Senior Associates

RDSA's professional staff brought decades of aviation experience to its consulting assignments. Most of its Senior Associates developed their aviation expertise through successful careers in airlines, corporate flight departments, maintenance organizations, OEMs and other aviation-related institutions.

Several of the Senior Associates were licensed commercial pilots and flight instructors with tens of thousands of flight hours in a variety of rotary and fixed wing aircraft ranging from small helicopters and King Airs to large corporate jets and from DC-9s to B-767s.

The collective consulting experience of the company's Senior Associates is summarized in the descriptions of the representative assignments RDSA completed (see Experience). Their qualifications are also illustrated by the positions they held in other organizations prior to their association with R. Dixon Speas Associates, such as the following:

Vice President, Flight Operations of a major airline	System Chief Pilot of a major airline
Director, Systems Operations Control-Technical Operations for a major airline	Vice President, Operations at a cargo airline
Director, Flight Operations Human Factors for a major airline & Chairman of ATA Human Factors Committee	Vice President, Finance Operations in the operations division of a major airline
Vice President, Human Resources and Training of a major airline	Vice President, Line Maintenance and Engineering of a major airline
Managing Director, Aircraft Maintenance at the principal hub of a major airline	Managing Director, Aircraft Maintenance Operations for the fleet of a major airline
Managing Director, Technical Operations Planning and Materiel Management at a major airline	Manager, Line Maintenance, International Operations for a major airline
Manager, Production Control, major airline maintenance facility	Manager, Quality Assurance for a major airline maintenance operation
Manager, Maintenance Operations Center, major airline maintenance facility	Captain, US Navy, including service as a squadron aircraft maintenance officer
System Manager responsible for process and organizational redesign at a major airline	Software developer of maintenance planning and operational data analysis packages
Managing Director, Flight Standards and International Flight Safety for a major airline	Managing Director, Safety and Environmental Department of a major airline
Chief Operating Officer of a charter airline engaged in both cargo and passenger transport	Manager, Route Planning in the Strategic Planning Department of a major airline
Manager, Cargo Market Planning at a major airline	Manager, Cargo Service at JFK Airport for a major airline
Corporate Vice President, Operations for an air freight forwarder	Vice President, Transportation Services of a US national airline
Manager, Cargo Business Development for a major US airport authority	Sr. Financial Analyst/Airport Concession Advisor for a large US airport authority
Vice President & Aviation Division Director for an air ambulance operator	Director of Aviation and Captain of a Fortune 500 corporate flight department
Aviation Director and Chief Pilot for a State Department of Transportation	Supervisory Aerospace Engineer and Head of Engineering at an FAA Regional Headquarters
Vice President, Marketing for a major jet engine manufacturer	Manager, Business Development for a major jet engine manufacturer
Assistant Chief Engineer for Strategic Planning for a major engine manufacturer	Vice President, Marketing, Sales & Customer Service for an airframe component manufacturer