Catherine Boltz is the Sr. Director of Manufacturing at the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) managed by Honeywell.  Based in Kansas City, MO, Honeywell FM&T manages and operates the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City Plant under a prime contract with the U.S. Department of Energy.

In this position, Boltz leads and manages over 900 employees to ensure quality product is built and delivered to the customers on time.  She provides overall planning, direction and coordination of activities in our Operations/Manufacturing function in support of customer requirements, integrate supply chain strategies with business goals, and functions as the primary point of contact for manufacturing development prior to and during the production lifecycle of programs.  Responsible for developing strategies for work flow efficiency and accountability, meeting customer deliverables and acts as an authority over all manufacturing, quality and production.  Maintains overall business strategies to enhance customer expectations across the complex.

A 22-year veteran of Honeywell’s Aerospace business, Boltz held leadership positions in gas transfer and mechanism products, configuration management, labor standards, industrial engineering, work for others engineering, materials management, program management and manufacturing engineering.  In her previous role as Director of Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, she was responsible for directing and coordinating the activities of process characterization, process improvements and defining how to build our customer products. These entities of the business serve as the supply chain focal point for linking design definition and manufacturing fabrication.  

Boltz holds a Masters of Business Administration from Rockhurst University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Kansas State University. She currently resides in Kansas with her husband and two children.