Dubuque native with UI mechanical engineering degree is Boeing’s new CEO

A Dubuque native who led Cedar Rapids based Rockwell Collins for five years will become the chief executive of Boeing next week. Radio Iowa reports that Robert “Kelly” Ortberg was CEO at Rockwell Collins from 2013 to 2018. Ortberg graduated from the University of Iowa in 1982 with a degree in mechanical engineering and got a job at Texas Instruments making semiconductors.

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