Kathleen Moodie

Kathy Moodie is Vice President of Everett Site Operations. In this role she is responsible for aligning the Everett site with changes in infrastructure, material and logistics management, tooling, equipment services and new technology. She is also tasked with balancing skills across the site and leading site engagement and policy governance. She previously led BCA manufacturing functional excellence, operations standards and compliance, and workforce strategy. Prior to this she was director of 747/767/777/LCF/Paint Operations and Delivery at the Everett Delivery Center where she was responsible for preflight and delivery operations for the 747, 767 and 777 Programs as well as leadership for both Everett and Portland Paint and the Large Cargo Freighter. Earlier she served as director of Manufacturing for the Everett Modification Center, 787 Dreamliner Program. During her time with the 787, Kathy Moodie made major contributions to Boeing’s efforts to drive stability into the production system, most notably in her role as director of Final Assembly Operations. Before that she was in Grottaglie, Italy, leading the on-site team in the start-up of the fuselage manufacturing plant located there. She worked with key Alenia Aeronautica suppliers to provide sub-assemblies and parts. Moodie also led the worldwide integration and implementation of the 787 Tooling and Factory Equipment team. She was responsible for Boeing and its partners creating a more efficient production system through the use of modern tooling concepts. From 2004 to 2005, Moodie was the regional manager of Supplier Quality and Development for Boeing Defense, Space and Systems (BDS). This entailed leading the West-coast regional team to improve the quality of the supply chain and provide conforming hardware and processes to BDS programs. Earlier in her Commercial Airplanes career, Moodie served in several roles as part of the Boeing 777 team. Her positions included Structures manager, manager of the Interiors team and manager of the Final Body Join team in the factory. While in those positions, she led initiatives and process improvement activities that enabled reductions in cost and flow days while improving quality. Moodie joined Boeing 1986 as an industrial engineer at the Fabrication Division facility in Auburn, Wash. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Western State College in Colorado in 1986 and a Master’s in Business Administration from Seattle University in 1990. She also graduated from Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program in the spring of 2011. Moodie is a private pilot and is active in water ski tournaments.