Bret McKenna

Commercial Aerospace Licensing - Strategy & Planning Integrated Product Team Leader @Boeing

Strategy, Planning, and Integrated Product Team Leader – Commercial Parts Licensing (2020 - Present) Direct the vision in establishing strategic alignment and growth of Boeing Global Services and Commercial Airplanes through expansion and creation of new licensing programs. Leader for all parts licensing activity across the commercial aerospace enterprise. Data and financial analysis of license royalties along with team training and mentorship. • Optimization for part amendments. Revised process and approach for administration of collecting and capturing parts, resulting in elimination of non-value-added work, saving thousands of labor hours. Delighted customers with new method which streamlined admin efforts. • Embedded parts license program with Boeing Commercial Airplanes Supply Chain. Enabled ability to provide customers with one comprehensive agreement and assist in expediting contracting efforts reducing license contract size from over 60+ down to 7 pages. • Part referral licensing program. Over 4,500 parts supported via an e-commerce referral system to address and capture market demand. Avoided significant investment in procurement and holding costs to support parts that have traditional low inventory turns. Creates additional ancillary revenue generation stream.