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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在多年的運營飽受爭議之後,波音公司(紐約證券交易所代碼:BA)週三宣佈聘請新的首席執行官,接替即將離任的戴夫·卡爾霍恩。
發生了什麼:在波音737 Max兩次墜毀以及機隊隨後停飛之後,波音多年來一直受到廣泛批評。在2024年發生安全事件、美國司法部對該公司提起訴訟以及兩名被貼上舉報人的前僱員死亡之後,批評聲四起。
波音的股價在過去一年中下跌了20%以上,在過去五年中下跌了40%以上。
自2020年起擔任波音首席執行官的卡爾霍恩在3月宣佈,他將在年底之前離開該公司。
據報道,波音對新任首席執行官的追捕重點是尋找公司內部和外部的候選人,然後才找到羅克韋爾·柯林斯(現爲RTX公司的子公司)前首席執行官羅伯特·克· “凱利” ·奧特伯格
誰是凱利·奧特伯格?: 奧特伯格出生於迪比克,於1982年畢業於愛荷華大學,獲得機械工程學位。
根據商業智囊團會議委員會的說法,奧特伯格的職業生涯始於羅克韋爾·柯林斯的項目經理。他在公司內部升任公司政府系統業務的首席運營官和商業系統業務的首席運營官。
然後,他成爲羅克韋爾·柯林斯的董事長、總裁兼首席執行官。聯合技術公司於2018年收購了羅克韋爾·柯林斯。奧特伯格於2018年至2020年成爲新成立的柯林斯航空航天公司的首席執行官。他於 2021 年退休。
奧特伯格帶領羅克韋爾·柯林斯完成了兩項大型收購:2013年收購ARINC和2017年收購B/E Aerospace。
波音董事會主席史蒂芬·莫倫科普格詳細闡述了奧特伯格的招聘流程。
莫倫科普夫說:“在過去的幾個月中,董事會進行了全面而廣泛的搜尋過程,以選出波音的下一任首席執行官,凱利擁有領導波音進入下一個篇章的正確技能和經驗。”“凱利是一位經驗豐富的領導者,在航空航天業深受尊敬,在建立強大的團隊和經營複雜的工程和製造公司方面享有來之不易的聲譽。”
奧特伯格在一份準備好的聲明中說:“能加入這家標誌性公司,我感到非常榮幸和榮幸。”“作爲我們行業的領導者和先驅者,波音有着悠久而豐富的歷史,我致力於與公司超過17萬名敬業的員工合作,將安全和質量放在首位,以延續這一傳統。”
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