SAE Symposium at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition

David Alexanderhas been with SAE International and its affiliates for 18 years and is currently based in Detroit, Michigan, USA, having previously been based in London until 2022. In February 2022, he assumed the role of Senior Director of Standards. In this role, Alexander is responsible for the coordination and collaboration of SAE’s standards programs and constituents across diverse mobility sectors including aerospace, automotive and commercial vehicle. He is also responsible globally for the strategy and operations of the SAE Aerospace and Systems Management Standards programs comprising over 7,800 consensus standards maintained by more than 180 technical committees. This includes the staff leadership for the SAE Executive Standards Committee and SAE Aerospace Council and includes leadership in the stakeholder integration of standards through the SAE Group portfolio.

Supported by SAE staff in London, Paris, Shanghai and across the US, program activities include relationships with industry, associations, regulatory authorities and government stakeholders around the world and strategy for standardization in areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance, hydrogen & sustainable fuels, electrification, additive manufacturing, human factors and quality.

Prior to joining the SAE Aerospace Standards operation, David worked on the Nadcap accreditation programmed through SAE’s affiliate organization PRI, and he holds a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Manchester.

Ms. Noriko Morioka has gained experience from many roles centered on the development of control technology in the aero-engine business and has been involved in projects examining future technological concepts for aero engines and the commercialization of aircraft electrification systems since joining the Company. She served as Manager of the Corporate Business Development Division, and subsequently, from April 2023, assumed the position of General Manager of the Strategic Technologies Division and has been formulating and implementing scenarios for the creation of future Growth Business, as well as the acquisition of strategic technology.

Chris Payne is the BCA Vice President of Supply Chain & Fabrication Engineering.  He was appointed to this position in June 2023.

Previously Chris was the Vice President Chief Engineer of the BDS Mobility & Surveillance Division.  In this role Chris had engineering responsibility for the KC-46, P-8, VC-25, E-4, E-7, C-32, and C-40.  Prior to this role Chris was the BCA Director of Airplane Systems in the Washington State Design Center having responsibility for Airplane Systems across all Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Product Development.  He served as Director of Airplane Systems from 2015 to 2020 and in 2018 served a one-year position within BGS as the Chief Engineer for the Actuation Vertical.

From 2013 to 2015 he served as the BCA Flight Controls & Mechanical Hydraulic Systems Chief Engineer within Airplane Systems.

Payne served as the Senior Manager for the BCA Flight Controls & Mechanical Hydraulic Systems organization on the 787 Program.  He was appointed to that position in 2011.

Prior to his 787 assignment, Payne served as a First Line Leader in BCA within Product Development leading the Flight Controls, Mechanical Hydraulics, and Cabin & Network Systems teams.  His responsibilities included Airplane Product Development and a varied technology portfolio.  He was appointed to that position in 2009.

Payne hired into The Boeing Company in 1991 and began his Boeing career as a Technical Designer in BCA on the 737-NG Program.  He entered into management in 2005.  He has worked multiple development, as well as sustaining programs, such as the 737-NG, 737MAX, 747-LCF, 747-8F/I, 757-300, 767-400, 767 AWACS, 767 GTTA, 767-2C/KC-46, 777, 777-200LR/777-300ER, 777X, 787-8/-9/-10, VC-25B.  He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics from Seattle University and graduated in 2000. 

He completed a Leadership Education course, Leading with Dignity, at Seattle University in 2006. In July 2014 he completed the Columbia Senior Executive Program (CSEP) at Columbia University.

He is a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a Fellow within the Royal Aeronautics Society.  He is a lifetime Sequoyah member of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and the Executive Focal for the Northwest Indian College.  Since 2008 he has served on the Advisory Board for Seattle University’s Mechanical Engineering Department and previously served as a Board Member on the Washington Technology Alliance.