35 Years

Mike Friend BeMS 24836

Hire date = January 16, 1979

There’s some fellow here from Illinois says he wants to design airplanes….

First Job – Design Configurator 5 My first airplane design: Three engine 767

concept (referred to as the 777):

Second Job – Wind Tunnel model designer

Off to Russia!

Next – Deputy chief engineer, BCA Preliminary Design

New Small Airplane --- leads to 20XX --- leads to Yellowstone --- leads to 787

Next – off to Madrid to start BR&TE, and build the Fuel Cell Demonstrator electric airplane

Next job – chief engineer for Product Development in Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Along the way, built and flew an experimental airplane called the Twister

Next – Off to Germany!

Always willing to share my opinion on stage

Still working on wind tunnel models after all these years

Engineering team of the year award - 2010

Back to Seattle one more time - Global Technology and the Middle East

Qatar Grand Prix 2012 Working with QCRI researchers in Doha, Qatar

Working with KAUST university in Saudi Arabia on solar power

Onwards to the next adventure!