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Mr.
Randy Tinseth has been named as vice president, Marketing, for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Tinseth will be responsible for marketing
Boeing Commercial Airplanes' entire family of products and services through a wide range of activities, such as understanding market requirements,
contributing to Commercial Airplane's planning and product development, supporting market positioning and sales activities, as well as hosting
the Commercial Airplanes blog, "Randy's Journal." The position reports to Mike Cave, vice president, Business Strategy and Marketing.
Tinseth, 47, succeeds Randy Baseler, who is retiring
30 April 2007.
In his previous role on the 747-8 Program, Tinseth was responsible for developing marketing and in-service support strategies for the new 747-8
program, executing sales, and working with the customer base. Named to the position in March 2006, he helped prepare the market for the
introduction of the 747-8, refining the focus on the unique service offerings for this airplane family.
Tinseth previously served as director of Product and Service Marketing, where he was responsible for marketing Boeing's commercial airplanes
and services to airlines, financial institutions and other constituencies around the world.
From 1997 to 2001, Tinseth was a Boeing sales director in North America, leading Commercial Airplanes sales efforts at United Airlines, Northwest
Airlines, United Parcel Services, and Spirit Airlines.
He started in Marketing in 1989 with a management position in the Airplane Economics Group, and worked as part of the team that implemented
new versions of Boeing's aircraft maintenance and operating cost models.
Tinseth joined Boeing in June 1981 as a flight test engineer and engineering lead on the certification of the Boeing 757 and 767.
Born in Kalispell, Montana, Tinseth holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and in 1986 received a master's in
business administration from Seattle University.
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