"Purdue University provided me a differentiated experience and set of skills that contributed to a successful early career as an aerospace engineer and now a successful mid-career as a business president over a large aerospace enterprise. My experience at Purdue was shaped by a world-class educational curriculum, outstanding faculty and facilities, and a wide variety of extracurricular activities to round out my educational and social skills.”
Stevan Slijepcevic is a senior executive at Honeywell Aerospace. As President of Electronic Solutions, he is responsible for running a $5-billion business unit that provides safety critical avionics equipment and software for air transport, business aviation, defense and space.
Slijepcevic runs a global business with 10 major manufacturing facilities and more than 6,000 engineers, customer and program managers, and sales and marketing professionals.
Since joining Honeywell in 1995 as a finite element stress analyst, Slijepcevic has held a wide range of positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, program management, sales and marketing, customer support and general management.
Before assuming his current role, Slijepcevic served as the president of Mechanical Systems & Components, a $3-billion business unit that provides mechanical components and systems for air transport, business aviation, defense and space. As part of that role, he also served as the board of directors chair for National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC.
Slijepcevic also has served as chief commercial officer for Honeywell Aerospace, as well as Vice President/ General Manager of several customer and product business units across the organization, including Navigation & Sensors, Mechanical Components and the Embraer Customer Business Unit.
Slijepcevic holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University.
Class of 2020 OAE feature series: Stevan Slijepcevic