Christopher Oswald Vice President, Safety and Technical Operations
Airports Council International - North America
Chris Oswald joined ACI-NA in October 2008 with primary responsibility for activities in safety, capacity, operations, design and other technical issues. He monitors aviation industry developments as well as international and U.S. regulatory actions and programs affecting safety, capacity, operations, design and other technical issues at North American airports and serves as an airport representative on industry and government committees and working groups focusing on those same areas. Chris develops, coordinates and presents policy, recommendations and proposals for ACI-NA.
Chris has 15 years of experience in airport planning, operational analysis, and economic analysis. He spent 13 years of this time at Jacobs Consultancy/Leigh Fisher Associates, where he led the firm’s airfield/airspace practice area and was responsible for managing numerous airport master plans, airfield improvement/capacity enhancement studies, and benefit-cost analyses. Chris also had the opportunity to work with AvAirPros, where he served as the liaison between the airlines and San Francisco International Airport on matters related to the Airport’s runway reconfiguration project in the late 1990s.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California and a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
