{"id":18313,"date":"2021-05-04T13:19:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18313"},"modified":"2021-05-04T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:19:52","slug":"gamma-aerospace-appoints-donna-j-dj-fox-as-chief-financial-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/texas\/gamma-aerospace-appoints-donna-j-dj-fox-as-chief-financial-officer\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Gamma Aerospace Appoints Donna J. (DJ) Fox as Chief Financial Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gamma Aerospace has announced the appointment of Donna J.\n(DJ) Fox as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Headquartered in Mansfield,\nTexas, Gamma Aerospace is a specialized, end-to-end provider of engineered\nairframe and flight components for leading original equipment manufacturers and\nTier I suppliers in the aerospace and defense industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donna-Fox-dj-fox-chief-financial-officer-gamma-aerospace-cedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18314\" width=\"256\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donna-Fox-dj-fox-chief-financial-officer-gamma-aerospace-cedit.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donna-Fox-dj-fox-chief-financial-officer-gamma-aerospace-cedit-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption><em>Donna J. Fox<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gamma centers of operational excellence in North America\nmanufacture a diverse offering of products and services that solve the most\ncomplex customer challenges. Gamma operations utilize a unique combination of\nadvanced, in-house processes that encompass machining, forming, and assembly,\nas well as special processing that includes heat treating, anodizing,\npriming\/painting, chemical conversion coating, and fluorescent penetrant\ninspection in multiple locations throughout its network. Recent significant\ninvestments in special processing make Gamma Aerospace a total solutions\nprovider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Fox has served in a number of financial leadership\npositions in a range of international aerospace manufacturing companies\nthroughout her career. These include four organizations with global reach:\nTriumph Group, Inc., Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman and The Boeing\nCompany. During more than 25 years in the industry, she has demonstrated a\ntrack record of leadership and success in strategic planning, including\ndevelopment of strategy, policy and processes; financial planning and accounting;\nproposal development, including commercial, military, domestic and\ninternational contracts; communications and compliance reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy career has been deeply focused on the aerospace\nindustry, where I am passionate about advancing the technologies and scope of\nthe industry. For the organizations I serve, I am intent on driving performance\nand growth through strategic financial planning and management and developing\nand growing the talent and expertise of people and teams,\u201d said Ms. Fox, Chief\nFinancial Officer of Gamma Aerospace. \u201cI welcome the opportunity to join the\ndynamic new executive leadership team at Gamma Aerospace in expanding the\ncapabilities of our team members and taking on the challenges of innovation,\ncontinuous improvement, and flawless delivery of products and services for a\ngrowing portfolio of customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Fox joins Gamma Aerospace after having served as\nPresident of DJ Fox &amp; Associates, where she consulted with clients and\nsupported development of proposals including a multi-million-dollar Omega\ncompetitive project and sole source price proposals, as well as pricing\nactivities, federal government accounting and compliance activities. Prior to\nestablishing her own firm, she served as Corporate Controller for GKN\nAerostructures North America, which provides composites and metals services\nfrom 10 locations across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Fox also served as Senior Finance Director and\nController of Triumph Aerostructures, Vought Commercial Division, where she was\nresponsible for directing all international financial activities of the\norganization and providing strategic financial leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Raytheon, Ms. Fox served in several positions with\nincreasing responsibility, including Interim Senior Finance Director, SAS ISRS;\nSenior Finance Manager, Space and Airborne Systems Intelligence, Surveillance\nand Reconnaissance Systems Financial Planning and Analysis; and Senior Finance\nManager, NCS Combat Systems. During this time, she led teams of financial\nanalysts and managers who supported specialized programs and financial\nreporting requirements and led professional development of finance staff\nmembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in her career, she held several financial positions\nat Northrop Grumman, including Senior Business Manager, Centers for Disease\nControl and Prevention; Senior Program Manager; Operations Manager\/Deputy\nDepartment Manager; and Proposals Business Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Fox began her career at The Boeing Company when it was\nknown as McDonnell Douglas. There, she served in several roles of increasing\nresponsibility, including Strategic Analyst, Indirect Cost Management; Senior\nFinance Manager\/Assistant Controller; Cost Policy Manager, Boeing Aircraft and\nMissiles Group; and Business Planning Analyst, Boeing Aircraft and Missiles.\nDuring her tenure, she earned four company commendations for leadership and\ndistinction in performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gamma Aerospace, as a provider of a broad range of\nmachining, forming and assembly services for global aerospace companies,\nintegrates leading-edge capabilities that eliminate non-value-added process\ntime\u2014allowing for better control in providing best-in-class value, quality and\non-time delivery to its customers. In machining, the Company provides complex\ngeometries and compound contours common on structural aerospace components.\nGamma has earned a reputation in formation services for providing complex\ncontour and other challenging scenarios. In assembly, the Company designs the\nprocess, tools, and numeric control programs while maintaining focus on\ncoordination of multiple details for ease of assembly and stringent control of\ntolerances. Equally important, Gamma deploys a world-class quality system,\nusing the latest developments in inspection and measurement, along with\ncontinuous improvement tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDJ has built a reputation throughout the aerospace industry\nfor leadership in financial management, planning, analysis, and governance, and\nfor motivating high performing teams that deliver business performance\nturnarounds. Throughout her career, she has developed and implemented financial\nstrategies, processes and cost and asset reduction initiatives that fuel\nprofitability and growth,\u201d said Thomas C. Hutton, Chief Executive Officer of\nGamma Aerospace. \u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to welcome DJ to Gamma Aerospace, where her\ndecisive, high-energy leadership style and appetite for mentoring and\ndeveloping passionate team members will support P&amp;L performance and drive\nlong-term growth of the Gamma business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamma Aerospace has announced the appointment of Donna J. (DJ) Fox as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Headquartered in Mansfield, Texas, Gamma Aerospace is a specialized, end-to-end provider of engineered airframe and flight components for leading original equipment manufacturers and Tier I suppliers in the aerospace and defense industries. 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