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Our network of practitioners and decision makers has been on every side of aviation technology deployment—introducing technologies to market, assessing and reviewing them within government agencies, and purchasing them for airlines, airports, and government operations.
We're not theorists or change-management generalists. We’re seasoned professionals whose distinctive expertise informs better investments.
The right questions: We’ve seen what kills investments in aviation technology. Our process pressure-tests ideas with multiple independent, experienced experts and surfaces the confirmation biases and blind spots that plague internal assessments.
The right people: Our network reaches every corner of aviation–from C-suites, to certification offices, to flight operations, to users, to the engineers who have designed those few transformative successes of the 21st century.
The results: We provide actionable investment intelligence in 4 to 6 weeks–identifying gaps, disconnects, and risks that can delay time-to-market, and devising solutions to get back on track.
Your Decision Deserves More Than Another Consulting Report
It deserves leaders who've made these decisions. People who've sat in the CEO's chair, led airlines, regulated aviation, managed operations, and built technology companies, making decisions with real consequences.
Jim Barry
CEO, PASSUR Aerospace. Aviation technology and intelligence commercialization.
Mike Whitaker
FAA Administrator. Safety regulation and airspace modernization.
Mike Lewis
Boeing, Jeppesen, NASA. Commercialization and safety.
Will Messenger
McKinsey & Co, Harvard Business School. Technology commercialization, corporate leadership, and business ethics.
Tony Krug
CFO with a NYSE-listed company.
Lorne Cass
Air traffic management and NextGen implementation. Delta and American Airlines.
Mike Hertzendorf
UAS, eVTOL, and defense aviation. Chief of Staff, 82nd Airborne Division.
Jill Surdek
Crew management and workforce strategy. VP, American Airlines.
Bridget Blaise-Shamai
Airline loyalty and customer experience strategy. VP, American Airlines.
Dave Dickson
Aviation safety and regulatory leadership. EY Aviation Practice lead.
Mark Hopkins
ATC operations and airspace modernization. Delta Air Lines.
Tom White
Dispatch, crew scheduling, and operations management. EVP, PASSUR and FAA.
Peter Bowler
Regional aviation operations and fleet management. CEO, American Eagle.
Charles Duncan
Large-scale carrier management and transformation. Airline President.
Ray Johns
Retired Four-Star General. Former Commander, U.S. Transportation Command. CEO, FlightSafety International.
John Illson
International safety standards and risk oversight. Airline captain, FAA senior advisor.
Tim Campbell
Low-cost carrier strategy and operations. SVP, American Airlines.
Craig Fuller
Former Chairman, RTCA. Former member, FAA Management Advisory Council.
Leo Prusak
Digital transformation and IT infrastructure. FAA.