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Ryan Spielman is Director of Manufacturing (Lincoln Campus – Industrial Division) at Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO. Ryan started his career in Manufacturing in 1995 in a small machine shop. In 1998 he joined Woodward Governor as a machinist. After a year he moved into the newly created CI team within Manufacturing Engineering. Through this time, he earned his Associates in Advanced Manufacturing Technology and then Bachelor’s in Management & Leadership. Ryan led various groups within ME including the newly formed Parts Manufacturing Quality team. After several major contract wins, Ryan was tasked with creating and leading a Training Development Team made up of Engineers and front-line Members from Manufacturing. Shortly thereafter he moved to headquarters into the newly created Global Operations Training Manager role.  He was able to influence and grow the company wide Operations Training programs to now have formal onboarding programs in place at all US locations. In July of 2022 Ryan moved into the newly created Director of Manufacturing role at the Lincoln Campus, a part of the Industrial COE, where he leads the Manufacturing Floor.