David Joyce has been named president and chief executive officer for GE Aviation, succeeding Scott Donnelly, who has left the engine giant to join Textron.
Joyce, 51, joined GE in 1980 as a product engineer and spent 15 years in design and development of GE's commercial and military engines including nine different engine families powering 15 aircraft types.
In early 1998, he was promoted to general manger of GE’s customer and product support organisation, responsible the global GE/CFM fleet of nearly 20,000 engines in service with more than 500 customers.
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In mid-2000, he was appointed general manager of the small commercial engine operation, where he led GE's successful bid to power China's ARJ21 regional jet. In addition, he oversaw the certification programme for the CF34-8 engine for the Bombardier CRJ900 and the Embraer E170/175.
Promoted to vice president and general manager of the commercial engine operation in 2003, David Joyce was promoted to his current role at the end of June 2008. An engineer through and through, he earned both bachelor of science and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and he also holds a master's in business finance from Xavier University.
Source: Flight International
