Greg retired August, 2024 from The Boeing Company after 34 years of service, with the last 30 years being spent in leadership positions of progressively greater responsibility across the Supplier Management, Supply Chain and Operations organizations.
In his last assignment he was Sr. Director leading the Materials & Property Management function consisting of ~1400 personnel across a dozen states supporting every BDS site, business and program. His team provided all Materials Management services and managed all Government Furnished Property and Boeing Capital while having responsibility for the Materials Management Accounting System (MMAS) and Property Management BDS approved business systems.
Before his current role, Greg was the Supplier Management Sr. Director for Boeing’s Strategic Defense & Intelligence Systems Division and for all Fuel and Actuation contracting across BDS. In this position, Greg led a diverse team that executed the Supplier Management function in support of those business, commodity and contracting areas, which included approximately 200 personnel located at seven sites across the US. That organization managed subcontracts and procurements across important development, production, maintenance and sustainment programs spanning the breadth of BDS. Greg’s team provided the strategic and tactical management of key supplier relationships and performance, successfully managing the supply chain across a wide variety of programs.
Prior to that position, Greg served as Director, Supplier Management, for Boeing’s Space Exploration Division, where he oversaw all supply chain efforts for key programs including the International Space Station, Space Launch System, and the Commercial Crew Transportation System. Before that, Greg was the Director, Supplier Management, for the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Program where he led an organization of procurement professionals located in six different states and responsible for managing a $13B, 1000 company supply chain. During a brief period outside of Boeing, Greg held positions of Director of Supply Chain Management and Executive Director of Operations with privately held companies. In these roles Greg oversaw operations and supply chain management in both multi-state and international locations, and with responsibilities for organizations that totaled as large as 2500+ personnel.
During Greg’s time with Boeing his assignments have included rotations through dozens of different Supplier Management organization leadership roles including major subcontracts, service contracts, research & development, test & evaluation, and outside manufacturing, during which he was involved with military and commercial procurements across development, production and sustainment programs. Greg has worked many corporate initiatives, and has led several teams that have made major changes in buying practices resulting in significant savings to the company, including the development and implementation of a commodity strategy for the C-17 Program that was credited with saving the program >$250M while significantly improving both quality and on-time delivery.
Greg holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with majors in Management and Marketing along with a minor in Economics from Central Michigan University. He received a Master's Degree, also in Business Administration, from Pepperdine University.
