James F. Albaugh (born May 31, 1950) is the former executive vice president of The Boeing Company and chief executive officer of the

Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a division of The Boeing Company. It designs, assembles, markets, and sells jet airliners and business jets (Boeing Business Jets), and also provides product-related maintenance and training to customers ...

business unit. He served in these capacities for

from September 1, 2009, until his retirement on June 26, 2012. He retired from the company on October 1, 2012. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of the

Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division (business unit) of The Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia. It is responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. It was formerly known as Boeing Integrated Defense System ...

business unit. In that capacity, Albaugh was responsible for over 70,000 employees and supervised a $30.8 billion budget. Albaugh was one of the defense industry's best-paid managers ($1,499,923 in 2005).

Early life

Albaugh graduated from Richland High School in

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, in 1968. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from

Willamette University Willamette University is a private liberal arts college with locations in Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United States. Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated ...

(1972) and a master's degree in

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from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

Career

In 1975, Albaugh joined Boeing and held various other executive positions. His first assignment at Boeing was at their

operations in 1975

From July 2002 to September 2009 Albaugh was president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (presently named

), a business unit of Boeing, The Boeing Company. From September 2009 to October 2012, Albaugh was president and CEO of

, a business unit of Boeing, The Boeing Company. On Oct 1, 2012, Albaugh retired from

.Wilhelm, Steve. June 26, 2012. From December 2012 to July 2016, Albaugh served as a senior advisor to

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. On September 1, 2016, Albaugh was appointed to the

Harris Corporation Harris Corporation was an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produced wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision equipment and both terrestrial and spac ...

board of directors.

Honors and awards

Albaugh is a recipient of the Howard Hughes Memorial Award given "to an aerospace leader whose accomplishments over a long career have contributed significantly to the advancement of aviation or space technology.

He was elected to the

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in 2011 for technical leadership in defense and commercial aerospace industry.

References

External links

James (Jim) F. Albaugh biography at Boeing in PDF format
archived from th
original
on December 24, 2016.
James Albaugh biography at Harris Corporation
1950 births Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Living people People from Richland, Washington Willamette University alumni 20th-century American businesspeople Boeing people {{Aviation-bio-stub