Austal Names Taylor To New Leadership Position

Mobile-based Austal USA has promoted Christy Taylor to the newly established position of chief operating officer for transformation. She will report to Austal president Rusty Murdaugh and oversee human resources, production control, IT and supply chain management operations, in addition to other business integration, leadership and strategy roles. Her focus will be developing and integrating companywide systems and processes, while identifying and enabling synergies across these functions to ensure the company is aligned in pursuit of its strategic goals. “As a seasoned and forward-thinking professional with more than 25 years of progressive experience in finance and operations management, Christy is uniquely positioned to optimize the people and process elements of our expanding business,” said Murdaugh. Since joining Austal in 2007 as a senior member of its finance team, Taylor has developed and documented many of the company’s standard policies and procedures, managed costs and developed strong partnerships with the U.S. government.