“Insatiable curiosity became a drive for me to seize every opportunity to contribute to Boeing locations globally ”
— Roberto Lu , VP Technology , TE Connectivity obvious one . “ I was honored to work alongside so many innovators at Boeing and was one of the first few engineers working on the Boeing 787 in 1999 . We had to develop our internal processes because on something like that there ’ s nobody you can ask !”
Involvement with something as high profile as the 787 Dreamliner , and the experience of working at Boeing , where they say ‘ The sky is not the limit – it is Boeing ’ s playground ’ was “ awesome ”, according to Lu . “ In my Boeing days I was very fortunate to have outstanding leaders and managers who inspired me .” The company became his own playground , he admits . Poring over the internal maps of Boeing ’ s many locations he set himself the task of getting into every building on every manufacturing and fabrication site and finding out what happens there . A tall order , but he managed to do them all bar one . “ Insatiable curiosity you may say , but that curiosity became a drive for me to seize every opportunity to contribute to Boeing locations globally .”
He had every expectation of retiring as a senior Boeing Fellow when he was approached by Tom Lynch , who
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