Boeing Appoints Two to Senior Positions.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. (BSS See 802.11. BSS - Block Started by Symbol ), the world's largest manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, has appointed two people to top management positions. BSS is a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA). Chris Stephens Jr. has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for BSS. Dr. William Ballhaus is now General Manager of Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices Inc. (EDD Noun 1. EdD - a doctor's degree in education DEd, Doctor of Education doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university ), the world's leading provider of integrated high-power microwave amplifiers. Stephens is responsible for all financial management activities of BSS and its Electron Dynamic Devices and Spectrolab companies. Since joining BSS in 1999, he was the Vice President of Finance-Operations responsible for financial support to the operating units, including supply chain management. Prior to BSS, he was the Director of Finance for AlliedSignal's $3 billion Aerospace Equipment Systems business located in Torrance, Calif. Stephens also held various management positions at the corporate and business unit levels at Ingersoll-Rand Co. Stephens received a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in accounting from Kings' College and a master in business administration degree in corporate finance from Virginia Tech. Additionally, he is a Certified Public Accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. . Ballhaus is responsible for leading EDD as a strategic core business for BSS. He has more than 11 years of experience in the aerospace industry, including seven years at BSS. Most recently he was Director of Integrated Satellite Factory Operations, where he was responsible for overall product delivery performance for the world's largest satellite manufacturing operation. Ballhaus received his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from U.C. Davis, master of science and PhD degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University and a master in business administration degree from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . He has one patent in the area of advanced payload switching architectures. BSS is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites and a major provider of space systems, satellites and payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications. The company was formed in October 2000 when Boeing acquired the Hughes Electronics satellite manufacturing companies, which included Hughes Space and Communications Company, Hughes Electron Dynamics, Spectrolab Inc., and Hughes Electronics' 50 percent share of HRL HRL Hughes Research Laboratories HRL Harlingen, TX, USA (Airport Code) HRL Hunter River Lancers HRL Health Research Laboratory HRL Horizontal Reference Line HRL Home Run League (adult Wiffle ball league) Laboratories. The Boeing Company, with headquarters in Seattle, is the largest aerospace company in the world and the United States' leading exporter. It is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, and the largest NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. contractor. The company's capabilities in aerospace also include rotorcraft ro·tor·craft n. An aircraft, especially a helicopter, that is kept partially or completely airborne by airfoils rotating around a vertical axis. , electronic and defense systems, missiles, rocket engines, launch vehicles, and advanced information and communication systems. The company has an extensive global reach with customers in 145 countries and manufacturing operations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. At year-end 1999, Boeing and its subsidiaries employed 197,100 people. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111600/bb16 |
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