Company: SPR
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-009088
Chunk: 113

Company: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 4
Chunk 113
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 the aviation industry for more than 25 years. Mr. Schrader began his career in 1997 at Boeing as a sheet metal mechanic on the 747, taking on progressive responsibilities on the 737, 767, 777, 787 and KC-46 fuselage and propulsion programs. During his time at Boeing, he led the 777 to successful delivery of the initial phase of the freighter and 

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conceptualized and put in place the “Service Ready” approach to 100% defect free products. In 2013, he left Boeing to pursue executive roles at GKN Aerospace and LMI Aerospace in executive operations and program roles for both commercial and defense programs. As part of his work on defense programs, Mr. Schrader has led teams to oversee and support customers on the B-21, F-15, F-18, CH53K, and F-35 platforms. Mr. Schrader holds a Bachelor of Science from Southwestern University and an M.B.A. from Baker University.

Gregg Brown, 56. Mr. Brown is Senior Vice President, Global Quality of Spirit AeroSystems. Mr. Brown has over 38 years in aviation, joining Spirit in March 2024 from Jet Blue Airways, where he was Vice President of Technical Operations from February 2023 to March 2024. In that role, he was responsible for quality and delivery of safe, reliable and on-time aircraft to the operation. He served as Vice President of Technical Operations for Spirit Airlines from March 2022 to February 2023 and as Chief Quality and Compliance Officer for MRO Holdings (an aircraft maintenance and modification provider) in Irving, Texas, from 2018 to 2022. Between 1994 and 2018, Mr. Brown held numerous positions with Southwest Airlines, including his last role as Senior Director of Quality/FAA Liaison, leadership positions in Maintenance Operations/Control and Airframe Field Services, and front-line positions as an Aviation Maintenance Technician and Quality Control Inspector. He was also previously employed by Delta Air Lines as an aircraft mechanic and is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served as a crew chief on the B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber. Mr. Brown holds FAA certificates as a private pilot and airframe and powerplant mechanic and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Science from Eastern New Mexico University.

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