David L. Joyce is president and chief executive officer of GE Aviation, the world's leading designer and producer of jet engines for commercial and military aircraft and a major provider of avionics, power management and actuation systems.

He joined GE Aviation in 1980 at its Cincinnati, Ohio headquarters and worked for 15 years in advanced design and product development, contributing to nine jet engine families for 15 aircraft models. He then expanded into Six Sigma quality leadership roles and headed GE Aviation's Customer and Product Support organization, supporting the global fleets of more than 500 customers. Every two seconds an airplane is taking off somewhere in the world, powered by engines from GE or its affiliates.

Joyce ran the regional and business jet commercial engine operations from 2000 through 2003 during the explosive growth in regional jet operations in the US. He also led GE's successful bid to power the ARJ Regional Jet, China's first indigenous commercial jet, and led the formation of the GE Honda Aero Engine Company, a joint company between GE and Honda of Japan, which is creating engines for lightweight small business jets.

He spent the next five years as vice president and general manager of Commercial Engines, managing GE's commercial jet engine portfolio, and launched the GEnx engine on Boeing's new 787 and 747-8 aircraft.

As GE Aviation's president and CEO, Joyce is active in the industry and community. He serves on the executive committee of the Aerospace Industries Association in Washington, DC, and on the board of the National Air and Space Museum. At home, he serves on the Cincinnati Business Committee (co-chairing the group's Education Task Force), on the boards of trustees for Xavier University, United Way of Greater Cincinnati and the advisory board for the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering. He also serves on the board of the Tri-State Warbird Museum.

He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from Xavier University.

GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of jet engines, components and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.

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