The Engineer
Cody Springman
Industrial engineer, data analyst, process optimizer, Boilermaker, and Glen's brother-in-law.
The Engineer
Cody Springman is the kind of person who looks at a process and immediately sees the waste. Not in a critical way — in an engineering way. He sees where time is being lost, where steps could be combined, where a 45-minute task is really a 5-minute task buried under 40 minutes of inefficiency. And then he fixes it.
He's been at UnitedHealth Group since February 2014. That's over 12 years at the same company. In a world where people jump ship every two years chasing titles and raises, Cody stayed and built. He went deep. He evolved from an industrial engineer into a data analyst and business process analyst — not because the title changed, but because the work demanded it and he was capable of growing into it.
That kind of loyalty and sustained impact is rare. It says something about the person. Cody doesn't chase noise. He does the work.
12+ Years
UnitedHealth Group
Where data accuracy meets real-world impact
Here's what engineers actually do — they make things work better. Not in theory. In practice. With measurable results that show up in the numbers.
Cody designed provider workflows that drove $5 million in annual productivity savings across clinical operations. He built automated time-tracking tools that cut setup time by 75%. He took a daily reporting process that ate 45 minutes every morning and automated it down to 5 minutes. That's not incremental improvement — that's a fundamental reimagining of how the work gets done.
On the data side, he maintained accuracy for 20,000+ employees' payout information, designed RDL reports, and built SQL tables, stored procedures, and import packages that integrate 50+ data sources. He partnered directly with business directors to define KPIs and deliver the reporting infrastructure to track them.
He also implemented productivity structures across the Military and Veterans contract — real operational work that affects real people. When you're building systems that track and improve how healthcare gets delivered to veterans, the stakes are high and the margin for error is small.
$5M
Annual productivity savings
75%
Reduction in setup time
45 → 5 min
Daily report automation
50+
Integrated data sources
The Purdue Boilermaker
BS in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University (2008–2012)
Cody went to Purdue for Industrial Engineering — and if you know anything about Purdue, you know that's the real deal. Purdue engineers are known for being practical, hands-on problem solvers. They don't just study theory. They build things. They optimize things. They measure, test, and iterate until the process works.
I also went to Purdue. Cody and I overlapped on campus from 2008 to 2009 — before he became my brother-in-law, he was a fellow Boilermaker. There's a bond that comes from walking the same campus, eating at the same dining halls, freezing through the same Indiana winters. Purdue is a blue-collar engineering school at heart, and it produces people who know how to do the work.
While at Purdue, Cody was involved in the Purdue Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Purdue Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Those aren't resume fillers — they're the organizations where IE students go to connect classroom learning to real-world application. Human factors and ergonomics is about designing systems that work for actual humans, not theoretical ones. That mindset shows up in everything Cody has done since.
Purdue IE at a Glance
Degree
BS, Industrial Engineering
2008 – 2012
Organizations
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Top Skills
AutoCAD, SQL, Excel
Statistical Data Analysis
Process Assessment
From the Shop Floor to the Server Room
Mill, lathe, TIG welder → SQL, RDL reports, automated pipelines
Cody's career arc tells a story about what modern engineering actually looks like. He started in the summer of 2009 as an intern at South Bend Water Works, where he was literally manufacturing parts on a mill and lathe, doing TIG welding, and running quality assurance on fire hydrants. Hands on metal. Sparks flying. The kind of work where you go home with grease under your fingernails.
From there he moved to Follett's Book Store at Purdue as a Customer Research Assistant, then to Valeo as a VPS Engineer doing process improvement, time studies, and factory floor layouts. He was still in the physical world — walking production lines, measuring cycle times, optimizing the flow of materials and people through a manufacturing plant.
Then he moved to UnitedHealth Group and the work shifted. The same engineering mindset that optimized factory floors now builds SQL tables, stored procedures, and automated reporting pipelines. The same person who once manufactured parts on a lathe now integrates 50+ data sources into unified reporting systems. The tools changed. The thinking didn't.
That progression — from the shop floor to the server room — is what makes Cody's background compelling. He understands physical systems and digital systems. He can think in metal and in data. Most people live in one world or the other. Cody has built a career that bridges both.
2009
South Bend Water Works
Intern. Mill, lathe, TIG welding, fire hydrant QA.
2011 – 2012
Follett's Book Store
Customer Research Assistant at Purdue.
2013 – 2014
Valeo
VPS Engineer. Process improvement, time studies, layouts.
2014 – Present
UnitedHealth Group
Business Process Analyst. SQL, automation, $5M in savings.
The Family
Cody married my sister Julie — Julie Springman, CPA. She's the one who keeps the books balanced while Cody keeps the processes optimized. They're in Indiana. I'm in Miami. But we're all Bradford and Springman family, and that means something.
Cody and I share the Indiana roots and the Purdue connection. We were both on campus at the same time in 2008–2009, though we didn't know each other then. Life has a way of bringing people together through the people you love. He married my sister, and I got a brother-in-law who actually understands what a stored procedure is. That's not nothing.
What I respect most about Cody is the steadiness. Twelve years at the same company, consistently delivering results, consistently growing his skills. No flash. No drama. Just an engineer who shows up, does exceptional work, and goes home to his family. That's the kind of person you want in your corner — and in your family.
Optimize the Process
Cody turns 45-minute reports into 5-minute reports and saves $5M a year. Can you optimize the workflow before the deadline hits?
Dungeon Optimizer
958 hours of Dungeon Defenders meets 12 years of process optimization. Place towers. Defend the pipeline. Eliminate inefficiency.
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