Boeing names new vice president of business operations
Charles Allen will oversee day-to-day work in Huntsville

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

From staff reports
Huntsville Times

Boeing has named Charles "Chuck" Allen the vice president of business operations in Huntsville, effective immediately.

Allen will oversee the business activities for missile defense, space, combat systems and satellite programs. He also will manage the day-to-day operations of the Boeing Huntsville site, which employs about 2,700 people.

He replaces Linda Hait, who retired from Boeing last month.

Allen most recently served as the vice president and program manager for Space Exploration Systems, a division of Integrated Defense Systems' Network and Space Systems business. Allen reports to Pat Shanahan, vice president and general manager, Missile Defense Systems.

"Chuck is a dynamite leader," Shanahan said. "He has business acumen and a great personal touch and will be a solid representative for us in the community and with our customers."

Since joining Boeing in 1987, Allen has held a number of program management and leadership positions in space exploration, Army systems and military aircraft and missile systems. He led the Comanche Program Office in Huntsville beginning in 2000.

Boeing is the largest aerospace company in Alabama with more than 3,000 employees working on programs including Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Avenger, PAC-3 Missile, Future Combat System, International Space Station and Delta Launch Vehicles. It has operations in Huntsville and Decatur.

A unit of The Boeing Co., Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $30.8 billion business.