Karl SHELDON

Mr. Sheldon is also general manager of the CFM LEAP project department for GE Aerospace. As part of the CFM Executive Team, he is responsible for overseeing programs conducted

by CFM. Along with his counterpart at Safran Aircraft Engines Counterpart, Jérôme Morhet, Mr. Sheldon also serves at the primary interface between the two companies.

Mr. Sheldon began his career at Honeywell Engines and Systems in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked on military engine performance and operability. He then moved to the GE Global Research Center, where he developed turbo machinery for GE Energy and GE Aerospace (then GE Aviation ) in 2001.

In 2007, Mr. Sheldon moved to GE Aerospace’s Power and Propulsion Engineering group. In 2012, he assumed responsibility for CFM56 Systems Engineering, managing engineering and development for the world’s largest fleet of commercial engines.

He was then promoted to general manager of GE Aerospace’s Large Military Engine Department in 2016, leading the commercial strategy for this segment of the business, followed by the role of general manager of the Advanced Military Engines, where he was responsible for leading the engineering strategy and development of GE’s portfolio of next generation military engines.

Just prior to his current role, Mr. Sheldon was general manager of the GE9X engine program, leading the product through certification on the Boeing 777-9.

In addition to having chaired sessions at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Industrial Gas Turbine Conference, Mr. Sheldon is a Six-Sigma Master Black Belt and an instrument rated pilot.

 

He is a native of Portland, Oregon, and attended Oregon State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1995. After graduation, Mr. Sheldon served five years with the U.S. Army operating with NATO and UN forces in the Balkans. He then returned to graduate school at Virginia Tech to earn a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

CFM International (CFM), the 50/50 joint company between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines, is headquartered in West Chester, Ohio, near Cincinnati. CFM has delivered early 42,000 CFM engines to date to some 650 operators worldwide, making it one of the most successful aircraft engine suppliers in history. The two parent companies have extended the partnership agreement to the year 2050.