Rolls-Royce, a global power systems company, has appointed Dan Korte as president, Defense Aerospace. In this role, Korte is responsible for leadership of the group’s $3.3 billion global defense aerospace business, which employs 2,400 people and operates in 17 countries around the world.
Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, Korte served as executive vice president and general manager for Global Strike Systems, a division of the Boeing Military Aircraft business. Since joining Boeing in 1985, Korte has held a number of senior positions including: V-22 program manager, vice president of supplier management & procurement, and VP/program manager for SBInet, a critical component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Border Initiative (SBI). Korte brings more than 20 years of experience in design and systems engineering, integrated product team leadership, as well as supplier, procurement and program management to his new role.
Korte holds an MBA from Lindenwood College in Missouri and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Illinois University. He is also a graduate of the Strategic Thinking and Management for Competitive Advantage Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Korte assumed this role August 2 and is based at the group’s North America headquarters in Reston, Va. He succeeds Axel Arendt who is retiring.
Rolls-Royce is a global business providing and supplying integrated power systems for use on land, at sea and in the air. The company has established strong positions in four global markets – civil aerospace, defense aerospace, marine and energy.