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| | Paul RUSSELL | | VP of the newly-created Space business area | | Northrop Grumman |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation ( has appointed Paul K. Russell Vice President of the newly-created Space business area within the company's Navigation Systems Division, effective immediately.
In his new position, Russell will be responsible for overall leadership of the division's inertial measurement unit programs and products for space applications, including Northrop Grumman's industry-leading Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU™).
Russell joined Northrop Grumman in 2005 as director of the company's Azusa, Calif., site where he was responsible for oversight of all functional activities and facilities. He has an extensive executive management background in systems engineering, space technology and product management. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Russell was director of systems engineering for Space Systems/Loral, with responsibility for leading the systems engineering development of commercial satellite systems and supporting a variety of fixed and direct broadcast applications. Most recently, he served as vice president of engineering and manufacturing for the western region of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector.
Russell earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Willamette University and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Russell currently serves on the Santa Clara University Industrial Advisory Board. | | Date of publication: 2010/03/11 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
 | | Angelo QUABBA | | Chief Financial Officer | | SR Technics |
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Angelo Quabba has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of SR Technics and a Member of the Group’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT).
Quabba took up the post on 1 March, succeeding former CFO James Stewart – who became CEO on 1 February – and to whom Quabba reports directly.
Quabba joined SR Technics in July 2007 as head of aircraft services–controlling. On 1 December 2008, he was appointed head of division–controlling components and since October 2009 he has been senior vice-president–commercial controlling.
Quabba has extensive expertise and experience in the fields of finance and controlling. Before joining SR Technics he was CFO in the customer business centre at Honeywell Analytics in Uster, near Zurich.
He holds a BSc degree in economics and business administration, majoring in finance and controlling from HWV Zürich, and a higher business diploma from the Zurich Management Training Institute. | | Date of publication: 2010/03/09 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Brian BARRETT | | Aerospace Group VP Aftermarket Services | | Crane |
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Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., has announced the promotion of Brian Barrett as Vice President, Aftermarket Services for the Aerospace Group.
In this role, Barrett is responsible for leading efforts to improve customer service levels and for strategically growing Crane’s worldwide spares and Repair and Overhaul (R&O) business. He is also responsible for the Aerospace Group’s global product support organization. Barrett is located in Burbank, California.
Prior to being appointed Vice President, Aftermarket Services, Barrett held the position of Director of Repair and Overhaul Services for Crane Aerospace & Electronics. Before joining Crane, he spent nine years with the Triumph Group, most recently in the role of Division President for the Valencia, California site of Triumph Actuation Systems. In this role, Barrett was also responsible for the FAA repair station. Prior to working with Triumph, Barrett was the Director of Aftermarket Services Business Development for Curtiss Wright Flight Controls and before that he served as the Director of Aftermarket for Menasco Landing Gear Overhaul Division. Barrett holds an FAA private pilot’s license and senior parachute rigger’s license. | | Date of publication: 2010/03/04 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Elizabeth D. IVERSEN | | VP and GM Navigation Systems Division | | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has appointed Elizabeth D. Iversen sector vice president and general manager of its Navigation Systems Division, effective today.
In her new position, Iversen will have executive responsibility for all Navigation Systems Division business areas, programs and operations at company facilities in Woodland Hills, Calif.; Salt Lake City; Freiberg, Germany; and Pomezia, Italy.
Northrop Grumman's Navigation Systems Division designs and develops situational-awareness products and integrated avionics for international and domestic defense and commercial markets, navigation and positioning systems and sensors for space and high-value platforms, navigation-grade and tactical-grade inertial systems, fiber-optic gyro systems designed to customer requirements, underwater fiber-optic sensors, identification friend-or-foe interrogators, cockpit displays and computers, and logistics support products and services.
Iversen joined the company in 2005 as sector vice president of mission assurance for Northrop Grumman's Baltimore-based Electronic Systems sector. She has over 25 years of leadership experience with commercial and defense companies including Johnson & Johnson, GE, Gateway Computer, TRW and Hughes Aircraft Company. She brings expertise in operations management, supply change management, quality and reliability assurance, customer service, and lean six sigma implementation. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, she served as vice president of worldwide process excellence for Johnson & Johnson.
Iversen earned her bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, business management and industrial psychology from Iowa State University. She has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University and a number of executive development programs, including the Women's Executive Leadership Program at Smith-Tuck, the Human Resources Executive Development Program at Cornell University, and the Global Strategic Management Program at Harvard University.
Iversen currently leads the Northrop Grumman Corporate Quality Council and serves as the executive sponsor for the Electronic Systems sector's Women's Initiative. | | Date of publication: 2010/03/02 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | James MYERS | | VP Mission Assurance at Electronic Systems | | Northrop Grumman |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has appointed James M. Myers sector vice president of mission assurance for the company's Electronic Systems sector, effective today.
In his new position, Myers will have executive responsibility for the program management functional organization and development and implementation of all mission assurance programs and processes across the sector, including quality assurance, design assurance, risk and opportunity management, independent reviews and assessments, and such process-improvement initiatives as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.
Myers joined the company in 1997 at the former TRW Space & Electronics where he served as vice president of business development and, subsequently, vice president of strategic development with responsibility for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and portfolio and intellectual asset management. In 2003, he was named vice president of satellite communications and later served as vice president of payloads and sensors at Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector. For the past three years, Myers served as sector vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Navigation Systems Division.
Myers earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, a master's degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Stanford University, and a master's degree in business administration from the Anderson School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles.
He is a member of the board of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation, a nationwide enrichment, club and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement though grassroots involvement.
| | Date of publication: 2010/03/02 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Mark DRINKWATER | | Director Mission Science Division | | ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands |
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Mark Drinkwater, a British national, trained as a geophysicist and performed early pioneering research in the use of altimeter measurements over polar ice.
He currently heads the Mission Science Division at ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands. The division is tasked with supplying scientific and technical support to the preparation, approval and development of ESA’s Earth observation missions, including the series of scientific Earth Explorers and the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Sentinels.
Mark obtained a BSc from the University of Durham and a PhD in Geophysics from the University of Cambridge in the UK | | Date of publication: 2010/03/01 | | Category: Other | | Update your profile | |
| | Dennis MILLER | | NEW GENERAL MANAGER | | CHROMALLOY |
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Chromalloy announced today that aerospace industry veteran Dennis Miller will lead the company’s Midwest City, Okla., gas turbine engine maintenance and service center.
“Dennis brings many years of engine manufacturing, service and operational expertise to Chromalloy,” said Mike Beffel, Vice President, Operations. “His leadership in the industry serving both the commercial and military aircraft segments will help grow this business, and his operational expertise will take the facility to new levels of performance and efficiency.”
Most recently, Dennis was Vice President and General Manager at Smiths Group, PLC, a diversified global manufacturer of aerospace systems and other technologies. He led the Smiths Tubular Systems unit, a global aircraft engine services business, including development of new Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) certifications and Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for aircraft engines.
He earlier worked at Teledyne Technologies, a global provider of information technology systems and services for defense, space, environmental and nuclear applications, where he was a senior manager in the company’s Turbine Engines division.
He earlier was Director of Engineering & Overhaul Operations at Gentz Industries, a provider of overhaul and repairs for aerospace components. Prior to that, Dennis worked for many years at GE Aircraft Engines as a Program Manager and Manufacturing & Quality Engineer. He began his career as an Engineer at Goodyear Tire & Rubber.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering technology from the University of Akron and an MBA from Xavier University. Miller has conducted training programs in Six Sigma, LEAN and other continuous improvement methodologies.
He succeeds Connie Van Fleet who retired last year. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/25 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Eric WILSON | | Vice President of Human Resources | | Crane Aerospace & Electronics |
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Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co. has announced the appointment of Eric Wilson as Vice President of Human Resources for the Aerospace Group, based in its Burbank, California location. Wilson will also be responsible for the human resource organizations in Crane’s Elyria, Ohio and Lynnwood, Wash. locations.
Wilson is transferring to Crane Aerospace & Electronics from the Crane Composites business segment where he has been Vice President, Human Resources since 2007. Prior to joining Crane, he began his career with United Parcel Service and has held increasingly progressive positions at Graphcom, Inc., General Signal Corporation, FedEx and the Penske Truck Leasing division of GE.
Wilson has broad Human Resources experience, including the areas of staffing, compliance, employee relations and compensation. He received his bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management at Shippensburg University and his master’s degree in Human Resources Administration from Temple University. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/25 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Kent STATLER | | executive VP and COO, Commercial Systems | | Rockwell Collins |
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Kent Statler, 44, previously executive vice president, Rockwell Collins Services, has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer, Commercial Systems.
Statler has served in numerous leadership roles throughout his career at Rockwell Collins, including vice president of Manufacturing Operations, vice president of Lean Electronics, and vice president of Maintenance Operations for Rockwell Collins Services. Under his leadership, Maintenance Operations was recognized as a company Lean Electronics leader. Statler joined Rockwell Collins in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility.
A native of Waverly, Iowa, Statler earned his bachelor's degree in manufacturing management and economics from the University of Northern Iowa. He earned his master of business administration degree from The University of Iowa.
Statler is a member of the Lean Aerospace Initiative Executive Committee, a trustee for Big Brothers Big Sisters, and is a youth advisor at the Hillside Wesleyan Church. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/22 | | Category: | | Update your profile | |
| | Robert K. (Kelly) ORTBERG | | executive VP and COO, Government Systems | | Rockwell Collins |
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Robert K. (Kelly) Ortberg has been named executive Vice President and chief operating officer, Government Systems.
Ortberg joined the company in 1987 and has held various management positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president and general manager of Communications Systems, director of Data Links and manager of International Marketing for the company's Government Systems business.
A native of Dubuque, Iowa, Ortberg earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Iowa.
Ortberg serves on the board of directors for Rockwell Collins Good Government Committee, The University of Iowa Engineering Advisory Board, Bucyrus International, Inc., and the board of directors for the Hawkeye Area Council of the Boys Scouts of America. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/22 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Gregory S. CHURCHILL | | executive VP, International and Service Solutions | | Rockwell Collins |
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Gregory (Greg) S. Churchill has been named executive vice president officer of Rockwell Collins International and Service Solutions.
Churchill, who is a 30-year employee of Rockwell Collins, had been vice president and general manager of Business and Regional Systems since June 2001. Churchill held several business development and program management positions before being named vice president of Business Development for Government Systems in February 2000.
A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Churchill earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial administration from Iowa State University.
Churchill is a member of the following organizations: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Airlift Tanker Association, Army Aviation Association of America, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, American Helicopter Society, Association of the U.S. Army, Navy League and the National Defense Industrial Association.
Churchill is also a member of the Engineering College Industrial Advisory Council for Iowa State University and serves on the board of directors for the Cedar Rapids Baseball Club. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/22 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Tom VICE | | Vice President, Aerospace Systems sector | | Northrop Grumman |
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Vice joined Northrop Grumman in 1986 as an engineer on the B-2 stealth bomber program. He earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California and has completed several advanced management programs, including the advanced program management course from the Defense Systems Management College and the Corporate Strategy Management Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/19 | | Category: Other | | Update your profile | |
| | Gloria A. FLACH | | Corporate VP and Pres, Enterprise Shared Services | | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today that its board of directors has elected Gloria A. Flach to the position of corporate vice president and president of Enterprise Shared Services organization, effective March 1, 2010. Flach will report directly to Wes Bush, chief executive officer and president and will serve on the company's Corporate Policy Council.
Flach will lead a newly consolidated Enterprise Shared Services organization. This consolidation is as an important element of the company's move to improve its operating and financial performance, bringing together a variety of service and support functions in one organization.
A 28-year veteran of Northrop Grumman, Flach has held a number of positions with increasing technical and management responsibility. She most recently served as vice president and general manager, Targeting Systems Division in the company's Electronic Systems sector. In 2004, she was appointed vice president and chief information officer for Electronic Systems. Previously, she was responsible for engineering, manufacturing and logistics across Electronic Systems.
Flach earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and a master's degree in business administration from Loyola University in Maryland and was inducted into Loyola's Computer Science Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions in the field. She also has completed the Executive Marketing Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the General Manager's Program at Harvard University. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/19 | | Category: | | Update your profile | |
 | | Pilar ALBIAC MURILLO | | Head of Quality and Lean Improvement | | Airbus |
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Pilar Albiac Murillo will succeed Didier Lux as Head of Quality and Lean Improvement. Prior to her arrival at Airbus in January 2008 as Head of Lean Manufacturing Deployment, Pilar has held numerous senior positions in large international manufacturing organisations. These include General Motors, where, among her numerous accomplishments, she oversaw the implementation of Lean Manufacture and Six-Sigma principles.
Pilar holds a Masters Degree in Science of Administration from the Central Michigan University. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/18 | | Category: | | Update your profile | |
| | Didier LUX | | Executive Vice President Customer Services | | Airbus |
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Didier Lux has been appointed as Executive Vice President (EVP) Customer Services and will take up this position on 1st April 2010. Lux is currently EVP Quality and will succeed Charles Champion who has recently been chosen as EVP Engineering.
Didier Lux joined Airbus in 2004 as Head of Quality, and in September 2005 he was appointed EVP Quality. Lux began his career as a Flight Test Engineer at the French DGAC before joining Air Inter (the French domestic airline) where he held different positions in operations and maintenance. After the Air France/Air Inter merger he became Vice President Maintenance of Air France. In 2003 and until mid 2004 he worked for the French Railway Operator SNCF as Deputy Vice President Engineering and Maintenance.
Didier Lux, 55, is married with two children. He is a graduate of the French “Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile”.
| | Date of publication: 2010/02/18 | | Category: | | Update your profile | |
| | Klaus KÖBLE | | Prime Project Manager | | Astrium |
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In his role as Astrium Prime Project Manager, Klaus Köble has been leading these efforts for the past three years.
Klaus Köble, a German national, joined Astrium Friedrichshafen (DORNIER Satellite Systems at that time) in 1988. He gained several years of experience in design and assembly of Earth observation satellites and instruments.
Before moving to the CryoSat team, he worked for 10 years at Astrium as a System Engineer, Assembly, Integration and Testing Manager and Launch Manager in national and international space projects. Klaus joined the Astrium CryoSat team three years ago to take up the position of Astrium Prime Project Manager.
He received a Master degree in Engineering from FH Aalen (Germany) in 1988. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/18 | | Category: Other | | Update your profile | |
| | Duncan WINGHAM | | Lead Investigator | | CryoSat |
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Duncan Wingham, a British national, is Professor of Climate Physics at University College London (UCL) where he is Head of the Department of Earth Sciences. He was the first Director of the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) of the UK National Environmental Council (NERC). He is also Chairman of NERC Science, Innovation and Strategy Board (SISB).
Prof. Wingham was educated at Leeds and Bath Universities, UK, where he gained his BSc and PhD in Physics. His particular expertise is in studying the flow and mass exchange of Earth’s ice sheets through the use of ultra-precise measurements from Earth observation satellites. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/17 | | Category: Other | | Update your profile | |
| | Satish KIRTIKAR | | Directeur Général | | Turbomeca India Engines Pvt. Ltd |
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Satish Kirtikar a été nommé directeur général de Turbomeca India Engines Pvt. Ltd avec effet immédiat. Il apporte à Turbomeca une expérience, considérable dans le secteur des équipements d'origine et des pièces de rechange, ayant travaillé dans le secteur de l'automobile et de l'aéronautique depuis 1978.
Au cours de cette période, il a travaillé pour Microturbo (filiale de Turbomeca) en France et aux Etats-Unis puis pour ACTIA aux Etats-Unis. Plus récemment, il a exercé des fonctions de CEO et de président du conseil d’administration d'ACTIA à New Delhi. Satish Kirtikar a un solide bagage technique et commercial et a occupé des postes de responsabilité dans les domaines de l'ingénierie, des opérations et du management d'entreprise au sein de ces sociétés d'envergure internationale.
En rejoignant Turbomeca, Satish Kirtikar se fixe pour objectif de développer le marché Indien et de regagner, grâce à une politique commerciale agressive, une place de fournisseur privilégié sur le marché des moteurs d’hélicoptères militaires et civils. Satish Kirtikar a une parfaite connaissance du marché, un sens aigu des affaires et entretient d’excellentes relations avec les clients. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/16 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | Robert ANTON | | Direction Matériels et Services | | Air France Industries |
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Robert Anton prend ses fonctions aujourd’hui à la tête de la direction en charge des équipements et des services logistiques d’Air France Industries. Il succède à Pierre Bosse appelé à la direction de Régional au titre de Directeur Général Délégué.
Agé de 54 ans, Robert Anton est Ingénieur en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées. Diplômé de l’Ecole Polytechnique et de l’Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, il débute sa carrière professionnelle en 1980, comme responsable du bureau de tutelle des grandes compagnies aériennes, au sein du Service Transport Aérien de la Direction générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC).
En 1984, il rejoint la Direction de la Maintenance d’Air France, où il exerce les fonctions d’Ingénieur d’Entretien à la Division Cabine d’Orly.
En 1986, il devient responsable de la Division Transport d’Air France Cargo à la gare de fret de Roissy.
De 1990 à 1993, il est ensuite directeur adjoint du service Navigation Aérienne et Infrastructures Aéronautiques au sein de la Direction des Opérations Aériennes d’Air France.
Entre 1993 et 1996, il est nommé Chef de Division Avionique, Chef de projet Réorganisation Equipements, puis responsable du Pilotage Opérationnel Equipements d’Air France Industries.
En 1997, il devient Chef d’Escale Air France à Nice puis, en 2000, au Terminal F de Roissy.
De 2001 à 2006, il prend la responsabilité du Service Navigation Aérienne et Infrastructures Aéronautiques de la Direction générale des Opérations Aériennes d’Air France.
De 2006 et 2009, il occupe les fonctions de Directeur des Systèmes Informatiques Distribués au sein de la Direction Générale des Systèmes d’Information d’Air France.
En mai 2009, enfin, il est nommé Directeur Produit, Stratégie et Développement au sein de la Direction Matériels et Services d’Air France Industries. | | Date of publication: 2010/02/15 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
| | David REITH | | VP Finance and Controller for Electronic Systems | | Northrop Grumman |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the appointment of David Reith as vice president of finance and controller for the company's Electronic Systems sector, effective immediately.
In his new position, Reith will provide controller oversight for the sector and will be responsible for all sector financial functions, including estimating and pricing, rates and budgets, government liaison, financial accounting and reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, program planning and financial control, financial planning, and financial modeling.
Reith joined the company at Baltimore in 1987 in the business management organization and has held a number of management and executive-level positions at Electronic Systems and other Northrop Grumman sectors. In 2001, he was appointed business manager for the communications systems business and one year later was promoted to sector controller for the company's Newport News Shipbuilding sector.
In 2008, Reith was appointed vice president and controller for the Technical Services sector. He most recently served as business operations director and chief financial officer for National Security Technologies LLC, a joint venture led by Northrop Grumman's Technical Services sector, which was created to operate the Nevada Test Site for the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration.
Reith earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Western Maryland College (McDaniel College). | | Date of publication: 2010/02/10 | | Category: Nominations | | Update your profile | |
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