Douglas Coleman
About
Douglas Coleman is from Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Douglas is currently Chief Legal Officer at Systems Planning & Analysis, located in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Douglas also works as Advisory Board Member at Reliable Robotics Corporation, a job Douglas has held since Oct 2023. In Douglas's previous role as a Regional General Counsel - MO Americas (North, South, Central America & the Caribbean) at ABB, Douglas worked in until Feb 2026. Prior to joining ABB, Douglas was a Regional General Counsel MO North America at ABB and held the position of Regional General Counsel MO North America at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Prior to that, Douglas was a Chief Legal Officer at Reliable Robotics Corporation, based in Mountain View, California, United States from Aug 2021 to Oct 2023. Douglas started working as General Counsel & EVP Governance and Compliance at Aerion Supersonic in Reno, Nevada in Mar 2019. From Jan 2016 to Jan 2019, Douglas was Deputy General Counsel, Commercial Customer Programs and Intellectual Property at Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, Kansas. Prior to that, Douglas was a Deputy General Counsel, Boeing and Regional Jet Programs at Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, KS from Jan 2015 to Jan 2016. Douglas started working as VP Legal and Chief Counsel at BAE Systems Support Solutions in Washington, D.C. and Rockville, Maryland in Jan 2009.
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Douglas Coleman's current jobs
Serve as Member of the Advisory Board. After leaving Reliable Robotics, I continue to provide strategic and tactical guidance and advice to the founders and senior executives of this Silicon Valley start-up.
Douglas Coleman's past jobs
Building the Motion (MO) Legal & Integrity team across the North, South, and Central America region for this global leader in motion control, motors and drives. As an added bonus, we're back in the Midwest, living on a beautiful lake, and close to family!
Served as the first General Counsel and C-Suite Executive for this innovative Silicon Valley start-up promoting safety-enhancing technology for the aerospace industry. Led the legal function and implemented strategic initiatives to bring remotely piloted capabilities and autonomy to commercial aviation.
Served as a pioneer, innovator, member of the executive leadership team, and General Counsel for Aerion Corporation and its subsidiaries including Aerion Supersonic and Aerion Technologies in its mission to transform civil aviation and bring back commercial supersonic flight.
Lead transactional commercial attorney and in-house generalist responsible for Boeing, Airbus, Regional Jet, Military & Defense programs and new business opportunities (representing >98% of company's revenue) at Fortune 500 publicly-traded company with $7.2B in 2018 Revenue. Also served as the lead attorney responsible for providing legal services, support, and advice for the company's entire intellectual property portfolio.
In-house counsel and law department leader for $6B+ global aerospace structures business. Lead attorney for all of Spirit's Boeing and Regional Jet programs (representing 85%+ of the company's business).
Corporate generalist and chief legal officer for BAE Systems Support Solutions, one of four sectors of BAE Systems headquartered in the United States with $3.1B in revenue, 12,000+ employees and 100+ sites worldwide. Responsible for managing the sector's legal department consisting of 10 direct reports (7 in-house attorneys) and staff, plus the Security, Export and Ethics functions. Consistently promoted and assigned positions of greater responsibility while with BAE Systems. Areas of practice and expertise include: general corporate; strategic and pragmatic legal advice; legal department leadership, training and staff development; governance and compliance (including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and False Claims Act); government (FAR/DFARS) and commercial contracts; internal investigations; litigation and alternate dispute resolution (ADR); mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (M&A); structuring strategic alliances, teaming relationships, joint ventures and other business relationships; international law; export control (ITAR & EAR); aerospace and defense; labor and employment; environmental, health and safety; ethics; intellectual property including patent, trademark, service mark, copyright and trade secret law; process improvement and innovation; procurement; real estate; software licensing; training.
$1.2B in revenue. In-house generalist and lead attorney for a diversified Intelligence and IT Software and Networking business area supporting government and commercial customers throughout the world. Products and services included geo-spatial products, aircraft and avionics test stations, complex integration projects, intelligence analysis, hi-tech and highly-classified software products and services.
$600M in revenue. In-house generalist and lead attorney for a diversified Engineering, Communications and Networking business area supporting government and commercial customers throughout the world. Products and services included communications and signaling networks for military customers, commercial and military radios, avionics and other communications equipment, data links, and related firmware and software.
$300M in revenue. In-house generalist and lead attorney for Manufacturing, Design, and Engineering C4ISR line of business supporting government and commercial customers throughout the world. Products and services included hyper-spectral sensors, identification friend or foe (IFF) equipment, navigation and communications radios, antennas, and data links.
$200M in revenue. In-house generalist and sole attorney for Manufacturing, Design, and Engineering C4ISR for two separate business units R&SS and Advanced Systems (which were subsequently consolidated) supporting government and commercial customers throughout the world. Products and services included tactical communications radios, identification friend or foe (IFF) equipment, reconnaissance and surveillance systems, navigation radios, and antennas.
$100M in revenue. In-house generalist and sole attorney for Manufacturing, Design, and Engineering C4ISR business unit supporting government and commercial customers throughout the world. Products and services included various reconnaissance and surveillance systems, cameras, infrared sensors, and equipment primarily utilized on fast-flying tactical jets and in space applications.
Served as an in-house corporate generalist for publicly traded diversified manufacturing company then ranked by Forbes as one of the 200 best small companies in America. Principal and sole attorney for Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems, the company’s largest subsidiary and its foreign affiliates, with industrial and engineering operations in three states, Denmark and Switzerland, and sales offices in England and Singapore. Majority of work handled completely in-house, although selected large matters such as M&A, environmental litigation, and some employment issues were handled jointly with outside counsel.
Represented federal employees and agencies in litigation and alternate dispute resolution (ADR) at trial and appellate levels. Practiced extensively before twenty-two United States Federal District Courts, six United States Courts of Appeal, and the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation. First chair trial and appellate experience. Practice principally concentrated in aviation, personal injury, wrongful death, negligence, product liability, and government law. Advanced from GS11 Step 1 to GS15 Step 10, highest non-SES career civil service grade at DOJ. • Tried twelve cases, nine as lead counsel, consisting of more than 150 trial days. • Faculty Member and Course Instructor, U.S. Department of Justice Legal Education Institute. • Received FAA Chief Counsel Award (1990); U.S. Department of Justice Achievement & Merit Awards (1988-1990, 1992-1998). • Significant cases included: In re Air Crash at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on August 2, 1985 (Delta Flight 191); In re Air Crash at Colorado Springs on March 3, 1991 (United Flight 585); In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994 (USAir Flight 1016); Blattner v. United States; and Southwest Helicopters v. United States.