Patrick (Pat) Shanahan
Vice President/General Manager
787 Program
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Patrick Shanahan was named vice president and general manager of the 787 program in October 2007. Pat is responsible for all aspects of the airplane program, which will bring new possibilities for safe, efficient, and economical point-to-point travel for the world's airlines and passengers.
Previously, Pat was vice president and general manager of Missile Defense Systems for The Boeing Company starting in December 2004. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., Boeing Missile Defense Systems provides integrated missile defense solutions for all phases of ballistic missile threats -- boost, midcourse and terminal -- and is involved in developing advanced missile defense and directed energy technologies and systems. Key programs include the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, the Airborne Laser, the Advanced Tactical Laser, Integrated Missile Defense, Directed Energy Systems and the Missile Defense National Team Systems Engineering and Integration organizations.
Prior to his position in Missile Defense, Shanahan was vice president and general manager for Rotorcraft Systems in Philadelphia. He was responsible for all U.S. Army Aviation programs and supporting functional activities in Philadelphia and Mesa, Arizona. Programs at these facilities include the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, the CH-47 Chinook and CH-46 Sea Knight tandem rotor helicopters, the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter and the Boeing Strategic Manufacturing Center for wiring.
Prior to his leading Rotorcraft Systems, Shanahan was vice president/general manager of Boeing Commercial Airplanes' 757 Program. He was responsible for the design, production and profitability of the Boeing 757 family of airplanes. He was named to this position in February 2000. He had assumed this position after serving as program manager of the Boeing 767-400ER Program, a position he held starting in March 1999. During that time, he led the program through the successful rollout and first flight of the 767-400ER.
In 1997, Shanahan was director of the 767 Manufacturing Business Unit, where his responsibilities included body structures assembly, systems installation, final body join, functional test and interior installation. He also was director of the Tooling Business Unit for the Fabrication Division, beginning in 1995.
A Washington State native, Shanahan joined Boeing in 1986 and progressed through a number of diverse assignments, including significant involvement in Computer Services and the Boeing 777 Program.
In 2005, Shanahan was elected a Fellow to The Royal Aeronautical Society. Previously, he served as Secretary/Treasurer of the American Helicopter Society International Board of Directors. He was further honored in 2004, being named as a Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
Shanahan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington, and a dual Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shanahan is married and has three children.
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