Experience

Virgin Galactic

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President Maintenance

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States



Eastern Airlines, LLC

• Vice President Technical Operations

  • Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

  Chandler, Arizona, United States



WestJet

• Canada
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President Technical Operations

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2022

  Calgary, Canada Area Oversee and direct all activities for the airline’s maintenance and engineering organization. Including Heavy / Line / Component / International Maintenance, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance and Safety. Co-Chair of the fleet planning committee. Serve as the Person Responsible for Maintenance (PRM) in compliance with Transport Canada (TC) regulations and act as the primary liaison with TC. Provide leadership for over 900 maintenance professionals. • Implemented an Optimized… Show more Oversee and direct all activities for the airline’s maintenance and engineering organization. Including Heavy / Line / Component / International Maintenance, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance and Safety. Co-Chair of the fleet planning committee. Serve as the Person Responsible for Maintenance (PRM) in compliance with Transport Canada (TC) regulations and act as the primary liaison with TC. Provide leadership for over 900 maintenance professionals. • Implemented an Optimized Maintenance Program that reduces 737NG scheduled maintenance cost by $12M. • Lead 737 MAX and 787 Entry-into-Service operational readiness activities. • Renegotiated 737NG landing gear contract reducing overhaul costs by $76K per shipset. • Managed the Entry-into-Service of the airlines 767-300ER wide-body operations. • Assumed responsibility for and integrated the Encore Tech Ops Organization into the WestJet Tech Ops team. Show less



Oliver Wyman

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President

  • 2011 - 2015

  Phoenix Provide counsel to airlines and airline suppliers to improve profitability and reduce costs. Manage a wide variety of aviation/aerospace projects including engine, airframe and component maintenance strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, marketing and business development, MRO market analysis. • Assisted in restructuring a major North American carrier's Supply Chain organization saving the Airline $30M. • Developed RFI / RFP plan, managed supplier interface, analyzed bids… Show more Provide counsel to airlines and airline suppliers to improve profitability and reduce costs. Manage a wide variety of aviation/aerospace projects including engine, airframe and component maintenance strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, marketing and business development, MRO market analysis. • Assisted in restructuring a major North American carrier's Supply Chain organization saving the Airline $30M. • Developed RFI / RFP plan, managed supplier interface, analyzed bids, established negotiation strategy and recommended awards during the strategic sourcing of airframe maintenance for a major North American carrier. • Helped develop and implement Oliver Wyman’s Global MRO Operations Benchmarking study that included over 40 Facilities (including MRO’s, OEMs and Airline MROs). • Evaluated, challenged and defined various maintenance operating models for a major international airline holding company, recommended, justified and developed plans for the preferred option’s successful implementation. Show less



US Airways (now American Airlines)

• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director - Aircraft Maintenance

  • 2008 - 2011

  Directed aircraft, engine, GSE and facilities maintenance operations, including line maintenance, heavy maintenance, and outsourced maintenance. Provided leadership for over 3,500 maintenance technicians, supervisory personnel and support staff. • Reduced average morning Aircraft Out-of-Service from 15 to 11. • Improved daily MEL and NEF deferrals 33% and 69 % respectively.



American Airlines

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP Maint & Engineering

  • 2006 - 2008

  Lead and directed all aspects of the maintenance and engineering organization. Developed and implemented maintenance support capabilities for overseas charter operations including the Middle East, Europe, Asia, South & Central Americas and states of the former Soviet Union. Serve as the Director of Maintenance and acted as the primary maintenance liaison with the FAA. Provide leadership for 400 maintenance professionals. • Reduced YOY per block hour operating expenses by… Show more Lead and directed all aspects of the maintenance and engineering organization. Developed and implemented maintenance support capabilities for overseas charter operations including the Middle East, Europe, Asia, South & Central Americas and states of the former Soviet Union. Serve as the Director of Maintenance and acted as the primary maintenance liaison with the FAA. Provide leadership for 400 maintenance professionals. • Reduced YOY per block hour operating expenses by 3%. • Developed a world wide network of Line and Heavy Maintenance support facilities. Show less



Northwest Airlines, Inc.

• Managing Director - Line Maintenance

  • 1999 - 2006

  Detroit Provided direction for the development and implementation of strategies, programs, policies and procedures controlling all aircraft & GSE scheduling, maintenance, through flight and hangar operations, as well as third party contract services. Provided oversight and direction to 660+ unionized (AMFA) mechanics, cleaners, planners, instructors, clerks and a support staff of 38 management employees. • Implemented policies, procedures and staffing models that improved maintenance on-time… Show more Provided direction for the development and implementation of strategies, programs, policies and procedures controlling all aircraft & GSE scheduling, maintenance, through flight and hangar operations, as well as third party contract services. Provided oversight and direction to 660+ unionized (AMFA) mechanics, cleaners, planners, instructors, clerks and a support staff of 38 management employees. • Implemented policies, procedures and staffing models that improved maintenance on-time performance from 83% to 90% and reduced overtime by over 14 percentage points. • Directed the implementation a Six-Sigma project that reduced avoidable delays by over 64% and improved international on-time performance by 8 percentage points.

• Director - Component Maintenance Operations

  • 1997 - 1999

  Directed the activities of a component maintenance operation responsible for the repair and overhaul of aircraft parts and accessories. Provide oversight and direction to 250+ unionized (IAM) mechanics, cleaners, stock clerks and a support staff of 12 management employees. • Directed the development of capacity vs. requirements models, the optimization of internal resources and the establishment of effective production goal and measurement systems that reduced unserviceable inventory by… Show more Directed the activities of a component maintenance operation responsible for the repair and overhaul of aircraft parts and accessories. Provide oversight and direction to 250+ unionized (IAM) mechanics, cleaners, stock clerks and a support staff of 12 management employees. • Directed the development of capacity vs. requirements models, the optimization of internal resources and the establishment of effective production goal and measurement systems that reduced unserviceable inventory by 11,000 units ($20M approx).



HKS&A

• Director

  • 1993 - 1997

  Managed all aspects of the firm's Maintenance Program / Airframe practice including, business plan development / execution, marketing, resource allocation, account negotiations and P&L.



United Airlines

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager - 747 Technical Services

  • 1990 - 1993

  Managed the engineering resources required to maintain airworthiness and improve the reliability, performance and maintainability of the B747 aircraft. Provided direction to a staff of 126 engineers in the resolution of technical problems related to the design, operation and maintenance of the B747. • Developed and implemented a strategy that reduced the delay / cancellation rate by 50%.



United Ailines, Inc.

• Manager - Liaison Technical Services

  • 1989 - 1990

  Managed the engineering resources supporting the heavy maintenance and through flight line maintenance operations. Provided direction for resolution of technical problems impacting airplanes undergoing maintenance. • Developed the criteria and established an on-site, twenty-four (24) hour production engineering organization that provided real time aircraft technical support for base and line operations



United Airlines, Inc.

• Avionics Engineer

  • 1985 - 1989



American Airlines

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Avionics Engineer

  • 1984 - 1985



United Airlines

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Avionics Engineer

  • 1982 - 1984