Aviation Leadership
JDA Aviation Leadership
JDA Staff
Mike Rioux
President
- COO, JDA
- Executive VP, JDA
- President, Industry Data Exchange Association
- VP Engineering, Maintenance & Material, ATA
- 23 Years US Naval Aviation
Thomas E. Stuckey
VP Business and Commercial Aviation Solutions
- Former Manager FAA Flight Standards Southwest Region
- Former Acting Director Flight Standards Service, FAA HQ
- 33 year FAA
career
Cynthia Schultz
Vice President of Airports
- Airport Director Great Falls International Airport
- Director of Construction and Maintenance for Buttrey Food and Drug
- PE
- Senior Engineer for The Boeing Company
- Accredited Airport Executive (AAE)
Bill Norwood
Vice President of Products and Technology
- VP Optical Radiation Corp
- VP, Sales and Marketing, DgR
- President, Hoya Lens of America
- Sr. VP, JDA , Products Division
- Business Development, Universal Container
Sandy Murdock
Legal Adviser and JDA Journal Editor
- FAA Chief Counsel and Acting Deputy Administrator
- NBAA SVP- Administration, General Counsel and Secretary
- United Airlines- General Attorney
- Partner in law firms representing airlines; OEMs; MROs; Airports; Foreign, State and City Governments
- Past Chair of American, International and Federal Bar Associations’ aviation sections
Karen Nakamura
Accountant
- 26 years experience in corporate accounting and taxation
- CPA and Accountant for Bon Beebe
- Hayes-Ligon Corporation Accountant and led due deligence team in sale of company
- 14 years as Controller for Produce Company; with JDA since 2008
- BS Accounting University of Maryland
JDA Associates
JDA experts stand ready to address your challenges in safety, certification, compliance, obstruction evaluation, human factors, airworthiness, engineering, quality assurance (QA), flight operations, and organizational relationships.
Arlie Appler – Operations, Former FAA and Industry
Bill Ashworth – Airworthiness / Type Certification, Former FAA and MRO
Denise Anderson – Tech Writer, Former Airline and Industry
Richard Pyke – Air Traffic Management, Former FAA
Ramon Barrera – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Mike Borfitz – Airworthiness / Type Certification, Former FAA and Industry
Don Brown – Airworthiness/SMS, Former FAA
Dave Canoles – ATM, Former FAA
Patty Daniel – ATM, Former FAA
Jim Davey – Business Development/Airworthiness/Engineering, Former Airline
Jim Devany – Safety / Manufacturing Inspection, Former FAA
Ray Dougherty – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Dave Downey – Certification and Engineering, Former FAA and industry
Bill Ellis – Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Greg Feith – Airworthiness / Safety, Former NTSB
Jim Fossey – ATM, Former FAA
Frank Del Gandio – Safety and Accident Investigation, Former FAA
Juan Garcia – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
John Goglia – SMS, FBO, Maintenance, Former NTSB
Sam Grober – Flight Test Engineer and Certification, former FAA
Gary Gomes – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Harry “Butch” Gumm – Interior Engineer, Former industry
Bob Hernandez – Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Pamela Helms – Cabin Safety, Airline Industry
Paul Heron – Operations/Safety, Former FAA
Erich Hopkins – Engineering, FAA DER
Jose Irizarry – Airworthiness, Former FAA
Jack Jetton – Airworthiness, Former FAA
Fernando Junco – Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Ken Kadey – Operations and Safety, Former FAA
Kevin Karpe – ATM, Former FAA
Larry Kephart– Airworthiness, Former FAA
Fred Kirijan – Operations/AQP/Training, Former Industry
Jim Krieger – ATM, Former FAA
David Laamanen – Crashworthiness and Aircraft Seats, Academia and Industry
Mel Marengo – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Tom Martin – Airworthiness / Maintenance/ DAR, Former FAA
Tom Morrow – ATC and ATM, Former FAA
Nick Olmsted – Engineering, FAA DER, Industry
Mark Olsen – Radar Analysis, Former FAA
David Orochena – Aviation Security, Former FAA and TSA
Joseph Pampalone – Operations/Ground Services/Dispatch, Industry
Jose Perez – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
David Perry – Obstruction Evaluation and Airspace Analysis – Industry, Former USAF and Industry
Raul Pomales – Operations and Safety, Former FAA
Frank Poursartip – Cargo Systems/DER, Industry
Elizabeth, Quinlan – Cabin Safety, Airline Industry
Mark Rudo – Engineering/Repair Station, Industry
Ronald Russum – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Donald Salisbury – Airworthiness/Dispatch/Ground Services, Industry
Harry Schaefer – Compliance/Enforcement/Security, Former DOT and DHS
Wayne Shade – Engineering and QA, Former FAA and Industry
David M. Smith, Operations, Former FAA
Lew Smith – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Nelson Soto – Airworthiness/Maintenance, Former FAA
Joseph Stuppiello – Airworthiness, Former FAA
Antonio Trani – Airport Noise and Flight Procedures, Industry
Kristin Wells – Tech Writer, Industry
Larry Williams – Operations, Former FAA
Peter Yiakos – Airworthiness, Former FAA
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