Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 27, 1999
ALAN MULALLY is President of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, a
position to which he was named in September 1998. He is responsible for
all of the company's commercial airplane programs and related services,
with sales of more than $35 billion in 1998. Prior to this assignment,
Mr. Mulally was president of Boeing Information, Space & Defense
Systems, a position he held since August 1997. He had been named a
senior vice President of The Boeing Company in February 1997.
Previously, Mr. Mulally was senior vice president of Boeing Information,
Space & Defense Systems, a position he held since August 1997. He was
responsible for all airplane development activities, flight test
operations, and certification and government technical liaison.
Earlier, Mr. Mulally served as vice president of Engineering and as vice
president and general manager of the 777 program. He joined Boeing in
1969 and progressed through a number of significant engineering and
program management assignments, including contributions on the 727,
737,747,757, and 767 airplanes. In 1978, Boeing named Mr. Mulally as
Engineering Employee of the Year and the National Society of
Professional Engineers chose him as Industry Engineer of the Year. The
Seattle, Chamber of Commerce selected him for its Leadership Tomorrow
Program in 1984. In 1985, the Puget Sound Business Journal honored him
as one of the 25 business leaders for the 1990s. Mr. Mulally was honored
with the 1986 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts Technical
Management Award and Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine's
'Laurels' recognition. In 1994, he received the University of Kansas
Engineering School's Distinguished Engineering Service Award and was
elected a Fellow of England's Royal Aeronautical Society. In 1995, Mr.
Mulally was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics and recognized by the Boy Scouts of America for his
leadership. He was honored by Aviation Week and Space Technology
magazine with its 'Laurels 1995' recognition for leading the development
of the Boeing 777 airplane. In 1996, Design News magazine honored him
with its Engineer of the Year award and the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics recognized him with its prestigious Reed
Aeronautics award for a 'lifetime of achievement in commercial
aviation.' On May 9, 1996, he accepted the National Aeronautical
Association Robert J. Collier trophy on behalf of the 777 team for the
'greatest achievement in aeronautics and Astronautics for 1995.' In
February 1997, Mr. Mulally was elected to the United States National
Academy of Engineering and selected as Aviation Week and Space
Technology's Aerospace Laureate for 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Science
and Master of Science degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a 1982
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. Mr. Mulally serves on the advisory boards of
NASA, the University of Washington, the University of Kansas, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the U.S. Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board. Mulally also serves on the board of the Telesesic
Corporation. Profile
activities ' those kinds of things?
Mr. Mulally: Boeing is of course a leading aerospace provider of
products and
