How Dinesh Keskar's life is deeply intertwined with the machines he sells

It was in June 1980 that Dinesh Keskar started working with Boeing - initially in flight control system design when Boeing was designing B757 and B767

He’s designed them, built them, fixed them, sold them, flown incessantly in them and even jumped out of them. As a result, Dinesh Keskar, 64, senior vice-president of sales for Asia Pacific and India, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has enough miles to take him to the moon and back eight times over. The man who completed his doctorate under the guidance of Neil Armstrong is however yet to make that one journey.

Airplanes are evidently in Keskar’s blood as he’s never too far off from one. His house and office in Seattle are close to the airport. Even our meeting place