Matt Muehleisen

Vice President Network Operations Planning

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Matt Muehleisen is Vice President Network Operations Planning at Southwest Airlines, where he is responsible for coordinating operational planning for Southwest prior to day of departure and oversees support for Network Operations Control (NOC) through Technology Product Planning, Engineering, and Strategy. His Teams help deliver and support increased operational resiliency and overall operational planning, while also building the next generation roadmap for the NOC.

Matt joined Southwest in 2001 in the Schedule & Network Planning Organization after spending some time at both United Airlines and Flexjet. His previous roles at Southwest include Future & Current Schedules, Schedule Design, Optimization, Operations Planning, and Network Initiatives. Matt is a change Leader who led the Network Initiatives Team within Network Planning as they worked to develop and implement industry-leading Network Planning software in partnership with Amadeus. 

Matt graduated from the Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's degree in aviation management.  He holds a Commercial Pilot Rating. Matt is married to Windy and they are the proud parents of four amazing girls—Riley, Sydney, Reagan, and Campbell. In his spare time, Matt enjoys spending time with his family and taking the girls to all their activities. As a family, the Muehleisens also enjoy traveling and spending weekends in Oklahoma.