Michael Rowen is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Adient Aerospace, with global responsibility over all manufacturing sites.

He joined Adient Aerospace in 2021 to scale the organization from its start-up business class seat introduction into a global organization working down its billion-dollar production backlog.‍

‍Michael has 35 years in aerospace experience including Quality, Product and Manufacturing Engineering; Program Management; Site Management; and Supply Chain strategic sourcing. He started his career at Moog Inc. in military and commercial primary and secondary flight controls for their Aircraft Group.  His career included 12-years as an Operations & Site Manager, an over-seas facility construction assignment, and developing a global low-cost supply chain for commercial flight hardware.‍

‍Rowen holds his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo, and his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with an operations focus from Canisius College in New York.