Alexis Wade

Background

About Alexis Wade

I am a full-time Senior Industrial Engineer for Wisk Aero. I graduated with my master’s degree from ASU in Industrial Engineering in May 2021. I have a Green Belt in Lean/Six Sigma and my passions include simulation, statistics, and lean manufacturing.I have five previous internships with Raytheon Technologies in the Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer role. In these internships, I have led process improvement projects (capacity analyses, value stream maps (VSMs), CAD layouts) and managed multiple product lines (developing/maintaining work instructions (WKI), creating/interpreting simulations, etc.). My master’s thesis utilized machine learning techniques in Python to create models that predicted the likelihood of freshmen student retention. I was awarded third place at the 2020 IISE Western Regional Conference's technical paper competition for my research. In 2021, I supported Northrop Grumman as a Plant Simulation SME and aided in the development of a simulation platform - making manufacturing simulation accessible to IEs of all backgrounds. Among my interests are understanding lean design and manufacturing, statistical machine learning, and developing a balance between social and technical skills. In my free time, I volunteer at Lost Our Home animal shelter in Tempe, AZ, and with Keep Nature Wild to keep the Arizona wild clean.