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February 1, 2012
People
Vincent Buffa Data Device Corp. (DDC), of Bohemia, N.Y., appointed Vincent Buffa to president. Buffa has held leadership positions in engineering, sales, marketing, operations and program management. Prior to joining DDC, he was president of Crane Company’s Energy Flow Solutions, business group president at Rexnord Aerospace, general manager at Honeywell Fuel Systems and vice president of...
January 1, 2012
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Michelle James Universal Avionics Systems, based in Tucson, Ariz., promoted Michelle James to director of marketing and communications. She will be responsible for all of the company’s advertising and campaigns, as well as exhibit and convention activities. James has been with Universal Avionics for more than 10 years, starting as a document control specialist and working up to her most recent...
December 1, 2011
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Ralph F. Meoni Thales appointed Ralph F. Meoni president of Thales USA Defense & Security, headquartered in Arlington, Va. Meoni will be responsible for overseeing, shaping and executing day-to-day operations and business activities. Meoni has more than 30 years of experience in the defense industry. He was most recently the executive vice president for the Electronics, Intelligence & Support...
November 1, 2011
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Kenneth Meyer ACSS, an L-3 Communications and Thales company based in Phoenix, named Kenneth Meyer vice president of program management and customer support. Meyer will be responsible for overseeing and enhancing customer relationships for ACSS, including all current and future product development programs. Meyer brings a broad range of experience to ACSS in the areas of program management, engineering and...
October 1, 2011
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Marc Viggiano The newly merged Saab Sensis Corp. appointed Marc Viggiano president and CEO. He replaces the retiring Jud Gostin who will continue as an advisor to the company. Viggiano has more than 30 years of experience in the design and development of civilian and defense sensor and automation systems. Most recently, he was senior vice president and director of corporate development for Sensis and prior...
September 1, 2011
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ICG Appointments International Communications Group (ICG), based in Newport News, Va., promoted Kieran Kennedy to senior director, OEM sales. Kennedy has more than 20 years experience in the aviation industry and most recently was manager, OEM sales. The company also named Todd Ellison director, OEM sales in its Dallas office. Prior to this, Ellison was satcom sales manager for Cobham/Chelton and is a...
August 1, 2011
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Mike Opheim Satcom Direct, of Satellite Beach, Fla., named Mike Opheim vice president of business aviation sales. Opheim brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in business aviation, with most of his career spent in various departments at Rockwell Collins. Most recently Opheim was the director of sales and marketing for MarathonNorco Aerospace. Gulfstream Appointments Gulfstream Aerospace Corp...
July 1, 2011
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Thomas Marrocco TrueNorth Avionics, based in Ottawa, Canada, named Thomas Marrocco vice president of worldwide sales. Most recently, Marrocco led enterprise software sales for the global commercial aviation and MRO marketplace at Mxi Technologies, and previously held senior executive positions within the telecommunications and IT industry, including at two start-up companies he helped co-found and at iSTAR...
June 1, 2011
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Kimberly Murdoch ACSS, a L-3 Communications and Thales joint venture company based in Phoenix, named Kimberly Murdoch vice president of operations. Murdoch will be responsible for overseeing various operations departments at ACSS, including manufacturing, repair and overhaul and supply chain management. Prior to joining ACSS, Murdoch spent the last seven years at Honeywell Aerospace where she held several...
May 1, 2011
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Monte Belger Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., appointed Monte Belger vice president of Industry Relations. Belger most recently served as vice president of transportation system solutions for Lockheed Martin. Belger worked for more than 30 years for the FAA, last serving as the agency’s acting administrator. He previously held the title of acting deputy administrator from 1997 to 2002. Belger also...
April 1, 2011
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Don Embt CSSI, an engineering, IT and applied research company based in Washington, D.C., promoted Don Embt to program manager for the company’s System Engineering 2020 (SE2020) contract. Embt has more than 20 years of experience in engineering and project management. For more than 15 years, he has supported FAA technically and as a manager and supervisor of various projects and contracts. CSSI was...
March 1, 2011
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R. Michael Smith L-3 Aviation Recorders, based in Sarasota, Fla., named R. Michael Smith president, succeeding Bruce Coffey, who was appointed president of L-3 Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga. Smith has been with L-3 Aviation Recorders for 12 years, most recently as senior vice president of business development. Prior to joining L-3, Smith held various senior management positions with Goodrich Aerospace...
February 1, 2011
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Gulfstream Appointments Gulfstream Aerospace, of Savannah, Ga., promoted L.D. Buerger to director, G650 Initial Phase Operations. In this role, Buerger is accountable for initial phase manufacturing, manufacturing engineering and planning, industrial engineering and tool design for the G650, which is scheduled to enter service in 2012. Most recently, Buerger was senior manager of G650 production...
January 1, 2011
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New Avionics Publisher Named Access Intelligence LLC has appointed Tish Drake publisher of Avionics Magazine. Drake has been with Access Intelligence for more than 10 years as publisher of Communications Technology magazine, a broadband industry publication. She can be reached at tdrake@accessintel.com or 800-325-0156. The magazine also named Susan Joyce district sales manager for the western United States...
December 1, 2010
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Joe Hof Metron Aviation, Dulles, Va., appointed Joe Hof director of business Development for Global ATM Operations. Before joining Metron, Hof was the national operations manager of international operations at FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC), where he was responsible for developing Traffic Flow Management (TFM) processes and procedures with international air navigation...
November 1, 2010
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EMS Aviation Appointments EMS Aviation named Clifford Topham vice president of sales and marketing. Topham most recently served in leadership positions in sales and business development for Rolls-Royce. Topham previously served as director of sales and customer support for International Aero Engines AG, a joint venture of Rolls-Royce (U.K.), Pratt & Whitney (United States), MTU (Germany) and JAEC...
October 1, 2010
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Mike Neder Avionics & Systems Integration Group, of Little Rock, Ark., named Mike Neder director, Business Development. Before joining ASIG, Neder spent 24 years with DAC International as director, Airline Sales. Prior to joining DAC, he was director, Marketing and Product Support, for Tracor Aerospace’s Commercial Avionics Division. Before beginning his career with Tracor, Neder spent eight...
September 1, 2010
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Ken Tollstam SRA International, of Fairfax, Va., named Ken Tollstam vice president within its Aviation Programs business group. Tollstam will be responsible for leveraging SRA’s technology in the domestic air-traffic management (ATM) market as it transitions to NextGen. Tollstam has more than 20 years of business development and management experience in the global aerospace, aviation, radar and...
August 1, 2010
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Kevin Wright TTTech, based in Vienna, Austria, named Kevin Wright executive vice president of TTTech North America. In his new role, Wright also takes responsibility for TTTech Group’s global activities in the aerospace industry. Wright most recently was senior vice president of Strategy, Sales and Marketing for Meggitt Control Systems, a business unit of Meggitt PLC. Prior to that, he was...
July 1, 2010
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RTCA Appointments RTCA Inc., based in Washington, D.C., named Andrew V. Cebula vice president of strategy and programs. Most recently, Cebula was director of aviation affairs at Sensis Corp. In this new role, he will work to develop and execute strategies to ensure RTCA’s position as an important venue for tackling air transportation system implementation issues facing the global aviation community...
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