John Tracy

Biography

John J. Tracy (born 1954, in Los Angeles, California) is the retired chief technology officer (CTO) of The Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace company. At Boeing, he held the dual roles of CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Operations & Technology from June 2006 to mid 2016. During his tenure as CTO, Tracy led Boeing's engineering team, which created noteworthy aerospace products including the Boeing 787 commercial airplane, the first jetliner to feature a composite fuselage; the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane, an updated version of Boeing's largest commercial airplane; the X-37, an experimental 30-foot unmanned space plane that's the first reusable spacecraft since the Space Shuttle; and Phantom Eye, a long-endurance, hydrogen-powered, 150-foot-long unmanned demonstrator aircraft.

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