Thu, Dec 23, 2010
Has Broad Authority Over Production Of The New BizJet
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has promoted L.D. Buerger
(pictured) to the position of director, G650 Initial Phase
Operations. He reports to Greg Collett, vice president, Initial
Phase Operations. In his new role, Buerger is accountable for
initial phase manufacturing, manufacturing engineering and
planning, industrial engineering and tool design for the G650,
which is scheduled to enter service in 2012.
"L.D. comes into his new role at an important time in the
program," Collett said. "He will lead the manufacturing team during
the production ramp-up over the next several years."
Most recently, Buerger served as senior manager of G650
Production Operations. His team was responsible for quality
assurance, tooling and manufacturing engineering and planning for
G650 Initial Phase Operations. From 2007 to 2008, Buerger worked as
Final Phase team manager at the Savannah Completion Center, where
he managed a team of technicians responsible for interior
installation, systems checkout and customer acceptance of G450 and
G550 aircraft.
Before joining Gulfstream, Buerger was officer-in-charge in the
46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 46th Test Wing, at Eglin Air
Force Base in Florida. He led a diverse maintenance unit consisting
of more than 220 military and civilian personnel from 16 distinct
career fields who maintained 16 various fixed-wing and two
rotary-wing military test aircraft. Earlier in his military career,
Buerger served as sortie generation flight commander with the 75th
Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, at Pope Air Force Base in
North Carolina. He was directly responsible for 190 enlisted
personnel who maintained 27 combat A-10 (Warthog) aircraft. While
there, he led two combat deployments to Kuwait and Turkey to help
enforce United Nations sanctions.
Buerger earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the
University of Virginia. Upon graduation, he earned a commission as
a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and later became a
distinguished graduate of Squadron Officers School. He also holds a
master's degree in business administration, with an emphasis on
technology management, from Auburn University. He is a Six Sigma
green belt.
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