About John F. Eash

BSAE 1979, UMR
MS EMgt 1990, UMR
MBA 1999, Washington University
Professional Degree 2013, Missouri S&T
OGS Member

John began his career at McDonnell Douglas in 1980 as a Flight Test Engineer with remote assignments at Patuxent River NATC, MD on the F/A-18 aircraft Full Scale Development Test Program and Holloman AFB, NM on an F-15 aircraft avionics development program.  He moved to Production Operations in 1991, where he initially held various team leader positions responsible for engineering support of manufacturing. 

John was promoted to Production Superintendent in 1995 and has held management positions on the T-45, AV-8B, F/A-18 C/D and F/A-18E/F aircraft programs through the transition to the Boeing Company.  In February 2001, he was promoted to Senior Manager and assigned to Supplier Management and Procurement responsible for all aspects of supplier development for the Boeing Military Aircraft and Missiles Division.  In November 2002, John was selected as the team leader for Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) Supplier Development.  In August 2003, he was promoted to Director, IDS Supplier Quality and Development, responsible for world-wide regional operations.  John rejoined the F/A-18 program in March 2010 as the leader of the Multi-Year 3 Affordability Team.  In June 2010, he was selected to serve as Director, F/A-18 Production Operations with responsibility for all St. Louis Flight Operations and F-15 Final Assembly. In March 2015, he rejoined Supplier Quality as Division Director for Regional Operations.  John has also served as Boeing’s Executive Focal for the Missouri University of Science & Technology since 2007.  John retired from the Boeing Company in July 2015 and currently serves as the Executive Director of Corporate Relations for the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

John has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Engineering Management from the Missouri University of Science & Technology and an MBA in Manufacturing Management from Washington University in St. Louis.  He also completed the Executive Program Managers’ Course at the DefenseSystemsManagementCollege in Ft. Belvoir, VA.