Business in brief

Hawker Beechcraft has named Jim Noonan vice president for business operations, the company said Wednesday.

In his role, which is a new position for the company, Noonan is responsible for commercial contracts and sales support and coordinating and enhancing the sales process and the customer experience, the company said.

Noonan most recently was vice president for sales operations at StandardAero. He also has been director of finance at McLeodUSA, business solution sales manager at ONI Systems, business development manager and finance manager at Oracle Corp. and manager and analyst at Citigroup.

This story was originally published March 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Business in brief."