After years of operations marred in controversy, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) announced the hire of a new chief executive on Wednesday, replacing the outgoing Dave Calhoun.
What Happened: Boeing has faced years of widespread criticism following two crashes of its 737 Max and the fleet's subsequent grounding. The cacophony of criticism multiplied following safety incidents in 2024, a lawsuit against the company by the U.S. Department of Justice and the deaths of two former employees labeled whistleblowers.
Shares of Boeing are trading down over 20% in the past year and over 40% in the last five years.
Calhoun, the CEO of Boeing since 2020, announced in March that he would leave the company by year's end.
Boeing's pursuit of its new CEO reportedly focused its search of candidates both inside and outside of the company before landing on Robert K. "Kelly" Ortberg, the former CEO of Rockwell Collins (now a subsidiary of RTX Corp.)
Who Is Kelly Ortberg?: A Dubuque native, Ortberg graduated from the University of Iowa in 1982 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
According to business think-tank The Conference Board, Ortberg began his career as a program manager at Rockwell Collins. He ascended within the company to become the chief operating officer of the company's Government Systems business and chief operating officer of its Commercial Systems business.
He then became chairman, president and CEO of Rockwell Collins. United Technologies acquired Rockwell Collins in 2018. Ortberg became CEO of the newly minted Collins Aerospace from 2018 to 2020. He retired in 2021.
Ortberg led Rockwell Collins through two large acquisitions: the purchase of ARINC in 2013 and B/E Aerospace in 2017.
Steven Mollenkopg, chair of Boeing's board, elaborated on the hiring process that landed on Ortberg.
"The Board conducted a thorough and extensive search process over the last several months to select the next CEO of Boeing and Kelly has the right skills and experience to lead Boeing in its next chapter," Mollenkopf said. "Kelly is an experienced leader who is deeply respected in the aerospace industry, with a well-earned reputation for building strong teams and running complex engineering and manufacturing companies."
"I'm extremely honored and humbled to join this iconic company," Ortberg said in a prepared statement. "Boeing has a tremendous and rich history as a leader and pioneer in our industry, and I'm committed to working together with the more than 170,000 dedicated employees of the company to continue that tradition, with safety and quality at the forefront."
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在多年的运营饱受争议之后,波音公司(纽约证券交易所代码:BA)周三宣布聘请新的首席执行官,接替即将离任的戴夫·卡尔霍恩。
发生了什么:在波音737 Max两次坠毁以及机队随后停飞之后,波音多年来一直受到广泛批评。在2024年发生安全事件、美国司法部对该公司提起诉讼以及两名被贴上举报人的前雇员死亡之后,批评声四起。
波音的股价在过去一年中下跌了20%以上,在过去五年中下跌了40%以上。
自2020年起担任波音首席执行官的卡尔霍恩在3月宣布,他将在年底之前离开该公司。
据报道,波音对新任首席执行官的追捕重点是寻找公司内部和外部的候选人,然后才找到罗克韦尔·柯林斯(现为RTX公司的子公司)前首席执行官罗伯特·克· “凯利” ·奥特伯格
谁是凯利·奥特伯格?: 奥特伯格出生于迪比克,于1982年毕业于爱荷华大学,获得机械工程学位。
根据商业智囊团会议委员会的说法,奥特伯格的职业生涯始于罗克韦尔·柯林斯的项目经理。他在公司内部升任公司政府系统业务的首席运营官和商业系统业务的首席运营官。
然后,他成为罗克韦尔·柯林斯的董事长、总裁兼首席执行官。联合技术公司于2018年收购了罗克韦尔·柯林斯。奥特伯格于2018年至2020年成为新成立的柯林斯航空航天公司的首席执行官。他于 2021 年退休。
奥特伯格带领罗克韦尔·柯林斯完成了两项大型收购:2013年收购ARINC和2017年收购B/E Aerospace。
波音董事会主席史蒂芬·莫伦科普格详细阐述了奥特伯格的招聘流程。
莫伦科普夫说:“在过去的几个月中,董事会进行了全面而广泛的搜寻过程,以选出波音的下一任首席执行官,凯利拥有领导波音进入下一个篇章的正确技能和经验。”“凯利是一位经验丰富的领导者,在航空航天业深受尊敬,在建立强大的团队和经营复杂的工程和制造公司方面享有来之不易的声誉。”
奥特伯格在一份准备好的声明中说:“能加入这家标志性公司,我感到非常荣幸和荣幸。”“作为我们行业的领导者和先驱者,波音有着悠久而丰富的历史,我致力于与公司超过17万名敬业的员工合作,将安全和质量放在首位,以延续这一传统。”
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