Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Gould, who was promoted to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer and appointed to the Piper Board of Directors in 2009, joined Piper in 2005 as Vice President of Operations. Since arriving at Piper, Gould has overhauled the company’s manufacturing operations to meet production schedule commitments while improving both cost and quality performance. Previously he served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Adam Aircraft Industries in Denver, Colorado, where he set up the company's manufacturing and quality organizations in preparation for commercial production of its A500 aircraft. Gould spent 12 years at the Boeing Company in various operational roles within Boeing's commercial aerospace business.
Gould holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California School of Law and a B.A. from Washington State University. He is a licensed private pilot.