Pat Goggin, vice president of airplane programs engineering at Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) commercial airplanes unit, has been promoted to president of the company™s defense, space and security development organization.
Boeing said Friday the 29-year company veteran will succeed Jim O™Neill, who will retire in 2017 after more than 30 years with Boeing.
œPat™s experience across commercial and defense programs will help us grow a stable of strong development programs on the foundation that Jim put in place, said Leanne Caret, who was appointed president and CEO of Boeing™s defense, space and security segment in February.
Goggin, who previously served as VP of Boeing™s Development Program Excellence initiative, will take on his new role in December as part of the transition period.
The BDS development segment is responsible for the pre-production stages of space and defense programs.
Goggin™s appointment comes nearly two months after Boeing promoted Jim Chilton to president of the aerospace company’s network and space systems business that generates nearly $7.8 billion in annual revenue.
