{"id":14572,"date":"2020-01-10T20:05:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14572"},"modified":"2020-01-10T20:05:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:05:23","slug":"boom-supersonic-adds-former-lockheed-martin-cto-ray-o-johnson-and-former-airbnb-hr-chief-mark-levy-to-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/colorado\/boom-supersonic-adds-former-lockheed-martin-cto-ray-o-johnson-and-former-airbnb-hr-chief-mark-levy-to-advisory-board\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Boom Supersonic Adds Former Lockheed Martin CTO Ray O. Johnson and Former Airbnb HR Chief Mark Levy to Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Boom Supersonic has announced the addition of two seasoned\nexecutives to its Advisory Board. Dr. Ray O. Johnson, the former SVP and CTO of\nLockheed Martin, and Mark Levy, the former CHRO of Airbnb and Allbirds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs we continue to make progress towards fulfilling our\nmission, Boom\u2019s need for world-class expertise in aviation technology and\noverall corporate culture will continue to evolve and grow,\u201d said Boom founder\nand CEO, Blake Scholl. \u201cNow as we move toward completing the build of XB-1, we\nare entering a new phase in our development as an organization. And I am so\npleased to be able to add additional world-class business and engineering\nexpertise as we scale and forge a high-performing organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Ray O. Johnson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ray O. Johnson served as Senior Vice President and Chief\nTechnology Officer of Lockheed Martin for nine years, where he directed\nengineering, technology, production operations, global supply chain, program\nmanagement, and logistics and sustainment. Currently, he is a business and\nstrategy consultant working with a range of technology-related companies, and\nan active board member on several high-growth tech and aerospace organizations.\nJohnson is also a renowned academic and sits on the Argonne National Laboratory\nBoard of Governors, and previously held board positions with Sandia Corporation\nand the USAF Scientific Advisory Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoom is well-positioned to transform the state of\ncommercial aviation,\u201d said Dr. Johnson. \u201cI am excited about the opportunity to\nsupport the continued development of its organizational structure,\nmanufacturing processes, and leadership framework to help drive the company\u2019s\nsuccess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark Levy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mark Levy was a pioneer in developing Airbnb\u2019s innovative\nemployee experience\u2014which has become a model for how organizations globally are\nlooking at expanding the HR function. Presently, Levy works with startups to\nglobal brands on how to evolve from traditional HR practices to encompass a\nmore holistic employee experience. This transition entails creating an\nintegrated internal and external brand, bringing the mission and values to\nlife, and forging stronger connections among the company, its employees, their\ncustomers, and the communities in which they operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven as a start-up, Boom has built a truly high-performing\nculture with an exceptional employee experience to support its audacious\nmission,\u201d said Levy. \u201cWith significant growth on the horizon and a goal that\nwill take years to achieve, it will require even greater alignment between\nmanagement\u2019s vision and the employees\u2019 daily work. My primary focus will be to\nhelp Boom\u2019s leadership team leverage both the talents and passions of the team,\nin a sustainable way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boom Supersonic has announced the addition of two seasoned executives to its Advisory Board. Dr. Ray O. Johnson, the former SVP and CTO of Lockheed Martin, and Mark Levy, the former CHRO of Airbnb and Allbirds. \u201cAs we continue to make progress towards fulfilling our mission, Boom\u2019s need for world-class expertise in aviation technology and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14575,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14572\/revisions\/14575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}