Tony Martin, Total Quality VP at Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Tony Martin is the vice president of total quality for Boeing Defense, Space & Security. He has been holding his current leadership position for over two years.

Martin oversees a team that is responsible for improving quality performance across BDS and ensuring that products meet quality, reliability and safety standards. He also works across the company to guide the implementation of quality and compliance improvements. He was the senior director of operations for the 787 Dreamliner program before taking on his current leadership role. In that position, he oversaw the structural build, integration, functional test and delivery for the aircraft’s mid-body, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He has over 35 years of experience in the aviation industry, all of which are with Boeing. The industry veteran started his professional career in 1986 as an industrial engineer and senior manager for the aerospace company. He was promoted to director of operations for the H-47 Chinook helicopter program in July 2008, a position in which he oversaw a $130 million factory renovation. Other leadership roles that Martin held include director of Charleston Machining and Emergent Operations for the 787 program and director of operations for V-22 Osprey assembly and composites.

The Boeing VP holds a master’s degree from Villanova University and a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University.