We are like many global companies: we are chasing business in many countries, but we won’t establish a presence if the risk/benefit analysis does not work,” says Dave Komendat, Vice President & Chief Security Officer, The Boeing Company. “At the same time, the key for our security operations is to be business enablers. Our organization wants to be anticipatory with our business acquisitions, and we want to have boots on the ground early. So in Security, we have to go back to our business partners and either tell them that it’s safe to establish a business in a certain region, or clearly explain the risk. That’s why we are out there doing what we are doing. As Boeing is set to celebrate our 100 year anniversary in 2016, international growth is imperative to future long-term growth and success. We cannot be a US centric based operation.”

Komendat, with Verdonn Simmons, Boeing’s Senior Manager for International Security Operations, has developed a global security policy that includes a proactive strategy and process for identifying and standing up security measures in other countries. Boeing has more than 173,000 employees with located in 72 countries, including the U.S., UK, Russia, Dubai, Singapore, Japan, Amsterdam, Australia and India.