Sun, Mar 25, 2007
Former Gulfstream Exec Is Also A Mooney Owner
Mooney Airplane Company has announced the appointment of
veteran aviation executive Floyd W. Washburn, to the position of
Vice President of Programs & New Business. Washburn joins the
Kerrville, TX-based planemaker from Gulfstream Aerospace
Corporation, where he spent the past 19 years, serving most
recently as program director for Multi-Mission aircraft.
"Floyd Washburn has demonstrated his ability to lead project
teams effectively over his entire career in aviation, which spans
nearly a quarter of a century," said Mooney president and CEO
Dennis Ferguson. "He has an outstanding record in program and
product management. Our operations will benefit greatly from both
his administrative and his technical expertise," he added.
Representatives with Mooney tell ANN Washburn is a 1969 graduate
of what was then known as Southwest Missouri State University --
now Missouri State -- with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied
Mathematics, and a minor in Industrial Engineering. He received a
dual master's degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1979
-- one in mathematics with an emphasis in statistics, and another
in Management and Administrative Science with an emphasis in
finance.
After beginning his career as a planning and control manager at
Texas Instruments in 1972, Washburn moved into the aerospace
industry as a product line manager for Tracor Aerospace in
1983.
In 1988 he joined Gulfstream Aerospace as Manager of Program
Management Services and subsequently progressed into program
management roles for Cargo Door Modifications, Medevac Aircraft
development, and Maritime Search and Rescue programs. Washburn was
instrumental in the development, direction and negotiation of
numerous US government, domestic and foreign contracts while at
Gulfstream.
A licensed, instrument-rated pilot, Washburn is also a
Mooney owner.
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