Director, Aerospace Operations
Matthew Wilson recently joined PSM's leadership team as the Director of Aerospace Operations, overseeing PSM's Aerospace and Aviation division. A native of the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Matt graduated from Barrington High School before attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from West Point and served as an Army Aviation Officer on active duty and with the National Guard from 1987 to 1993. During his military career, Matt piloted UH-1H Huey and OH-58 Kiowa helicopters, logging over 1,000 flight hours and achieving the rank of Captain (O-3) while commanding an Attack Helicopter Company. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Marist College.
Matt began his civilian career as an Operations Supervisor for the Federal Mogul Corporation in Greenville, Michigan. There, he played a pivotal role in converting the 600-person facility from "batch processing" to "Just-in-Time" manufacturing by implementing waste elimination strategies, set-up reduction, and visual shop floor controls.
After Federal Mogul, Matt took an operational role at Chromalloy Research and Technology in Orangeburg, NY, a 200,000 square foot FAR Part 145 repair station specializing in hot gas path engine manual and DER repairs for airlines and engine leasing companies. The facility also provided machining and coating support for major OEM turbine engine manufacturers.
Over his30+ years at Chromalloy Gas Turbine, Matt held various engineering and operational roles, including Engineering Manager, Plant Manager, and over a decade as General Manager with full profit and loss responsibility. He worked extensively on military, commercial aviation, and industrial gas turbine engines throughout their product life cycles, from new manufacture through repair development and eventual phase-out.
During his tenure at Chromalloy, Matt was instrumental in establishing hot gas path component repair cells, from concept development to equipment procurement, staff hiring and training, process qualification, and serial production. He also lived in Europe as an expatriate, managing a major OEM facility responsible for both new manufacturing and hot gas path component repairs.
Additionally, Matt served as the Director of Aerospace New Product Introduction (NPI),overseeing 123 projects across 12 sites on three continents, generating substantial annual revenue. These projects spanned new part capability FAA DER repairs, salvage operations, and yield improvements. Matt also contributed as a project manager on an industrial gas turbine upgrade project in Asia, achieving significant power increases (>6%) and heat rate reductions (>2.0%) for a50 Hz launch power plant.