u2019s deep knowledge and expertise in\ncomplex aerostructures machining will serve Cadence well as we work to harness\nknowledge of existing and emerging technology, infusing our business strategy\nwith the best solutions possible for continued growth, profitability and the\nsuccess of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Guerra joined Perfekta Inc. in 1999 and held a number of\npositions of increasing responsibility during his tenure with the organization.\nFrom entry level roles in machining and numerical control programming, he\nworked his way into leadership positions in engineering, operations management,\nand business development and was instrumental in developing the vision and\ntransformation of Perfekta from a small machined parts and sheet metal supplier\nto a world-class complex structural machining and assembly operation. Most\nrecently, as Vice President, Engineering and Manufacturing Technology, Mr.\nGuerra led the development of Perfekta\u2019s strategic manufacturing capabilities,\nnew product introductions, engineering disciplines, and technical business\ndevelopment. He also championed and led the implementation of Perfekta\u2019s\nProduct Lifecycle Management system (Dassault Systems), which enabled\naccelerated growth through the leverage of intellectual property reuse and\nstandardization of engineering processes. Further, Mr. Guerra led the design\nand implementation of all lean manufacturing cells across the organization, an\ninitiative which contributed to Perfekta\u2019s ability to achieve world-class\nperformance in profitability, throughput, inventory turns, quality performance\nand growth scalability. He served as a Perfekta Board of Directors member from\n2011-2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Guerra studied Manufacturing Engineering at Kansas State\nUniversity during 1995-1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cadence Aerospace, a provider of highly complex aerospace components and assemblies to commercial and defense customers, has named Nick Guerra as the Company\u2019s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With Centers of Excellence based in the U.S. and Mexico, Cadence Aerospace serves the world’s leading manufacturers of aircraft, aerostructures, aeroequipment and other defense platforms. Reporting to Thomas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12303,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions\/12303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}