Norsk Titanium Signs New Vice President

Norsk Titanium AS (NTi; New York, NY), a global leader in manufacturing aerospace-grade titanium components using their patented Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) process, has announced that Chip Yates has joined the leadership team as the vice president of marketing. He will ensure the company anticipates and exceeds the needs of its clients in the aerospace, defense, energy, automotive and maritime sectors with new product and service offerings. In that capacity, he will report to Chet Fuller, the newly appointed chief commercial officer.

Yates served as a technology-marketing executive of The Boeing Company from 2001 to 2004 and Honeywell Aerospace from 2004 to 2015. He has built a reputation as a creative deal architect, matching new aviation technologies to emerging market needs through mutually profitable partnerships with the world’s top aerospace OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.

“We are thrilled to have Chip join the Norsk family,” said NTi president and chief executive officer Warren M. Boley, Jr. “From his 15 years as an industry executive to his TED Talk on aerospace innovation, and to developing and flying the world’s fastest electric aircraft, Chip is a passionate and disruptive thinker who will leverage our technologies to create significant value for our customers.”

“It’s an honor to be in a position to leverage Norway’s rich history in heavy manufacturing, oil and gas, shipbuilding, and renewable energy,” added Yates. “We are at a unique point in history where the innovations coming from the scientists at our Norway technology center can revolutionize the manufacturing of titanium and other performance materials. I look forward to opening a pipeline of safety critical, precision manufactured parts to our global customer base at unprecedented speed and cost.”

Yates holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. He is an active instrument-rated test pilot, flying both electrically and conventionally powered aircraft near his home in Southern California. To read his full biography, please click here.

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