John Harbison has been appointed president of Raytheon's new subsidiary, Raytheon Commercial Ventures, which aims to commercialise defence technologies. He joins after 20 years with Booz-Allen Hamilton. Fairchild Dornier has named Robert Stecher as 382JET programme manager, focusing on product improvement. Thomas MacGillivary has joined America West Airlines as senior vice president (VP) finance and CFO. Dr Paul Krammer will succeed Heinz Pfingstgraef, who retires on 1 October, as MTU's head of programme management and customer support. US spares specialist AAR has appointed Joseph Gullion, formerly president of Boeing Airplane Services, as VP strategic planning and acquisitions. Kevin Connor, Delta Air Lines' new director of e-commerce revenue and management, will lead a web development team. Milos Obradovic has succeeded Branko Bilbija as general director of Yugoslavia's Federal Air Traffic Control Authority. Terry Rendleman has been named president and chief executive of Aeroxchange. Responsible for strategic direction and developing the organisation to support global e-commerce, he replaces Edith Kelly-Green. Rockwell Collins has appointed Thomas Martino as VP,programme management, in passenger systems in-flight entertainment unit. Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Jim Dempsey as director of planning, schedules and programmes. Ken Haynes becomes programme manager for engineering support of US armed forces C-20 transports. Paul Neilson has been appointed as financial director (FD) of British European's airline division. He was formerly FD of British Regional Airlines and Manx Airlines. Manufacturer-owned Exostar e-marketplace has appointed Stephen O'Sullivan executive VP, new business development, Craig Jefferies chief marketing officer and Jim Mandracchia chief strategist.
Source: Flight International