2010 US-SAUDI BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FORUM

APRIL 27-29 | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

ATLANTA, GA

MAY 23-25, 2011

James F. Albaugh

President and CEO, Commercial Airplanes, The Boeing Company

James (Jim) Albaugh is Executive Vice President of The Boeing Company (Boeing) 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 in September 2009, Mr. Albaugh is a Member of the Boeing Executive Council and serves as Boeing’s Senior Executive in the Pacific Northwest.

Prior to his current position, Mr. 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 U.S. and around the world. Previously, Mr. Albaugh was President and Chief Executive Officer 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 S&C, Mr. Albaugh was President of Boeing Space Transportation, a predecessor unit that was folded into 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 native of Washington state, Mr. Albaugh joined the company in 1975 as a Project Engineer at its Hanford, Washington operations.

Mr. Albaugh is a Gold-and-Silver-Knight of the National Management Association and was that organization’s Executive-of-the-Year in 1999. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an elected Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2001, Mr. Albaugh was awarded the Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen Award by the National Defense Industrial Association; received the International von Karman Wings Award from the Aerospace Historical Society; and was elected a Fellow to the Royal Aeronautical Society.  In 2003, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. In 2006, he 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 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.

Mr. Albaugh also is a Member of the American Astronautical Society, the Air Force Association, the Council of Trustees of the Association of the United States Army and the California Business Roundtable.

Mr. Albaugh holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Willamette University and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Columbia University.

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