Board, management changes at Boeing

Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun is stepping down as CEO at the end of 2024.

Citing Calhoun’s decision to step down, Board Chair Larry Kellner didn’t seek re-election, adding it was the right time to name his successor. The board elected Steve Mollenkopf to succeed Kellner as independent board chair. Mollenkopf will lead the board’s process of selecting Boeing’s next CEO.

Kellner served on the Boeing board for 13 years and as its chair since late 2019, where he led the recruitment of seven new independent directors, bringing engineering, safety, manufacturing, and aerospace expertise to the board.

Mollenkopf has served on the board of directors since 2020. Previously CEO of Qualcomm, he has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering.

Stan Deal, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) president and CEO, retired from the company and Stephanie Pope was appointed to lead BCA.

Pope has served as Boeing’s COO since January 2024. Previously, she was president and CEO of Boeing Global Services. Prior, she was CFO of BCA, and has held positions in every Boeing business unit. https://www.boeing.com

Appointments

Bringing his experience in the global machine tool solutions business, Roy D. Cripps has joined bavius technologie as president – Americas. He’ll be working with the support of Andreas Much, recently named director aerospace structures – Americas.

Emerging from the Handtmann Group in Baienfurt, Germany, after a management buyout in 2017, bavius offers precision high-speed 5-axis horizontal and profile machining centers for machining large aluminum parts. https://www. bavius-technologie.com

CAM software provider Mastercam appointed Susan Brandt as president, succeeding Meghan West. Brandt brings more than 25 years of global business experience in engineering software, holding senior leadership positions at Bentley Systems. https://www.mastercam.com

Crouse

Tooling Technology, a Tooling Tech Group (TTG) company and provider of thermoform, compression, and blow mold tooling, appointed Sean Couse president, replacing the retiring Gary Poeppelman, who led Tooling Technology for the past 17 years. Couse joined Tooling Technology as its controller in 2022. https://toolingtechgroup.com

Hyundai Motor Group’s advanced air mobility (AAM) company Supernal LLC named David McBride as chief technology officer (CTO). McBride will lead Supernal’s technology strategy and vehicle development, reporting to CEO Jaiwon Shin. McBride brings more than 40 years of experience in developing aerospace technology, complex program management, and organizational leadership to Supernal’s Engineering and Technology Division (ETD). At NASA, McBride served as the director of the Armstrong Flight Research Center where he led development of NASA’s all-electric aircraft. As program manager for NASA’s Flight Research Program, McBride oversaw the record-breaking flight of the solar-powered Helios aircraft to an altitude of more than 96,000ft. He began his career at NASA as a cooperative education student, specializing in digital flight control systems analysis. https://www.supernal.aero