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Allan Williams. Diversity Blueprint. Diversity Blueprint. Org / Group: Test Integration and Manufacturing Engineering Job Title: Engineer, Planner Years at Boeing : 18 at Flight Test. Diversity Blueprint. Born in Monterey, CA May 1944
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Allan Williams Diversity Blueprint
Diversity Blueprint • Org / Group: Test Integration and Manufacturing Engineering • Job Title: Engineer, Planner • Years at Boeing: 18 at Flight Test
Diversity Blueprint • Born in Monterey, CA May 1944 • Dad working in Army Signal Corps on secret project to teach Philpino spies signaling methods
Diversity Blueprint • Grew up in Spokane till age 5 • Dad is back from WW 2 in Europe • I refuse to acknowledge him, call him “Mom”
Diversity Blueprint • My biker days - this is an Indian, predecessor to Harley • This is at Victory Heights Post WW2 housing project outside Spokane, now under 4-lane hwy
Diversity Blueprint • Move to Skyway, WA, just above Renton in 1949 at age 5 – Dad starts 41 year career at Boeing Defense and Space • Worlds to conquer at age 10
Diversity Blueprint • Move to Mercer Is summer of ’54 • Dad has pulled the rabbit out of the hat, we have a small piece of waterfront down below on his engineer salary, lots of projects on our “Swiss Family Robinson” • Here I’m 13, the eldest
Diversity Blueprint • A few years later – I’m the photographer
Diversity Blueprint • Speech class 7th grade: Vacuum Tube Radio • Dad has a basement full of radio surplus he buys and sells
Diversity Blueprint • I’ve been busy with Boy Scouts • Also completed Mountaineers Basic Climbing course 1962, climbed Mt Adams
Diversity Blueprint • Explorer Scout trip to Garibaldi Provincial Park, British Columbia 1961
Diversity Blueprint • Attended Coast Guard Academy 1962-64, sail to Europe on USCGC Eagle
Diversity Blueprint • Complete BS degree in Physical Oceanography with Atmospherics Physics minor at UW in ’67 • Work for US Army Corps of Engineers doing beach erosion prevention from ’67 to ’73 – they write a letter each year to keep me out of Viet Nam war
Diversity Blueprint • Basic and Advanced Diver – Los Angeles County ’68 • Dive here at Catalina and for work at LA Harbor
Diversity Blueprint • Take 2 years off ’73-’75 to finish flying ratings • Travel to Micronesia • Dorie Howell bid and won a flying trip with me to Santa Barbara airport
Diversity Blueprint • Travel to Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalahara Mexico with my buddy Denny • Here I’m in the foyer of a motel
Diversity Blueprint • I decide to become a professional pilot • 2 years as flight instructor at Hawthorne Airport, just south of LAX • 1 year as Chief Flight Instructor/ Flight Dept Manager at Del Monte Aviation in Monterey CA • 6 months company pilot, Radionics, Seaside CA • 5 years as bush pilot in Fairbanks, Alaska, including 300 hours as flight engineer on Lockheed C-130 4-engine turboprop • Enjoy making my own weather forecasts, which assists my excellent flight completion rate
Diversity Blueprint • Complete captain’s license on B737-200 in May 1984 in Los Angeles • 1.5 years as flight engineer on Lockheed Electra flying Air Force freight around US for Logistics Air Command • Meet wife Suzanne Feb 14, 1986 • Work for Boeing as Flight Test Planner ’87 – ’89
Diversity Blueprint • 1 year Chief Pilot for Air San Juan/ ChartAir at Friday Harbor • 3 years First Officer on 19-seat BA Jetstream for United Express - WestAir, based at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Yakima 1990- ’93
Diversity Blueprint • Pilot licenses
Diversity Blueprint • 10,500 hours of flight time with no accidents or incidents • Return to Boeing Flight Test Planning (Manufacturing Engineering) 1996 • BS Manufacturing Engineering with Oregon Institute of Technology on site Boeing off hours 1998 – ’01, first graduating class
Diversity Blueprint • Marry Suzanne July 1999
Diversity Blueprint • MS Degree Technical Management Embry Riddle 2003 - ’05, Thesis July ’07: “How much does it cost to store parts at Flight Test” • Ten years with Toastmasters – Advanced Gold Award Sept ’07 • Have been in all 50 states, lived in 4 corners of US and Alaska, Hawaii 3x, Europe 2x • Hobbies: Travel, hiking, snow and water skiing, reading, writing, boating, sailing, sing-a-long music group • What Diversity & Inclusion means to me