Brian P. Fairhurst: Lab Associate Director, Management & Administration
Brian Fairhurst.
Fairhurst directs, oversees and integrates the physical and administrative infrastructure of a national laboratory with a $50 million annual operating budget from federal, state and other funding sources. He joined the Magnet Lab in April of 2001 as operations manager, Magnet Science and Technology (MS&T) and was promoted to interim deputy director, Management and Administration, in April of 2002. In August 2004, he was named to the new position of associate director, Management and Administration, with a further increase in responsibilities.
Prior to joining the Magnet Lab, Fairhurst had more than 22 years of national and international experience in aerospace and industrial management. This experience with Fortune 100 companies includes high growth, internal start-up, restructuring, project/program management, new product and business development and promotion.
A Certified Professional Manager (CPM), Fairhurst has held posts that have included successive engineering, manager, director and vice president responsibilities in several operating divisions of Textron Inc., an $11 billion global multi-industry company with market-leading brands and businesses serving the general aviation, aerospace and defense, industrial and commercial finance markets. His responsibilities have included strategic and tactical development of high potential programs with U.S. and international aircraft manufacturers, aerospace companies and airlines; the U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, U.S. Air Force and Foreign Military Sales. He also presided over restructuring and turnaround operations that required plant closings and personnel reassignments. Prior appointments included the overall management of strategic planning, marketing, sales, program management, contracts, purchasing, subcontracts and administrative activities, diversification of customer base (particularly conversion from defense to commercial markets) and development of joint agreements. He has developed and executed business strategies throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.
Brian Fairhurst can be reached at (850) 645-4864 or fairhurs@magnet.fsu.edu.
