Chicago, Ill., USA - September 8, 2009, Chicago, Ill., USA - Scott E. Carson, executive vice president of The Boeing Company and former president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplane, will step down from his role immediately, and will leave Boeing at the end of 2009. He will be replaced by James Albaugh, who has been running Boeing's military programmes.
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Mr. Carson has been named as the leader of Boeing Commercial Airplane in September 2006. Previously, Mr. Carson served as vice president of Sales at Commercial Airplanes, appointed to that role in December 2004. Prior to this assignment, he led Connexion by Boeing, bringing the high-speed, in-flight Internet service to market with airlines in Europe and Asia. Before moving to Connexion by Boeing, Carson served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In addition to the Finance and Business Strategy organizations, Information Systems and Services also reported to Carson.
Carson was also executive vice president of Business Resources for the former Boeing Information, Space & Defense Systems. Named to that position in November 1997, he was responsible for Finance, Business Planning, Business Ethics and Conduct, Communications, Customer Relations, Contracts, Information Systems, People Processes and Skills, and Program Management. Carson joined Boeing in 1973 as a financial analyst on the B-1 bomber avionics program. He moved into management in 1976.
Mr. Carson graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He later received a master's degree in the same discipline from the University of Washington. In January 2004, Carson became a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Mr. Albaugh is 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. Previously, Mr. 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. ■