PHOTO RELEASE--Newport News Shipbuilding Announces Two Promotions
October 18 2017 - 3:30PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today two
promotions to the company’s leadership team at its Newport News
Shipbuilding division.
Dave Bolcar is promoted to vice president of submarine
construction, which now encompasses both the Virginia- and
Columbia-class submarine programs. Bolcar most recently served as
director of the Columbia-class program. He joined the shipyard in
1988 as an engineer in the Los Angeles-class submarine engineering
division. Since then, he has held several positions of increasing
responsibility, including manager in Ford-class component
engineering and Columbia-class propulsion engineering, and director
of submarine engineering. Bolcar earned a bachelor's degree in
mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He will
continue to report to Ken Mahler, Newport News’ vice president of
Navy programs.
Bill Smith is promoted to vice president, fleet support
programs, effective immediately. He will have responsibility for
both submarine and aircraft carrier fleet support, including Gerald
R. Ford-class fleet support work. Smith most recently served as
program director for aircraft carrier fleet support. He began his
shipbuilding career in 1984 as a sheet metal apprentice. Since
then, he has held a number of positions with increasing
responsibility, including piping supervisor for Nimitz-class
aircraft carriers and engineering manager for Ford-class aircraft
carriers. He also served as director of aircraft carrier
engineering and director of the reactor plant planning yard,
propulsion plant engineering activity and standard Navy valve yard.
Smith graduated from The Apprentice School in 1988 and earned his
bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Old Dominion
University. He will report to Mahler.
Matt Needy, who most recently served as vice president of the
Virginia-class submarine program and fleet services, is
transferring to vice president of operations, effective
immediately. Needy will be responsible for all trade,
manufacturing, material logistics and facilities operations. He
will report to Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer
Boykin.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/promotions-smith-bolcar.
“The entire Newport News Shipbuilding team is working hard to
put the right leaders in the right positions as we work toward
transforming our business in support of the Navy,” Boykin said.
“This integration of the Virginia- and Columbia-class programs, and
the fleet support programs, directly reflects our customer’s
priorities and better positions us for success.”
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet
Support, Integrated Missions Solutions, Nuclear &
Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport
News, Virginia, HII employs nearly 37,000 people operating both
domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact: Christie MillerChristine.Miller@hii-co.com(757)
380-3581
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