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Lane Ballard

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Lane Ballard

Title: Chief Technology Officer Company: Boeing Industry: Aerospace & Defence
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Lane is Boeing’ s CTO and Vice President of Engineering & Technology Innovation. Appointed in February 2026, Lane shapes Boeing’ s global technology strategy, advancing critical innovations and ensuring engineering rigor. With more than 30 years at Boeing, he has held leadership roles including VP and Chief Engineer of Global, Supply Chain and Systems Engineering; and VP and General Manager of the 787 Program. His experience spans advanced manufacturing, materials research, automation and large‐scale program transformation. Lane holds a bachelor’ s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech and a master’ s degree and an MBA from MIT. technologymagazine. com 47