Boeing India appoints Stacie Sire as MD of its Bengaluru technology center

Aircraft manufacturing company Boeing has appointed Stacie Sire as the vice president and managing director of the Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) and chief engineer, Boeing India. Sire will be based in Bengaluru, where she will oversee strategy and operations for BIETC. She will be responsible for advancing BIETC’s goals and priorities in India and enhancing team capabilities to continue to support business growth. 

Sire succeeds Ahmed Elsherbini, who led this position from April 2021 to January 2025.  Elsherbini has taken over a new role as senior vice president and general manager and head of Boeing Global Engineering. 

“With 27 years of proven leadership at Boeing, Stacie brings invaluable experience to this role. Her expertise in leading teams and driving innovation for complex engineering programs, combined with her deep technical knowledge and collaborative mindset, will be key as we work towards building a fully integrated global engineering organization for The Boeing Company,” said Elsherbini.

Sire began her career at Boeing as a structural engineer and later became a first-level manager in loads and dynamics supporting 787 and product development. As a senior manager, she led systems stress and airplane-level integration teams supporting all 787 models. Sire subsequently held director and chief engineer positions for 767/777 airframe, 787 airframe, propulsion structures/systems/production engineering, and airplane-level engineering integration. As a senior director, she led structures engineering for Boeing commercial airplanes and, most recently, served as senior director of engineering for fabrication, leading a global team supporting 20 different manufacturing business units.

To be sure, BIETC was launched in January 2024. It is Boeing’s largest investment facility outside of the USA, built with an investment of ₹1,600 crore.