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Jim Albaugh
President & CEO of the Boeing Commercial Aircrafts, BCA
Jim Albaugh is executive vice president of The Boeing Company and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He is responsible for all of the company's commercial airplanes programs and related services. Named to this position effective Sept. 1, 2009, Albaugh, 60, is a member of the Boeing Executive Council and serves as Boeing's senior executive in the Pacific Northwest.
Prior to his current position, Albaugh was president and chief executive officer of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a business unit providing integrated solutions to meet the needs of defense, space and intelligence customers in the United States and around the world.
Previously, Albaugh was president and CEO of Boeing Space and Communications (S&C) for four years. This unit merged in July 2002 with the company's Military Aircraft and Missiles Systems unit to create Integrated Defense Systems.
Before leading Space and Communications, Albaugh was president of Boeing Space Transportation, a predecessor unit of S&C. He assumed that position after serving as president of Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power, part of the Rockwell aerospace and defense businesses acquired by Boeing in 1996.
A Washington state native, Albaugh joined the company in 1975 as a project engineer at its Hanford, Wash., operations.
He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2010, Albaugh received the Forrestal Award from the National Defense Industrial Association for leadership in preserving a strong U.S. defense industrial base. He also was appointed to the board of the National Competitiveness Center, an independent organization that helps Saudi Arabia compete more effectively in the global economy.
In 2008, he was honored by the Southern California Aeronautic Association with its prestigious Howard Hughes Memorial Award for his extensive contributions to the aerospace industry. He was elected to the Willamette University Board of Trustees the prior year.
In 2006, Albaugh was elected a member of the TRW Automotive board of directors; received the Semper Fidelis Award from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation; and was elected a member of the Aerospace Industries Association Board of Governors Executive Committee.
He was appointed in 2003 by President George W. Bush to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. The National Defense Industrial Association recognized Albaugh in 2001 with the Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen Award. That same year, he also received the International von Karman Wings Award from the Aerospace Historical Society and was elected a Fellow to the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Albaugh, a Gold-and-Silver-Knight of the National Management Association, was that organization's Executive-of-the-Year in 1999. He also is a member of the American Astronautical Society, the Air Force Association and the Washington Roundtable, and sits on the boards of a variety of corporate and charitable organizations.
Albaugh holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physics from Willamette University and a master's degree in civil engineering from Columbia University.
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