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Gulfstream Promotes Drake Gulfstream Aerospace has promoted Joe Drake to the position of vice president, Real Estate and Facilities, effective immediately. He will continue to report to Ira Berman, senior vice president, Administration and General Counsel. Drake will continue to oversee all of the company’s real estate transactions, including construction and development projects, as well as the worldwide implementation of Gulfstream’s facility master plan. In addition to these responsibilities, he will assume oversight of the management and maintenance of Gulfstream’s existing real estate and facility assets in Savannah and Brunswick, as well as security and business continuity planning. “Joe brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and judgment to his new position,” said Berman. “He has led the on-schedule, on-budget performance of Gulfstream’s expansion activities in recent years.”
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Breeze-Eastern Unveils New Leadership Brad Pedersen, president and CEO of Breeze-Eastern announced several leadership changes. Steve Chisarik has joined the company as vice president of Development Programs; Rodger Hahneman has been promoted to general manager of Production Operations and Customer Support; and Ben Weiser is the company’s senior vice president of
Sales and Chisarikl Pedersen
Marketing. Pedersen was named president and CEO May 2012. “We have a bold and aggressive vision for a more agile, customer- centric organization,” Pedersen said. “Steve, Rodger and Ben have the skills and experience to deliver the change and growth we seek.”
FlightSafety Intl. Promotes Van Maren FlightSafety Intl. has promoted John Van Maren to vice president, Simulation. “We are pleased to promote John Van Maren to Vice President, Simulation,” said Bruce Whitman, president & CEO. “His leadership skills, understanding of customer requirements, and ability to effectively manage our simulation activities, made him the ideal choice for this important role.” John will lead FlightSafety’s design, manufacturing, support, and sales activities for flight simulators, visual systems, and displays in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Saint Louis, Missouri, and Austin, Texas.
8 Aviation Maintenance |
avm-mag.com | April 2013 Delta TechOps Selects EmpowerMX FleetCycle
EmpowerMX has signed a long-term subscription agreement with Delta TechOps. Under the terms of this agreement, Delta TechOps will employ their cloud-based FleetCycle MRO Manager product as the primary maintenance-execution tool in all of its airframe MRO facilities.
“Having Delta place its trust in the FleetCycle brand is a significant milestone event for us,” says Dinakara Nagalla, left, EmpowerMX president and CEO. “By meticulously evaluating its many ERP alternatives and then selecting our solution, Delta TechOps is clearly signaling its commitment to optimizing production efficiencies,
minimizing operating costs, and increasing the on-time reliability of its customers’ aircraft.” Delta TechOps is a division of Delta Air Lines, the largest airline (by passengers carried) in the world. Delta TechOps provides full-service aviation maintenance to Delta and service to its fleet of more than 750 aircraft. In addition, Delta TechOps provides complete maintenance for more than 150 other operators.
El Al Triples Number of Bluebox Ai IFE iPad Unitst
El Al has expanded the scale of the recently deployed Bluebox Ai portable inflight entertainment system. El Al initially deployed the Bluebox Ai solution in September 2012 providing customers with access to the latest Hollywood early window content as well as a range of other movie, TV, audio, reading and gaming content all delivered via secure iPad devices.
This has proven so successful that the flag carrier ordered more units to meet demand, tripling the current implementation to 300 units. Tal Kalderon, Inflight Entertainment manager at El Al, says the company is pleased with the impact of Bluebox. “Passengers have really taken to the Bluebox solution which has lived up to its promise of delivering a wide range of engaging content in a powerful package. It has also proven to be very easy for us to manage. We therefore decided to quickly increase the number of units we have deployed to make more widely available to our passengers,” Kalderon says. “This decision to increase the number of Bluebox Ai units deployed so quickly after the
initial roll out underlines the significant impact of the solution,” says David Brown, joint managing director of Bluebox.
First Aviation Sells Controlling Interest In API
First Aviation Services has entered into an agreement to sell the majority of its interest in Aerospace Products International Inc. (API) to Cleveland-based private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners.
Memphis-based API, is an aviation parts and equipment distributor which also provides supply chain management services to the aviation industry. Resilience will make a significant capital investment to make API more competitive and dynamic they say. Resilience is a partner in other aviation companies including Flight Options and has investments in industrial, consumer goods and technology businesses. Kenneth C. Ricci and Ulf Beurgel, both operating partners with Resilience, will oversee the investment on behalf of Resilience. API’s president and CEO, Andrew Trosper, will continue in his role after the transaction is complete. API does not anticipate any changes in operations related to the transaction. First Aviation will retain a minority equity interest in API and continues to own 100
percent of its subsidiaries, Aerospace Turbine Rotables (AeTR) and Piedmont Propulsion Systems (PPS). “This agreement will raise API’s competitive standing in the industry while enabling First
Aviation to focus on our core businesses,” said Aaron Hollander, First Aviation’s chairman and CEO. “We believe that our partnership with Resilience will be productive and beneficial for employees, investors and customers.” “API has a record of being a quality partner and offering quality service to its customers and aviation partners,” said Steven H. Rosen, the co-CEO of Resilience. “We intend to invest significant capital to build on the foundation already in place and we look forward to working with the company’s management team to develop this leading aerospace distribution platform.”
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