John Duddy
Vice President & Managing Director
Vice President & General Manager Global Services & Support – Australia
John Duddy was appointed Vice President & Managing Director of Boeing Defence Australia in December 2008. In this role, Duddy is responsible for positioning Boeing’s defence activities in Australia for continued success. He manages all Boeing Defence Australia functions, including engineering, finance and operations as well as Boeing Defence Australia’s 13 sites across the country and three international locations. Duddy was also appointed Vice President & General Manager of Global Services & Support – Australia (GS&S) in January 2010. In this role, he leads all Australian after-delivery support for military platforms and systems – including maintenance, modification and through-life support activities for military aircraft such as the F-111, the F/A-18 Legacy Hornet and the Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft – and all services-based activities including training, integrated logistics support, sustainment operations and unmanned systems. Prior to this, Duddy was program director of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Programs, a 30-year Boeing satellite program specialising in timing and navigation services for the U.S. Air Force as well as public users worldwide. Commencing in this position in May 2005, he was responsible for all GPS programs, including the company’s current production of 12 GPS IIF spacecraft and the related ground system, which is used to command satellites in orbit. He also led the team accountable for supporting the current operational GPS IIA satellites, as well as the overall Control Segment sustainment effort in Colorado Springs. Before this, Duddy was the director, Integrated Product Teams, Delta Launch Vehicles with the Expendable Launch Systems Business at Boeing in Huntington Beach, California. Duddy led an organisation that included all manufacturing, supplier management and Vehicle Integrated Product Teams at the Boeing facilities in Huntington Beach; Pueblo and Colorado; and Decatur and Alabama. He transferred to Huntington Beach from Boeing’s Canoga Park, California, facility, where he was division director of Operations at Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power. Before commencing in this assignment, Duddy was based at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for construction and start-up of the RS-68 Engine Final Assembly Facility. Prior to this, he was the director of Facilities and Plant Operations at Boeing Canoga Park and held various leadership assignments in Manufacturing and Facilities at the Tactical Systems Division in Duluth, Georgia. He was recognised by the division in 1994 as the Leader of the Year. Duddy graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1980 with a degree in industrial engineering. He has served on the Industry Advisory Board for the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and was previously the Executive Sponsor for the Boeing Black Employees Association in Seal Beach/Huntington Beach. He has also served on the boards of the West Valley Boys & Girls Club and the Warner Center Association and has been Executive Sponsor of the Boeing Black Employees Association and the Volunteer Council at Boeing Canoga Park. Duddy is currently an executive sponsor of Boeing’s Australian Women’s Affinity Group and The Boeing Company’s executive focal for the University of Queensland. In 2009, he received the Silver Knight of Leadership Award from the National Management Association (NMA) and was named Manager of the Year for the NMA Boeing Aerospace Leadership Association. Duddy also was awarded Manager of the Year for the NMA Southern Californian Region in 2008.
Vasundara Srenivas
Director of Finance
Vasundara Srenivas was appointed Boeing Defence Australia’s Director of Finance in June 2009. In this role, Srenivas leads all financial, contractual and business management operations, and sets the strategic direction and management framework for contracts and pricing, taxation, and financial planning and analysis. Srenivas joined Boeing Defence Australia as the Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis in April 2008 and was responsible for Estimate at Completion (EAC) and rates management, forecasting, mergers and acquisitions and internal and offshore reporting. Prior to joining Boeing Defence Australia, Srenivas worked in a senior finance position for Raytheon Australia in Canberra. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and has a double Masters qualification in Commerce and Business Administration. She is also a Certified Practicing Accountant and a qualified cost accountant.
Scott March
Director Boeing Military Aircraft in Australia and Airborne Early Warning & Control Wedgetail Program Manager
Scott March was appointed Director of Boeing Military Aircraft in Australia in July 2008, while continuing to serve as Program Manager of Australia’s Project Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control program. In his BMA role, March leads all Australian BMA activities, including Global Strike; Global Mobility; Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; and Rotorcraft military services. As Program Manager of Australia’s Project Wedgetail AEW&C program, he is responsible for program execution including engineering development, manufacturing, modification, test and delivery of six AEW&C aircraft and one ground system. From 1999 to 2007, March was the Boeing System Design and Demonstration program manager for the Block 40/45 program, the largest upgrade in the history of the U.S. Air Force’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet. He was directly responsible for all aspects of program execution. From 1998 to 1999 March was a proposal manager for Future Imaging Architecture Satellite Development, leading a team of engineers in determining communications architecture for a multi billion dollar government program. Boeing was selected as the winning bidder. Between 1997 and 1998, March was a senior engineering manager responsible for the overall Teledesic/Boeing system architecture development of low Earth orbit broadband satellite system architecture.As an engineering product team manager between 1995 and 1997, March led efforts to produce rapid prototype products in support of the AWACS program and other proprietary programs. Prior to this, he was the lead engineer for design and development of a broadband signal intelligence receiver, and engineering product team lead for the Electronic Support Measures program for the AWACS program. March graduated from the University of Washington in 1985 with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1989 he received a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering also from the University of Washington.
Steve Parker
Vice President & General Manager Network & Space Systems - Australia
Steve Parker was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Network & Space Systems (N&SS) in Australia in July 2008. In this role, he manages all in-country N&SS activities, including network integration, intelligence and surveillance systems, combat systems and communications architectures. These responsibilities include the successful delivery Boeing’s two largest internationally based programs—the Modernised High Frequency Communication System and Vigilare integrated air defence command and control system. Parker is also responsible for developing and capturing international opportunities associated with Boeing’s first Command, Control and Communication (C3) products designed and developed outside of the United States. Prior to his current position, Parker was Vice President and General Manager of Integrated Systems Development, a division of Boeing Defence Australia. In this role, he led the business’s C3 activities, including the provision of innovative integrated networked solutions and unmanned ground and aerial vehicles for land forces, in support of the Australian customers’ move towards a network centric environment. Parker joined Boeing Defence Australia in 1988 and has amassed considerable experience in the execution of large complex programs. Most recently, he was based in Seattle, Washington, and was responsible for customer relationships on the United States West Coast, with a particular focus on the 737 Airborne Early Warning & Control and P-8A Poseidon programs. Prior to that, he was based in Long Beach, California, where he co-led the rapid acquisition and in-service support of the Australian C-17 program for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems via a Foreign Military Sale with the United States Government. This followed his assignment as Director - Air Mobility Programs. Before that assignment, he was the F/A-18 Program Manager and site executive for the Boeing Aerospace Support Center at Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia. In addition to leading the complex multi-phased Hornet Upgrade program, he led the Hornet Industry Coalition comprising Boeing, BAE Systems and L3 Com MAS (Canada). Parker holds a Masters degree in project management from the Queensland University of Technology and is a Certified Practicing Project Director and member of the Australian Institute of Project Management. He has authored a number of peer-reviewed articles on project management, including a paper published in the prestigious International Journal of Project Management. He is also Boeing’s executive focal for Queensland University of Technology.
Rod Drury
Vice President Strategy & Business Development
Rod Drury was appointed Vice President of Strategy & Business Development in October 2008. In this role, Drury is responsible for developing and executing strategies to create and shape new business opportunities, both domestically and internationally. Prior to this role, he was the Director and Deputy, Strategic Customer and Government Relations. From late 2004 until mid-2007, Drury was the Sustainment Operations Program Director where he had full profit and loss accountability for Boeing’s Sustainment Operations business. Before this appointment, he was the Manager of Government Relations for Network Enabled Systems. Leading into this post, Drury held a number of business development positions culminating in his appointment as Chief Strategist, Knowledge Systems Division. Drury joined Boeing after a 20-year career with the Royal Australian Air Force. During his distinguished military career, he gained significant experience in battlespace management planning and operations, training and evaluation, capability development and project management. Drury holds a Graduate Diploma in Management Studies and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern Queensland. He is also a graduate of the Australian Graduate School of Management General Manager Program.
Bill Madley
Director Product Support & Engineering
Bill Madley was appointed Director of Product Support & Engineering for Boeing Defence Australia in July 2008. In this role, he is responsible for providing strategic leadership to the Product Support and Engineering functions to ensure they deliver functional excellence to support the business and protect the enterprise. He joined Boeing Defence Australia in January 2008 as Senior Manager Engineering and shortly after was appointed Senior Manager Product Support and Engineering. Before joining Boeing Defence Australia, Madley was the Senior Manager of Aerospace Engineering and Quality at a major Australian Defence contractor, Tenix Defence, a position he held for three years. For the eight years prior to that Madley helped establish and build a 70-person aeronautical engineering consulting company where he was initially the Chief Engineer and then General Manager for five years. Madley’s career has seen him work in Canada, the United States, Australia and England in various roles as an engineering officer in the Canadian Air Force and as an Engineering Manager at the Australian Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory. He has extensive engineering experience initially focusing on fatigue and fracture mechanics and later expanding into aircraft structural integrity and systems engineering. He also has extensive business experience running a successful professional engineering consultancy in Australia and Southeast Asia that includes profit/loss accountability, strategy and business development, marketing and customer relationships. Madley has a Bachelor of Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada and a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering (Aerospace Vehicle Design) from Cranfield University in England. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia.
Scott Carpendale
Director of Supplier Management & Procurement
Scott Carpendale was appointed Director of Supplier Management & Procurement for Boeing Defence Australia in February 2010. In this role, Carpendale is responsible for increasing supply chain effectiveness by collaborating with customers and forming strategic supplier partnerships with a strong emphasis on program execution and supply chain management. Prior to this, Carpendale was Senior Manager Subcontracts and Teaming for Global Services & Support — Australia (GS&S) division. He commenced this position after completing an expatriate assignment based in St Louis, Missouri for the Strategic Customer and Government Relationships team between 2007- 2009. Carpendale has held a variety of other senior business management roles within Boeing Defence Australia including Aerospace Support Business Manager, Military Aerospace Support Business Manager and Acting GS&S Business Manager where he was responsible for the overall business and commercial management of the division’s existing business and commercial support of new proposals. He joined Boeing Defence Australia in 2002 from the Defence Materiel Organisation, where he held a number of commercial management roles including Business and Contracts Manager for the Strike Reconnaissance Systems Program Office. Carpendale holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland and is a member of the Department of Defence’s Graduate Acquisition Trainee Program in 1994.
James Baker
Communications Director
James Baker was appointed Boeing Defence Australia Communications Director in December 2009. In this role, Baker directs all communications activities, including the development and delivery of strategic communication plans for internal, external, executive, and marketing communications. He also manages the company’s advertising, events, sponsorship and community affairs activities and Boeing Defence Australia’s design and publishing capability. Baker joins Boeing Defence Australia from the Australian Army where he was responsible for communications and public affairs for the 1st Division. In his role as Senior Public Affairs Officer Baker managed communication for forces prior to and on completion of deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor and the Solomon Islands. He also provided communications and public affairs advice to Commanders at one and two-star General rank and managed sensitive personnel incidents within the Division that were likely to attract media or parliamentary attention. Baker has extensive experience working within the Federal Government as a Media Communications Manager and was a Political Reporter and television Presenter for Network 10 News, ABC TV and Prime Television. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree (Communications) and is a member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia and Returned and Services League.
Michael Whipps
Director of Operations
Michael Whipps is Boeing Defence Australia’s Director of Operations. In this role, he integrates activities across functions, including Environment, Health & Safety, Information Technology, Program Management, Lean+, Operations & Maintenance, Facilities & Security, and Quality to ensure a consistent application of best practices and to support business unit growth. In addition, Whipps is also Director of Quality & Improvement, a position he has held since November 2000. In this role, he has overall responsibility for the Quality Management System, and is the Boeing Defence Australia Quality representative for Authorised Engineering Organisation and Authorised Maintenance Organisation certifications. Whipps joined Boeing Defence Australia in 1995 and has held various roles including Quality Manager for Global Services & Support – Australia, Quality and Training Manager at the company’s Amberley facility, and Weapon System Software Facility Quality and Training Manager. Prior to joining Boeing Defence Australia, Whipps was in the Royal Australian Air Force for 25 years, where he held a number of roles within the Aircraft Avionics field. Some of his highlights include working across Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Whipps has more than 30 years experience in the aerospace industry and has worked in Avionics Engineering, Training, Human Resources, Quality, Business Improvement, Innovation, Measurement and Analysis, Business Excellence, and Process Management. He has spoken in Australia and overseas on Quality Management, Process Management, Improvement and Innovation. Whipps holds a Master’s degree in Business, a Bachelor of Teaching in Adult Education, and an Associate Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. He also holds Lead Assessor Qualifications and is a Justice of the Peace. Whipps is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, American Society of Quality, Australian Organisation of Quality Aerospace Sector (Industry Advisor), Queensland Board of Teacher Registration, and Queensland Justice Association.
John Statcheel
Ethics and Business Conduct Principal
John Stacheel was appointed Ethics and Business Conduct Principal and assigned to Boeing Defence Australia in April 2005. He reports directly to The Boeing Company’s Ethics and Business Conduct Organisation in Chicago and is a member of Boeing’s International Business Ethics Team. Stacheel was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia in 1995. He previously held the position of Director, Legal Services, for the Queensland Department of Corrective Services for six years and has extensive legal experience with the Public Defenders Office and Crown Law. In addition to substantial experience in the criminal justice system, Stacheel has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in areas such as employment law, discrimination, contract law, personal injuries litigation and administrative law. His experience in seeing issues from a variety of perspectives helps him bring a balanced approach to the Ethics role. Stacheel provides advice on a broad range of business conduct issues including conflicts of interest, proper relations with customers, suppliers and competitors and the giving and receiving of business gratuities. He helps to develop and roll-out annual Ethics training to all Boeing Defence Australia employees and gives additional guidance and support to managers in their efforts to lead an ethical business culture. Stacheel is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance.