As Director of 7E7 Technology Integration at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, Alan oversees the development and transition-to-practice of technologies for aerodynamics, structures, materials, systems, payloads, noise, environment, quality, and manufacturing for the 7E7 program. These efforts are being performed within the constructs of global alliances that comprise the 7E7 program covering North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Prior to this assignment, he was Senior Manager of Manufacturing and Quality Technology and Product Development for BCA Manufacturing Research and Development; he was responsible for the leadership, planning, R&D, and implementation to production of manufacturing technology systems and processes used in Boeing Commercial Airplane Group products. He provided manufacturing and quality technology support for new and derivative Commercial Airplane Product Development. He was formerly Chief Engineer of Boeing Materials Technology, the unit that defines all materials and processes used for Commercial Airplanes. Alan has served numerous committee/council roles including Chairman of the Corporate Standards Committee; Corporate Engineering Representative to the IAM/Boeing Health and Safety Institute; Chairman of the AIA TARC-211 Committee on Cabin Fire Safety; Boeing Product Standards Management Council; and the Boeing Structures/Materials Interdivision Coordination Group.

Alan received Executive Management training at University of California, Berkeley; he earned his BS and PhD degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Washington. He has over 15 publications on advanced composites, x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and bone metabolism. He is a member of ASM International, served on the Technical Standards Board, Aerospace Council and Commercial Jet Transport Standardization Committee of SAE International, and on SAMPE’s Commercial Transport Committee. Alan is a member of the National Materials Advisory Board of the National Academies of Engineering, Science and Medicine, and a member of the Affiliate Faculty of Chemical Engineering and the Affiliate Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.