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Albers Mentor Program
Participating Mentors 2008-2009
Mr. Ken Hampton
787 Airline Configuration Account
Manager
The Boeing Company
Industry:
Aerospace
Description of Company:
Boeing is the
world's leading aerospace company and
the largest manufacturer of commercial
jetliners and military aircraft
combined. Additionally, Boeing designs
and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic
and defense systems, missiles,
satellites, launch vehicles and advanced
information and communication systems.
As a major service provider to NASA,
Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and
International Space Station. The company
also provides numerous military and
commercial airline support services.
Boeing has customers in more than 90
countries around the world and is one of
the largest U.S. exporters in terms of
sales.
Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace
leadership and innovation. The company
continues to expand its product line and
services to meet emerging customer
needs. The broad range of capabilities
includes creating new, more efficient
members of its commercial airplane
family; integrating military platforms,
defense systems and the warfighter
through network-centric operations;
creating advanced technology solutions;
and arranging innovative
customer-financing solutions.
Headquartered in Chicago, Boeing employs
more than 160,000 people across the
United States and in 70 countries, with
major operations in the Puget Sound area
of Washington State, southern California
and St. Louis. Total company revenues
for 2007 were $66.4 billion.
Boeing is organized into two business
units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.
Supporting these units is Boeing Capital
Corporation, a global provider of
financing solutions; the Shared Services
Group, which provides a broad range of
services to Boeing worldwide; and Boeing
Engineering, Operations & Technology,
which helps develop, acquire, apply and
protect innovative technologies and
processes.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing has been the premier manufacturer
of commercial jetliners for more than 40
years. With the merger of Boeing and
McDonnell Douglas in 1997, Boeing's
leadership in commercial jets, joined
with the lineage of Douglas airplanes,
gives the combined company a 70-year
heritage of leadership in commercial
aviation. Today, the main commercial
products are the 737, 747, 767 and 777
families of airplanes and the Boeing
Business Jet. New product development
efforts are focused on the Boeing 787
Dreamliner, and the 747-8. The company
has nearly 12,000 commercial jetliners
in service worldwide, which is roughly
75 percent of the world fleet. Through
Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, the
company provides unsurpassed,
around-the-clock technical support to
help operators maintain their airplanes
in peak operating condition. Commercial
Aviation Services offers a full range of
world-class engineering, modification,
logistics and information services to
its global customer base, which includes
the world's passenger and cargo
airlines, as well as maintenance, repair
and overhaul facilities. Boeing also
trains maintenance and flight crews in
the 100-seat-and-above airliner market
through Alteon, the world's largest and
most comprehensive provider of airline
training.
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