OLI. NEWS
Engineering, MRO, and Manufacturing Executive Joins OLI Global for Executive Placement
Brian P. Olsen, former President, Component and Engineering Solutions at Aviation Technical Services (ATS), has engaged OLI GLOBAL™, a division of Washington-based OLI Communications, for executive placement services. Olsen has more than 35 years of leadership experience across an array of industries. Before joining ATS, he was the Platform President of Engineered Materials at Esterline, and President of Engineering Services at LMI Aerospace. Olsen is seeking a permanent position where he can help drive corporate goals and increase revenues.
During his tenure at ATS, Olsen instituted business practices and a unique situational business approach to address complex impacts from two historic economic pulls on the organization—the Covid pandemic and the MAX grounding—resulting in combining four previously separate facilities into one; thereby reducing overhead and increasing operational budgets.
Olsen’s distinguished career crosses several aerospace sectors and numerous focal points including aircraft maintenance management, business strategy, business process improvement, commercial aviation, contract negotiation, business development, financial modeling and analysis, Lean Manufacturing, process improvement, Six Sigma, and project planning.
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OLI Receives Platinum & Gold from MarCom Awards
MarCom Awards
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December, 2021
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OLI Communications has received two Platinum Awards and one Gold Award, as well as an Honorable Mention, in the Global Marketing Communications (MarCom) Awards. The awards are for the OLI website (olicomms.com), the Altek website (altek-inc.com), Altek Brand Refresh, and Altek video series, respectively.
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The annual MarCom Awards are judged internationally by experts in marketing communications, branding, digital media, and more.
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2021 Awardees were chosen out of more than 6000 entrants across 61 countries.
Space-themed park planned for Kent builds on regional industry ties
King5 News May 26, 2021
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By Glenn Farley, Reporter
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"We have about half of all the state’s space employment," said City of Kent Chief Economic Development Officer Bill Ellis. He said the last study the city has on space employment places 5,500 jobs just within Kent city limits, out of more than 11,000 direct space jobs in Washington state.
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The City of Kent is planning to build a playground for kids starting in early 2022, and who knows what that could inspire.
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Space-themed park planned for Kent builds on regional industry ties
Puget Sound Business Journal
By Andrew McIntosh, Reporter
An effort is underway to raise $1.25 million to develop a space-themed children's park in downtown Kent, led by the city, the Kent Downtown Partnership and aerospace advisory firm Oli Communications.
The park would provide toys and activities related to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects.
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Behind the Video | Altek Video Production
We were on site at Altek shooting for five videos for this manufacturer of high quality aerospace, medical, technology, space, and defense custom machined parts, custom injection molded parts, In Mold Electronics, painting and assembly. Here is some of our "behind the scenes" footage during the shoot. What can we say? We geek out over this stuff. And, we were met geek-out for geek-out from the Altek team, who partnered with us every step of the way. Watch for the first of the videos soon!
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WATCH BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO SHOOT
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OLI Global Expands Reach to Japan | Former Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation Executive Joins Team
OLI Global, a division of OLI Communications, today announced the addition of former Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MITAC) executive, Yosuke Takigawa, to its ranks. Takigawa will provide advisory and consultancy to aerospace companies in regional commercial airplane sales, international aerospace business management and collaboration management, and Japanese government business approaches.
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OLI Global to provide Business Development Advisory Services to Windspeed Technologies
OLI is delighted to announce that we are now providing Business Development advisory services to Windspeed Technologies!
Windspeed is an AS9100D, ISO 9001 full-spectrum aerospace engineering firm with in-depth experience providing onsite engineering services, tooling design, technical expertise, and aerospace analysis for Tier 1, 2 firms and major OEMs.
Windspeed's customers have included BLUE ORIGIN, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., B/E Aerospace (now part of Rockwell Collins), MTorres, Safran, Alaska Airlines, Garmin and numerous others.
We are excited about working with this exceptional company!
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LEARN MORE ABOUT WINDSPEED AT WINDSPEEDTECH.COM
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Opinion: Diversity is an asset when managing a large team
Puget Sound Business Journal
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By Dr. Fariba Alamdari, OLI Global
Dr. Alamdari addresses the value of embracing diversity when leading a large team.
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A Love of Aerospace
OLI Founders Highlighted in Northwest Aerospace News Magazine
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By Maddie te Winkel
When Kelly Maloney was a 20-something back in the 90s, she had a love of shoulder pads, big hair, and broadcast journalism—only one of which is still around today. And although the news is still very much “in fashion,” she didn’t end up the journalist she had dreamed of being. Instead, she took her love of communications to the marketing sector, an area where she could see the impact effective communication has on business. This prompted a lifelong career in branding and marketing, leading to her current role as owner and CEO of OLI Communications (pronounced aa·lee), a strategic marketing, branding, and operations firm based in Washington state.
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Retired Air Force General Officer Joins OLI GLOBAL
Left: Lee K. Levy,, II, retired Air Force Major General
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Retired Air Force Major General, Lee K. Levy, II, has joined OLI GLOBAL™, a division of Washington-based OLI Communications. Levy brings more than 34 years of distinguished military service as well as unparalleled global leadership experience in national and international security policy, acquisition, sustainment, logistics, global supply chains, advanced manufacturing, civil engineering, strategic planning, nuclear weapons and munitions, and military operations.
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OLI GLOBAL Expands Services, Announces Additional
Executive Partners
Left: Tim Morgan, founder and former president of TTF Aerospace joins OLI Global
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OLI GLOBAL™, a division of Washingtonbased OLI Communications, announce the addition of executives Tim Morgan and Tamas Havar to their growing consultancy division. Morgan and Havar offer an extensive range of services such as innovation road maps, product development and strategy, engineering and design, production process and disruptive technologies integration including advanced composites.
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OLI. HIGHLIGHTED IN PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL
By Andrew McIntosh – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business Journal
Nov 20, 2020, 6:24pm EST
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Former Aerospace Futures Alliance CEO Kelly Maloney has launched a new venture offering communications, government affairs services and deeper strategic consultations with executives who've helped run big aerospace companies.
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Left: Steve Haro, former chief marketing officer and vice president of global marketing and strategy for Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation is an OLI GLOBAL member.
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OLI. Communications launches new services, OLI GLOBAL, to help the aerospace industry and its businesses during the economic downturn. OLI Global brings together a team of former Boeing and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation executives who have worked on strategy, marketing and branding, research and development, engineering, employee diversity and training, as well as production, maintenance, supplier management, sales and business development.
PHASE 1 Rebranding initiative for Altek, Inc.
OLI worked in tandem with Altek’s leadership team—listening to their views; learning about their perceptions, goals, mission, and highly valued internal culture; gaining insights through commissioned studies; and hearing how much Altek valued their employees and customers. As OLI continued to engage with the Altek team, the vision for the refreshed branding started coming together.
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