I serve as the functional leader for all domestic and international contracting activities across the Boeing enterprise, including overseeing all related policies, procedures, strategies, training, compliance and consulting services. I also lead Boeing’s engagement with external stakeholders to strengthen both government and commercial customer relationships and Boeing’s representation in acquisition forums. As part of these new expanded responsibilities, I have oversight of Boeing’s contracts function, including people, process and tools, and the enterprise and functional contracting teams are now direct reports.

I served as the functional leader for more than 500 professionals in Boeing Global Services (BGS) Contracts, Estimating & Revenue Management group (CE&RM). BGS is the new dedicated services business unit for Boeing, with approximately 20,000 employees globally and $19B+ in annual revenue that combines the vast majority of capabilities within BCA’s Commercial Aviation Services, BDS’ Global Services & Support, and related Boeing subsidiaries, including Aviall and Jeppesen. BGS is an integrated business designed to deliver complete and cost-competitive services and support solutions for commercial, defense and space customers into a single, customer-focused business. BGS has four business focus areas: Business/General Aviation, Commercial Services, Government Services, and International Government Services working in conjunction with its four key capabilities: Supply Chain, Engineering, Modifications & Maintenance, Digital Aviation & Analytics, and Training & Professional Services. BGS has a tangible aspiration of reaching $50B in annual revenue by 2025. The BGS CE&RM function is comprised of both commercial and defense employees, including numerous employees at Boeing subsidiaries, who propose and execute $19B+ in contracts and other related agreements with numerous U.S. and foreign government entities and various commercial customers. I also managed the BGS internal approval process for all external transactions. Finally, I was responsible for A/R cash collections and related processes.

I served as the functional leader for more than 500 professionals in Boeing Global Services (BGS) Contracts, Estimating & Revenue Management group (CE&RM). BGS is the new dedicated services business unit for Boeing, with approximately 20,000 employees globally and $19B+ in annual revenue that combines the vast majority of capabilities within BCA’s Commercial Aviation Services, BDS’ Global Services & Support, and related Boeing subsidiaries, including Aviall and Jeppesen. BGS is an integrated business designed to deliver complete and cost-competitive services and support solutions for commercial, defense and space customers into a single, customer-focused business. BGS has four business focus areas: Business/General Aviation, Commercial Services, Government Services, and International Government Services working in conjunction with its four key capabilities: Supply Chain, Engineering, Modifications & Maintenance, Digital Aviation & Analytics, and Training & Professional Services. BGS has a tangible aspiration of reaching $50B in annual revenue by 2025. The BGS CE&RM function is comprised of both commercial and defense employees, including numerous employees at Boeing subsidiaries, who propose and execute $19B+ in contracts and other related agreements with numerous U.S. and foreign government entities and various commercial customers. I also managed the BGS internal approval process for all external transactions. Finally, I was also responsible for A/R cash collections and related processes.

I served as the functional leader for more than 1,000 professionals in Boeing Defense Space & Security's (BDS) Contracts, Pricing, Estimating & Procurement Financial Analysis group who propose and execute annually approximately $30B+ worth of contracts with numerous U.S. and foreign government entities and various commercial customers. I also was responsible for the evaluation and approval of all types of business transactions for BDS and have been tasked with driving improvements in affordability and efficiency across BDS.

I served as Vice President of Procurement Contracting and Risk Management managing approximately 200 professionals across multiple locations in the United States. In this role, I worked with programs to oversee Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) procurement strategies and pricing policy for proper risk management on all U.S. government, international and commercial subcontracts and agreements. I also was responsible for ensuring subcontracting policy compliance, as well as coordination of commitment letters; pricing; terms and conditions; and procurement obligations and liabilities, including teaming agreements, memoranda of agreement/understanding, and notices of intent to team.

I assisted with Supplier Management leadership duties for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) and was the functional leader for all of BDS’ people, processes, metrics, and tools used by its SM function to monitor its suppliers and measure their contractual performance within the BDS supply chain.

I served as Senior Counsel in St. Louis supporting Boeing’s Weapons & Missiles Systems (WMS), a division of the Global Strike (GS) business unit within the Boeing Military Aircraft organization (BMA). I was appointed to this position in January 2011. I provided legal counsel to both the GS and WMS Vice Presidents and General Managers, Functional Directors, Contracts and Supplier Management personnel on general legal issues, including those concerning compliance with federal procurement laws and regulations, general organization transactional matters, conflict of interest and disputes as well as acquisition law matters relating to the prime contracts and subcontracts supporting the division’s three major businesses (Cruise Missile Systems, Direct Attack, and International Programs) at multiple locations around the United States. As part of this assignment, I also served on both the GS and WMS Leadership Teams.

I joined Boeing in September 2008 as counsel with their Boeing Defense, Space & Security business unit in St. Louis. I am supplier management counsel to the military aircraft division where I am responsible for all supplier-related issues on aircraft, rotorcraft, tanker and weapon systems.

Commercial / Corporate Law (Nov. 1998 - August 2004)GM Europe (short-term assignment) - Germany (August 2004 - Nov. 2004)Product Litigation (Nov. 2004 - August 2008)

bankruptcy, supplier management, troubled supplier, front-end loan drafting, loan workouts