It Takes the Whole Shop

About the Author

David Kirubi

David began at General Electric in 2000 as a summer intern on GE Power Systems' Sourcing Quality team in Schenectady, New York — responsible for control flowdowns from contract language down to the supplier floor. Three years later, he started full-time on the Operations Management Leadership Program (OMLP) at GE Aviation in Evendale, Ohio. One of his rotations was the Global Quality Leader for GE Engine Services, rolling out a quality management system across every GE engine repair and overhaul shop in the network. Another was second shift supervisor on Military & Industrial assembly — 33 union assemblers, shipping engines to defense, industrial, and international customers. The United States Navy was one of those customers.

Over more than two decades since, David has built, implemented, and sustained management systems across the defense and industrial sectors — quality systems, operational systems, and compliance programs designed into people, processes, and technology so the organization maintains its posture long after the implementation team moves on. Today he is a CyberAB Registered Practitioner and the founder of Meridian Industrial Partners, a qualified capacity advisory firm serving the Defense Industrial Base.

He wrote this book because the defense supply chain already knows how to protect information. Someone needed to tell them.