Seth E. Gitnes

is a mechanical design engineer at Moog Aircraft Group.  He has been with Moog for 14 years, working Flap/Slat and other mechanical systems for many commercial aircraft including B787, A350, G450, G650 and G280.  Prior to Moog, he worked for Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group for nine years, working on the Flap and Slat systems on the B777, B737, B767 and B757 aircraft.  He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1991.  He also holds patents for various mechanical devices used on many current aircraft.