About the Speaker
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Alan Mulally
President & CEO, Ford Motor Company
Event: View From The Top
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011
Prior to joining Ford in September 2006, Mulally served as executive vice president of The Boeing Company, and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In that role, he was responsible for all of the company’s commercial airplane programs and related services. Mulally also was a member of the Boeing Executive Council and served as Boeing’s senior executive in the Pacific Northwest. more...
Selected Articles
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- CEO Alan Mulally: Ford's Just-the-Facts ManBNET, 1/14/11
Ford has opened up a lead against its competitors in terms of a high-tech image, thanks to features like its Ford Sync voice-control system co-developed with Microsoft (MSFT). But good luck trying to get Ford CEO Alan Mulally to brag about it. - Can Alan Mulally Keep Ford in the Fast Lane?Time, 8/15/10
Listen to Ford Motor Co.'s excitable CEO, Alan Mulally, for five minutes and you are almost ready to march down to the assembly line, grab a torque wrench and start knocking bolts into Mustangs. "We are fighting for the soul of American manufacturing," he begins. "We are leading the way on, What does it take for America to compete in the global economy? - What Other Automakers Can Learn from Alan MulallyFast Company, 3/6/10
In September, 2006, then-CEO of Ford Motor Company William Clay Ford Jr. took a risk. In search of his own replacement, his offers were passed up by a pair of respected automotive leaders, so he did something few (if any) anticipate: he hired an aeronautical engineer to lead his own company. The rest is turning into history. - Alan Mulally: The Outsider at FordBusinessweek, 3/5/09
The changes at Ford initiated by CEO Mulally, a former aerospace guy, have meant the difference between death for the automaker and merely being sick. - From Aircraft to Autos: Ford CEO Alan MulallyNPR, 5/21/07
Ford Motor Co. is in the midst of a major restructuring, closing plants and laying off workers. At the helm of the company is new chief executive, Alan Mulally, a former airline industry executive.

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