CHICAGO, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company
(NYSE: BA) today named Stan Deal to
succeed Kevin McAllister as
president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Ted Colbert to succeed Deal as president and CEO
of Boeing Global Services, effective immediately. Vishwa
Uddanwadiker is appointed to Colbert's former role as interim chief
information officer and senior vice president of Information
Technology & Data Analytics.
"Our entire Boeing team is focused on operational excellence,
aligned with our values of safety, quality and integrity, and we're
committed to delivering on our commitments and regaining trust with
our regulators, customers and other stakeholders," Boeing President
and CEO Dennis Muilenburg said.
"Stan brings extensive operational experience at Commercial
Airplanes and trusted relationships with our airline customers and
industry partners; and Ted brings to our Global Services business
an enterprise approach to customers and strong digital business
expertise—a key component of our long-term growth plans."
"We're grateful to Kevin for his dedicated and tireless service
to Boeing, its customers and its communities during a challenging
time, and for his commitment to support this transition," said
Muilenburg. "We also thank Vishwa for stepping up to this important
role."
"The Boeing board fully supports these leadership moves," said
Boeing Chairman David Calhoun.
"Boeing will emerge stronger than ever from its current challenges
and the changes we're making throughout Boeing will benefit the
flying public well into the future."
"Boeing is a great company with a commitment to safety I have
seen firsthand working side-by-side with many thousands of
tremendously talented and dedicated employees," said McAllister.
"It has been an honor to serve with such a professional team for
the past three years."
Stan Deal Biography
Stan Deal joined Boeing in 1986, and
is executive vice president of Boeing and president and CEO of
Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Prior to this role, Deal was president
and chief executive officer of Boeing Global Services. He is a
member of Boeing's Executive Council. Deal led Boeing Global
Services from its establishment in November
2016 as a third business unit of the company, bringing
together services capabilities that span the defense, space and
commercial sectors. Prior to leading Boeing Global Services, Deal
had held a number of essential leadership positions at Boeing
Commercial Airplanes, including running its supply chain and
serving as sales leader for the Asia-Pacific region.
Ted Colbert Biography
Ted Colbert joined Boeing in 2009
and is executive vice president of Boeing, a member of the Boeing
Executive Council, and president and CEO of Boeing Global Services.
In his prior role he served as chief information officer (CIO) and
senior vice president of Information Technology & Data
Analytics. In this role, he oversaw all aspects of information
technology, information security, data and analytics. He also
supported the growth of Boeing's business through IT- and
analytics-related revenue generating programs.
Prior to his role as CIO, he led the company's Information
Technology Infrastructure organization where he was responsible for
developing and maintaining network, computing, server, storage,
collaboration and infrastructure solutions across the enterprise.
Before that, he led the IT Business Systems organization where he
managed the computing application systems that support Boeing
Finance, Human Resources, Corporate and Commercial Capital Business
Units, as well as the company's internal systems.
Vishwa Uddanwadiker Biography
Vishwa Uddanwadiker is interim chief information officer and senior
vice president of Information Technology & Data Analytics. He
was most recently the vice president of Information Technology for
Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In this role, he was responsible for
partnering with the BCA leadership team and implementing the
business unit's Digital Transformation strategy.
Previously, he was the Boeing IT director for Manufacturing
& Quality Systems, which included manufacturing execution
systems, factory automation systems and quality systems. Before
joining Boeing, Uddanwadiker worked at Honeywell India where he
held numerous leadership roles within the IT application
development and support business unit and led large teams working
on complex integration projects.
Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading
provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security
systems, and global services. As the top U.S. exporter, the company
supports commercial and government customers in more than 150
countries. Boeing employs more than 150,000 people worldwide and
leverages the talents of a global supplier base. Building on a
legacy of aerospace leadership, Boeing continues to lead in
technology and innovation, deliver for its customers and invest in
its people and future growth.
Contact
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queries to media@boeing.com or 312-544-2002.
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