James McNerney

James McNerney has influenced today's aviation in a number of ways. McNerney works for Boeing as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. McNerney is a member of the Northwestern University Board of Trustees and also a Chairman of the President’s Export Council by Barack Obama. McNerney served with the Boeing board since 2001, and was elected in 2005 to be the head chairman of Boeing. As Chairman of Boeing, McNerney oversees the strategic decisions and directions the company makes as a whole.

McNerney is a very influential person in aviation because he made sure Boeing was a continuing success to this nation. McNerney lead Boeing to be the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners, and military aircraft’s. While doing that McNerney also has an employee staff of over 160,500 employees. McNerney had contributed to the American economy by create one of the most popular airliners used today in the commercial world of aviation. McNerney also contributed to the world’s greatest military by create a number of things for the national defense of America.  

McNerney background to how he got to such a position is followed by an outstanding resume. Spend time being a manager from 1975-1988, soon after that he became president for General Electric (GE) Information Services. He spent time in GE as president under many different departments, but in 1997-2000 he became President and CEO of GE Aircraft Engines. From 2000-2005 he spent his time being President and CEO for 3M. After that McNerney was elected to be the President and CEO of Boeing from 2005 to present.