Patrick Shanahan

Patrick M.
Shanahan is the founder of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, founded in 2018.
Current jobs include President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. since 2023; President & Chief Executive Officer at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. since 2023; Director at Leidos, Inc. since 2022; Independent Director at CAE, Inc. since 2022; Independent Director at Leidos Holdings, Inc. since 2022; Acting Secretary-Defense at Department of Defense Military Health System since 2019; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; and Member of The Royal Aeronautical Society.
Former jobs include Director at The American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc.; Independent Director at Zanite Acquisition Corp.; Senior Vice President-Supply Chain & Operations at The Boeing Co. from 2016 to 2017; SVP & General Manager-Airplane Programs at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Inc. from 2012 to 2017; Vice President & General Manager at Boeing Defense, Space & Security; Fellow at Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Secretary & Treasurer at American Helicopter Society International; and Secretary at U.S.
Department of Defense (California) from 2018 to 2019.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the University of Washington, graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.