What Kelly Ortberg Brings To Boeing As New CEO

Kelly Ortberg speaking at event

Ortberg, 64, has been in aerospace since the 1980s and built up Rockwell Collins before merging it into today’s RTX.

Credit: Pam Tvrdy/Collins Aerospace
In 2017, when Kelly Ortberg was chairman, CEO and president of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins—before he helped lead its merger into the RTX empire—he gave up his reserved spot in the parking lot so that one of his newer employees could park close to the headquarters. Ortberg and his...
Michael Bruno

Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense businesses, supply chains and related issues.

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