Boeing Subsidiary Tapestry Solutions Names DeFord President and CEO
SAN DIEGO, April 28, 2011- Boeing [NYSE: BA]
today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Tapestry Solutions
has named R. Sam DeFord Jr. as president and CEO, effective
immediately.
Prior to this assignment, DeFord served as Tapestry executive
vice president and chief operating officer, responsible for
worldwide software development, field engineering, and exercises
and training operations.
Tapestry executes Boeing's logistics command and control (Log
C2) strategy and has responsibility for the company's long-term
growth in this sector. In support of this adjacent market, Tapestry
integrated Federated Software Group in 2008 and CDM Technologies in
2010. The company continues to grow through a combination of merger
and acquisition activity and through its work as part of
Boeing.
"Tapestry has a new generation of products that makes us
extremely competitive in the dynamic Log C2 industry," said DeFord.
"We are in a great position to not only assume greater leadership
in the logistics command and control market, but also to expand
into the international marketplace."
"Sam has been a driving force behind Tapestry's growth and has
the full support of Boeing management as we move forward," said
Galen Aswegan, the outgoing president of Tapestry Solutions. "I am
confident in his ability to be innovative and responsive to the
industry's changing dynamics, and his ability to increase our
market share."
Aswegan will continue in a new role within Boeing, working on
strategic market opportunities for Log C2, with a focus on
corporate agility and responsiveness.
Tapestry Solutions, headquartered in San Diego, is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Boeing and forms the core of the Logistics
Command and Control subdivision of Defense & Government
Services and Information Solutions, operating divisions of Boeing
Defense, Space & Security's Global Services & Support and
Network & Space Systems business units. Tapestry is a leading
innovator of custom software development, training, consulting and
support services to the U.S. military, civil government, and the
private sector.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space &
Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security
businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven
customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile
manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis,
Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with
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Contact:
Dorothy Land
Tapestry Solutions Inc.
858-427-2945
dland@tapestrysolutions.com
Robert Sterling
The Boeing Company
Office: 314-233-1816
Mobile: 314-681-3463
robert.sterling2@boeing.com
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