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John J. Tracy (born September 29, 1954, in Los Angeles, California) is the retired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Engineering leader of The Boeing Company. At Boeing, he held the dual roles of CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Operations & Technology from June 2006 to mid 2016.

Early life
Tracy was born in Los Angeles, California, the second of two children. His father, John Wesley Tracy, worked in Human Resources at North American Aviation, which would later be acquired by Boeing. His mother, Victoria Alegria, was a homemaker.

Tracy earned a bachelor's degree in physics from California State University – Dominguez Hills in 1976, a master’s degree in physics from California State University – Los Angeles in 1981, and a doctorate in engineering from the University of California-Irvine in 1987.

Career
After spending three years as a high school physics and mathematics teacher in Los Angeles and two years as a physicist at Hercules Aerospace, Tracy joined McDonnell Douglas, now a part of Boeing, in 1981 as an engineer scientist. At that company he followed a path into management and held roles of increasing responsibility. He continued on that trajectory after McDonnell Douglas was acquired by Boeing in 1996. From 2004 to 2006 he served as the Vice President of Engineering for the company’s Integrated Defense Systems business unit. In 2006 he was named the company's Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Operations & Technology.

During his career, Tracy developed strong expertise in composites, aircraft structures and materials, composite structural mechanics, launch vehicle structures, smart structures, and aging aircraft. He has testified during hearings of committees in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives on topics relating to the U.S. aerospace industry’s ability to compete globally.

Tracy retired in July 2016, after the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Boeing Company.

Industry recognition
Tracy was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2013. He has also been named an Honorary Fellow and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Tracy has been recognized by multiple entities for his support of careers and academic interests in the “STEM” fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as his advocacy of diversity in engineering. Among the organizations recognizing Tracy for his activities in these areas are the following:

Personal life
Tracy is married to Katherine Katsumata Tracy, and they have two grown children: Scott Tracy and Wendy MacGinnis.