JDA's Aviation Leadership
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- JDA Staff | JDA Associates | JDA Partners
JDA's staff and associates have decades of FAA, NTSB and industry experience. The JDA team can address your challenges in safety, certification, compliance, obstruction evaluation, human factors, airworthiness, engineering, QA, flight operations, and organizational relationships.
JDA Staff
Joseph Del Balzo
President
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- Former FAA Acting Administrator, Deputy Administrator
- Executive Director: Systems Operations, System Development
- Director, FAA Technical Center
Mike Rioux
COO
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- Executive VP, JDA
- Senior VP Operations and Safety, ATA
- VP Engineering, Maintenance & Material, ATA
- 23 Years US Naval Aviation
Thomas E. Stuckey
VP Business and Commercial Aviation Solutions
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- Former Manager FAA Flight Standards Southwest Region
- 33 year FAA career
- Acting Director Flight Standards Service, FAA HQ
Bill Norwood
Vice President of Products and Technology
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- VP Optical Radiation Corp
- VP, Sales and Marketing, DgR
- President, Hoya Lens of America
- Sr. VP, JDA , Products Division
- Business Development, Universal Container
Cynthia Schultz
Vice President of Airports
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- Airport Director Great Falls International Airport
- Director of Construction and Maintenance for Buttrey Food and Drug
- Senior Engineer for The Boeing Company
- PE
- Accredited Airport Executive (AAE)
Nina Acosta
Office Manager and Marketing Assistant
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- Operations Manager - PR/Marketing firm, Washington DC
- Office Coordinator - Nonprofit organization, Washington DC
- Administrative Secretary - Education, Washington DC
JDA Associates
Richard Abbott - Operations/Safety, Former FAA
Roy Allen - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Mel Athey - Operations/Safety, Former FAA
Denise Anderson - Marketing / Communications, Former Airline and Industry
Jim Arnold - Rotorcraft Flight Test /Engineering / Accident Investigation, Former FAA
Bill Ashworth - Airworthiness / Certification, Former FAA
Ray Barnes - Engineering / Certification, Former Industry
Ramon Barrera - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Ron Benham - Human Factors, Former Airline and Industry
Dr. Jerome Berlin - Organizational Development and Human Factors, Former Airline and Industry
Harry Breimann - Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Mike Borfitz -Airworthiness / Type Certification, Former FAA and Aircraft Manufacturer
David Broughton - Airworthiness / Certification/Unapproved Parts and Safety, Former FAA
Norm Bush - Operations / Safety, Former Airline
Richard Buys - Technical Writer, Former Airline
Jesus Cavazos - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Teri Chessall - Operations/Safety, Former Airline
Ed Christensen - Airworthiness / Maintenance , Former FAA
Eduardo Cidade - Technical Writer, Former Airline
Mike Colin - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Bill Culhane - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former Airline
Jeff Curtiss - Airworthiness, Former Airline
Jim Davey - Business Development/Airworthiness, Former Airline
Rick Davies - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Jim Devany - Safety / Manufacturing Inspection, Former FAA
Ray Dougherty - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Dave Downey - Certification and Engineering, Former FAA and industry
Ben Doyle - Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former Industry
Bill Ellis - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Ron Everlove - FAA DER, Propulsion and Aircraft Systems, Industry
Greg Feith - Airworthiness / Safety, Former NTSB
Mike Fernandez - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Agnar Fjordholm - Operations/AQP, Former Airline
Dr. Ken Fleming - Operations Research and Economics, Related Industry
Ray Fox - Airworthiness / Safety, Former FAA
Frank Del Gandio - Safety and Accident Investigation, Former FAA
Juan Garcia - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Sophia Ghezai - Safety and Flight Operations, Former Airline
Tom Glover - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
John Goglia - Business Development, Former NTSB
Sharon Grey - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former Airline
Steven Green - Operations / Safety, Former Airline
Gary Gomes - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Florian Hafner - Engineering, Related Industry
David Hastings - Certification/DER, Industry
Bob Hernandez - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Paul Heron - Operations/Safety, Former FAA
Tom Hilquist - Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ed Hinch - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Jim Hobart - IS-BAO, IOSA, Operations, Safety Former Airline
Dan Hodge - Airworthiness and Engineering, Former Airline
Phil Ide - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Art Johnson - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Jeff Jones - Engineering and QA, Former Airline
Fernando Junco - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Ken Kadey - Operations and Safety, Former FAA
Leroy Keith - Certification, Former FAA
Dave Kountz - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Dr. Monica Knopf - Human Factors and Organizational Development, Former Airline
Dr. Robert Lacovara - Safety and Engineering Risk Assessment, Former NASA and Industry
David Kline - Engineering and QA, Former Airline
Gary Landers - Operations and Safety, Former FAA
David Laananen - Crashworthiness and Aircraft Seats, Academia and Industry
Christine Leonard - Airworthiness/QA, Industry
Mel Marengo - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Dave Marino - Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Tom Martin - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Bill Marx - Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ron McGarry - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Bill McHugh - Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
David Miller - Airworthiness and Human Factors, Former Airline
Roy E. Morales - Aviation Transportation Compliance and Security, Former TSA and FAA
Ron Morgan - ATC/CNS Operations, Former FAA
Bernie Mullins - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Jose Munoz - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
J.E. Sandy Murdock Regulatory Affairs and Policy, Former FAA
David Orochena - Security, Former FAA and TSA
Anthony Palombo - In-flight Operations, Former FAA
Jose Perez - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Raul Pomales - Operations and Safety, Former FAA
Ed Pinto - Marketing / Public Relations, Former FAA
Johnny Pool - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Siegbert Poritzky - ATC/CNS Operations, Former FAA
Razvan Prunean - Safety/SMS, Industry
Christian Ramirez - Technical Writer, Industry
Jim Repucci - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Larry Richards - ATOS/Airworthiness/Safety, Former FAA
Ronald Russum - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Wayne Shade - Engineering and QA, Former FAA and Industry
Ken Shuman - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Lew Smith - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Walt Smith - Airport Safety / Air Traffic Operations, Former FAA
Bill Snyder - Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Nelson Soto - Airworthiness/Maintenance, Former FAA
Carl Steinhauer - Airport Operations / Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ray Steinkraus - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Peter Stonefield - FAA DER, Propulsion and Aircraft Systems, Industry
Larry Viselli - Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ben Visser - Aviation Lubricant Engineering, Related Industry
John Walker - Airspace/Air Traffic, Former FAA
Dustin Wilcox - Safety/Technical Writer, Former Industry
Larry Williams - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Wayne Williams - Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Al Zito - Operations / Airworthiness / Safety, Former FAA
JDA Partners
Continental Translation - Aviation Document Translation Services
EQ² - Environmental Analysis and Performance
Group & Wang Associates (G&W) - Aviation Consultant in China
INTELEX, Airport SMS
Lynne Carbone & Associates - Organizational Relationships and Management
Northwest Data Solutions - SMS Pro™