Contributor Biographies

Gordon Bethune is the Chairman of Aloha Airgroup (parent of Aloha Airlines). Before joining Aloha, he headed Continental Airlines. Bethune joined Continental as president and chief operating officer in 1994. He became the CEO the same year and chairman of the board in 1996. Bethune was previously a vice-president at Boeing. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University in Dallas, Texas.

Larry Bossidy is the former CEO of Honeywell International. He was the Chairman and CEO of AlliedSignal between 1991 and 1999. He became the Chairman of Honeywell after the company merged with AlliedSignal in 1999. Bossidy retired in 2000. Before joining AlliedSignal, he was the CEO of GE Credit, which later became GE ...

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