A shuffling of Boeing Co.’s local leadership has put some new faces on its intricate org chart.
The changes come as the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor moves key leaders to its delayed 787 Dreamliner passenger jet program.
“There was a domino effect,” said Richard “Rick” Baily, the recently appointed head of Boeing’s Combat Systems program. “We selected several key leaders who had experience for the 787.”
Boeing is the county’s fourth-largest employer with some 10,000 workers in Anaheim, Huntington Beach and Seal Beach.
Senior executives were given 14 new roles across the company. In Orange County, five positions were affected.
Howard Chambers, the former head of Boeing’s Space and Intelligence Systems in Seal Beach,the largest program with operations in the county,took the title of deputy program manager for the 787 in Seattle.
Replacing Chambers is retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Craig Cooning, who formerly was the No. 2 guy on the Space and Intelligence Systems program. He’s Boeing’s top-ranking executive in OC based on the size of the program.
Cooning, 57, is in charge of more than 6,800 people across five states. In Southern Cali-fornia, the Space and Intelligence Systems program operates from Boeing’s regional headquarters in Seal Beach and in El Segundo.
Space and Intelligence Systems handles government and commercial satellites.
Boeing hired Cooning in 2005 when he retired from the Air Force after 32 years of service that included buying military satellites from contractors.
Cooning’s new rank is vice president and general manager. He reports to Roger Krone in Washington, D.C. Krone is president of Integrated Defense and Space systems.
Krone reports to former OC executive Jim Albaugh, who is chief executive of Integrated Defense Systems, a $32 billion yearly sales division of Boeing based in St. Louis.
“As with our military customers, we believe that rotations strengthen the individual leader and the organization,” Albaugh said in a release.
Baily, 50, is taking over as head of Combat Systems from Dennis Muilenberg. He also reports to Krone.
Muilenberg, who previously ran the program from St. Louis, was made president of Boeing’s IDS Support Systems.
Baily formerly was in charge of Boeing’s C3 Networks in Huntington Beach and keeps an office locally as well as in St. Louis.
The Combat Systems program is overhauling military ground forces with a communications system designed to give troops better battlefield information.
The flagship program for Combat Systems is Future Combat Systems, which works with the Army to update its communications gear. It’s based in Huntington Beach.
Gregg Martin, 46, is the new leader of Future Combat Systems. He reports to Baily.
Taking over for Baily as head of C3 Networks in Huntington Beach is Nanette “Nan” Bouchard.
Bouchard, 49, oversees 4,500 people across five states working to integrate communications software for the military.
Bouchard is the highest-ranking woman locally for Boeing and previously was vice president of Boeing’s IDS Engineering.
Her program also employs more than any other in the county. Bouchard reports to Krone.
“She uses common sense and gets to the heart of matters,” Baily said of Bouchard’s leadership style.
Gary Toyama keeps his title of vice president of the Southern California region, reporting to Cooning.
Toyama isn’t in charge of a program but handles all of the facilities and 30,000 people in Southern California.
He has been the local public face for Boeing since taking the job in 2005.
Boeing’s latest big move in the county is its consolidation of its Anaheim operation into Huntington Beach.
In December, it said it was selling 60 acres of industrial and office space in Anaheim as it looks to move operations to Surf City.
So far, 1,000 workers in Boeing’s Network and Information Systems group have made the move, Baily said. Under the direction of Bouchard, another 1,500 should move by the beginning of next year.
The move is set to be completed in 2010.
