Customer Program Management

With over 26 years of experience in military and corporate aviation, Keith brings a unique blend of hands-on and supervisory operational expertise to the Customer Support organization. Keith held a wide variety of aviation positions with the USAF from 1980 – 2002.  Some of his positions were Production Superintendent, Avionic/Electrical Flight Chief, Quality Assurance Inspector and Weight and Balance Technician, F-16 Aerospace Demonstration Team Lead, Technical Liaison – Egyptian Air Force, and F-117 Maintenance Superintendent. After his Air Force career, he accepted a Quality Control Inspector’s position at Savannah Air Center in 2003.  Gaining valuable corporate aviation experience on Bombardier Global’s/Challengers, Hawker’s, and Gulfstream III’s, IV’s, and V’s.  His career continued in the Quality Control area, in 2005 he came to Gulfstream as an Airworthiness Inspector in the Savannah Completion Center.  While in the department, Keith spear-headed several improvements in the Quality Control arena and in the Savannah Completion Center Woodshop.  His current position as Production Liaison began in 2007.  Keith is looking forward to the challenges of his new position and the chance to increase an already great customer support organization.  His responsibilities include the daily status of all production aircraft with special emphasis on aircraft that will be completed at Appleton, Brunswick, and Long Beach.  Monitoring and keeping the Customer Program Managers informed of issues or events that may impact the delivery of the aircraft to the customer and sharing critical information from the CPM organization with Production.  Also, he represent’s the CPM at production milestones and escort’s customers in the production facility.  Keith is a FAA-licensed Airframe and Powerplant mechanic and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona, Florida.

Keith Rice Production Liason