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Howard McKenzie was named vice president and chief engineer for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in August 2021. He is responsible for effectiveness and efficiency of the engineering function across Commercial Airplanes and leads engineering design, safety and customer support activities for all commercial airplane models.
Most recently, McKenzie was vice president and chief engineer for Boeing’s Global Services business unit. While there, he led the alignment of 7,000 engineers into one cohesive engineering function that supports commercial and government customers worldwide. Focusing on safety and first-time quality, his team provided design engineering, aircraft modifications and conversions as well as engineering support and services.
Prior to that assignment, McKenzie was vice president and general manager of Boeing Test & Evaluation, where he led a team of engineers, pilots, mechanics and technicians responsible for the testing, evaluation and certification of Boeing commercial and defense products.
Previously, he served as vice president, chief project engineer for the 777 program where he was responsible for product integrity and safety for the 777 worldwide fleet. He has also served as director of engineering for the 777 program, responsible for the engineering design functional organizations as well as ensuring product compliance to regulatory standards and requirements including product integrity and safety. Also, McKenzie was chief engineer of Airplane Level Integration on the 777 program, chief engineer of Airplane Systems on the 777 program, and chief engineer for BCA Environmental Systems Engineering. McKenzie worked at McDonnell Douglas Corporation prior to his assignments within Boeing.
McKenzie graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1988. He is also Boeing’s Executive focal for the University of California at Berkeley.
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Boeing is a leading global aerospace company that develops, manufactures, and services commercial airplanes, defense products, and space systems in more than 150 countries. Given the changes in customer needs throughout time, they are constantly adjusting their capabilities in designing and building service options for their customers. Boeing's headquarters are near Washington, DC. They employ over 140,000 people across the US. However, they operate all over the world in more than 65 countries. Boeing has three business units that they operate across: Commercial Airplanes, Defense, Space & Security, and Boeing Global Services. The more functional organizations across the company are engineering, program management, technology and development-program execution, advanced design and manufacturing systems, safety, finance, quality and productivity improvement, and information technology. Boeing's Commercial Airplanes business unit is known for their 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787 families of airplanes and the Boeing Business Jet range. 10,000 Boeing-built commercial jetliners are in service worldwide. Their Defense, Space & Security business unit is known for their KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft, AH-64 Apache helicopter; the 702 family of satellites; CST-100 Starliner spacecraft; and the autonomous Echo Voyager. The Boeing Global Services business unit works to deliver service solutions for commercial, defense, and space customers. They offer cost-competitive service solutions to make sure the aircraft is operating at high efficiency. Lastly, the Boeing Capital Corporation is the financial provider for Boeing customers. They make sure that customers have the financing to buy and take delivery of their Boeing products.