Lean Manufacturing Discipline Enables CEO Success ...

Lean Manufacturing Discipline Enables CEO Success: Chief Executive Magazine Names United Technologies' George David ...

UT's CEO has leveraged his lean manufacturing experience into the boardroom and has been honored as CEO of the Year ...

From Market Wire (press release) ... David, 62, has spread strong financial discipline and lean manufacturing processes acquired from Japan throughout United Technologies. ...

... Chief Executive magazine today announced that George David, CEO of United Technologies Corp., has been selected as the magazine's CEO of the Year. It was a unanimous decision from the selection panel, which was made up of seven chief executive officers and was chaired by Frederick W. Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx and the magazine's 2004 CEO of the Year. Other panelists included two previous CEO of the Year honorees, Sanford I. Weill of Citigroup and Herbert D. Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, as well as Michael Critelli of Pitney Bowes, Scott Serota of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Pat Russo of Lucent and Joe Tucci of EMC. The magazine, whose readers submitted the initial nominations, initiated the CEO of the Year award in 1986. ...

Chief Executive is a controlled circulation magazine that has been published since 1977. It reaches 42,000 chief executive officers and their peers, reaches a total readership of 170,000, and is published 10 times a year. Chief Executive Group facilitates "Chief Executive of the Year," a prestigious honor bestowed upon an outstanding corporate leader, nominated and selected by a group of his or her peers. Fred Smith, Hank Greenberg, Bill Gates, John Chambers, Michael Dell and Sandy Weill are just some of the leaders who have been honored during the award's 20-year history. Chief Executive also organizes roundtable meetings and conferences to foster opportunities for top corporate officers to discuss key subjects and share their experiences within a community of peers.