Geiger Named President Of General Dynamics Unit
Geiger, who has been senior vice president of operations at Bath since March 2008, will report to David K. Heebner, executive vice president of Marine Systems at General Dynamics.
Shipway, who is retiring, became president of Bath Iron Works in 2003. Geiger, joined Bath Iron Works in 1984 as a production planner and since that time has advanced through a series of positions in production engineering, production control, manufacturing engineering, planning and quality assurance.
He has had responsibility for all engineering, design, material procurement, planning, quality control, strategic planning, communications and business development at the shipyard. Geiger is a member of the executive control board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program and has served as a national advisory board member for the Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Department of the University of Michigan.
Bath Iron Works designs and builds surface combat ships and employs around 5,600 people. Since 1991, BIW has manufactured and delivered thirty Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the U.S. Navy. Four additional ships are currently under construction for delivery by 2011. Bath Iron Works is also building DDG 1000, the first ship in the Navy's new Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers.
Falls Church, Virginia-based General Dynamics employs around 92,300 people worldwide. The company is engaged in providing business aviation systems, land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems, and information systems and technologies.
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