Mike Hurd is the deputy director of Environmental Strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In this role, he is responsible for developing an integrated plan for the Boeing business unit to ensure its products and services are aligned with measurable environmental performance objectives.

In his previous position, Mr. Hurd served as senior manager, Feature Strategy, where he led a team responsible for developing product strategies for airplane features including flight decks, cabin interiors, flight operations, safety, security and environmental benefits.

Previous assignments in the company have included various management roles in Engineering, ranging from leading a team responsible for developing technology investment plans within Product Development, to leading a Customer Engineering team in the development of option catalogs for production model aircraft. Previously, he was manager of Simulator Engineering within Commercial Airplanes Customer Services, where his team was responsible for delivering and maintaining flight and maintenance simulators used to train customer personnel in the operation of Boeing aircraft.

Mr. Hurd joined Boeing in 1980 as an engineer in Flight Operations Engineering, where he developed and later managed the development of flight planning software for leading airlines around the world. These tools are used today by customers for developing efficient takeoff, in-route and landing flight plans, and for monitoring in-flight performance of daily operations, to ensure optimal efficiency.

Mr. Hurd received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University in 1980.