Kelsey Blake
Kelsey Blake is a Senior Strategy Analyst at United Airlines where she focuses on optimizing maintenance of their aging fleet.
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Education
- University of Michigan, BSE Industrial and Operations Engineering, 2015
Career summary
During undergrad, Kelsey interned at four different organizations in a variety of different roles. She found that she liked process improvement and helping people to solve the problems they faced in their everyday work. After graduation, Kelsey joined United Airlines’ Industrial Engineering consulting team and worked there for a few years before transitioning into a strategy role. The operational knowledge she gained in her first full-time role helped her better understand the needs of United’s employees and customers.
Q&A
Can you reflect on your time at U-M?
I came to Michigan interested in majoring in Computer Science, but quickly learned that I was not interested in the most theoretical parts of the EECS curriculum. Once I learned what IOE was, I realized that the field was a good fit for my problem solving mindset and varied interests.
What were your favorite classes?
Human Error and Complex System Failures (IOE 434) and Optimization Methods in Healthcare (IOE 410).
What were your favorite student orgs?
The engineering sorority, Phi Sigma Rho.