Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Alaska Air Group, ka hui makua o Alaska Airlines, Virgin America a me Horizon Air, i ke koho ʻana iā Ray Conner, ka pelekikena i hoʻomaha ʻia a me ka luna nui o Boeing Commercial Airplanes a me ka hope pelekikena mua o The Boeing Company, i ka papa alakaʻi o ka hui.
Hāʻawi ʻo Conner ma luna o 40 mau makahiki o ka ʻike alakaʻi honua i ka papa o ka mokulele mokulele Seattle, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna kiʻekiʻe loa o Boeing ma ka Pākīpika Northwest a hiki i kona hoʻomaha ʻana i ka makahiki 2017. ʻO kāna koho ʻana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Alaska Airlines i kāna mau aʻa Pacific Northwest a me kāna. e nānā i ka palekana, e ulu ana i nā ʻauwaʻa hoʻomau a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kona hiki ʻana i ke ao holoʻokoʻa me nā hoa kūpaʻa e pili ana i ke Komohana Komohana i nā hubs honua. E noho ʻo Conner ma ke Kōmike Palekana o ka Papa.
"Ua ulu ʻo Ray ma kahi o Sea-Tac Airport a hele i ke kula kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. Ma luna o kāna ʻoihana lōʻihi a kūleʻa, ua loaʻa iā ia ka inoa no ka hana pono ʻana, no nā mea kūʻai aku a no nā limahana. Nui nā alakaʻi i makemake i kēia pahuhopu kūpono, akā ua hana maoli ʻo Ray, "wahi a Brad Tilden, ka luna a me ka luna nui o Alaska Air Group. "E waiwai nui kāna ʻōlelo aʻo i ko mākou hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a hoʻonui i kā mākou ʻoihana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana."
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Conner e hana ma ka laina 727 ma ke ʻano he mechanic ma 1977, e kōkua ana e uku i kona ala ma ke kulanui. Mai laila mai, ua piʻi ʻo ia ma luna o nā kūlana i lilo mua i luna kūʻai o Boeing Commercial Airplane no Thailand a ukali ʻia e nā kūlana hoʻokele ʻē aʻe e like me: hope pelekikena o ka Propulsion Systems Division, hope pelekikena a me ka luna nui o ka papahana 747, hope pelekikena o Asia/Pacific Sales. no Commercial Airplanes, hope pelekikena o Sales for the Americas a me ka hope pelekikena a me ka luna nui o Supply Chain Management.
ʻO ka mea hou loa, ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a me ka luna hoʻokō nui o Boeing Commercial Airplanes, ʻo Conner ke kuleana no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kahi moʻolelo backlog a me ka nānā ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o kāna mau papahana a me nā lawelawe mokulele.
Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui ʻo Wakinekona Waena a me ke kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui o Puget Sound.
Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Conner ma ka papa alakaʻi o nā Boys and Girls Clubs o Bellevue a me Adient, kahi mea hoʻolako i nā noho o ka honua no ka ʻoihana kaʻa a me ka aerospace.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Alaska Air Group, ka hui makua o Alaska Airlines, Virgin America a me Horizon Air, i ke koho ʻana iā Ray Conner, ka pelekikena i hoʻomaha ʻia a me ka luna nui o Boeing Commercial Airplanes a me ka hope pelekikena mua o The Boeing Company, i ka papa alakaʻi o ka hui.
- Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Conner ma ka papa alakaʻi o nā Boys and Girls Clubs o Bellevue a me Adient, kahi mea hoʻolako i nā noho o ka honua no ka ʻoihana kaʻa a me ka aerospace.
- vice president of the Propulsion Systems Division, vice president and general manager of the 747 program, vice president of Asia/Pacific Sales for Commercial Airplanes, vice president of Sales for the Americas and vice president and general manager of Supply Chain Management.
