Alan Mulally
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Alan R. Mulally | |
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| Born | 1945-08-05 |
| Occupation(s) | President and CEO of Ford Motor Company |
| Spouse | Jane "Nikki" |
| Children | 5 |
Alan Roger Mulally (born August 5, 1945 in Oakland, California) is an American engineer and businessman. He was named the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company on September 5 2006, succeeding William Clay Ford, Jr., who will remain as Chairman of the company's Board of Directors.[1]
Mulally was previously the executive vice president of Boeing and the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Mulally began his career with Boeing as an engineer in 1969.[2]
Personal
Mulally graduated from the University of Kansas in 1969 with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. He also received a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1982.[2] He has three sons, two daughters and is married to the former Jane "Nikki" Connell.[3]
Boeing career
Mulally was hired by Boeing immediately out of college in 1969 as an engineer and advanced through the company in a series of engineering and program management positions, making contributions to the 727, 737, 747, 757, and 767. He worked on the 777 program as the vice-president and general manager and was the Vice President of Engineering for the commercial airplane group. In 1994, Mulally was made the senior vice president of Airplane Development and was in charge of all airplane development activities, flight test operations, certification, and government technical liaison. In 1997, Boeing made Mulally the president of the Information, Space & Defense Systems and senior vice president. This lasted until 1998 when he was made president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Chief Executive Officer duties were added in 2001.[2]
Following the forced resignations of Phil Condit and Harry Stonecipher, Mulally was considered one of the leading internal candidate for the CEO position.[4] When Mulally was passed over in both instances, questions were raised about whether he would remain with the company.[5]
References
- ^ "Ford names new CEO". CNN Money. 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c "Alan Mulally executive biography". Boeing. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
- ^ "Resume:Alan Mulally". Business Weekly. Retrieved 2006-09-06.
- ^ Dominic Gates (2005-03-08). "With Stonecipher ouster, Boeing faces CEO dilemma". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Boeing names 3M's McNerney new CEO". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2005-06-30. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
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External links
- Alan Mulally executive biography at the Boeing corporate web site
- Alan Mulally executive biography at the Ford corporate web site
- Alan R. Mulally profile at Forbes.com
- Alan Mulally's federal campaign contributions
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