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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, maintenance, engineering, QA, flight operations, organization relationships, and environment.
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
Gene Bloch, C.M.
Vice President and Program Manager
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- JDA program management, FAA certification consultation
- VP Program Management, Advanced Switching Communication
- VP Systems Engineering, Newbridge Networks, Inc.
Al Zito
Vice President, Safety, Certification & Compliance
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- Former FAA CMO Manager Pittsburgh, PA
- 26 years FAA Flight Standards
- Expert in compliance/safety/maintenance policies, manuals
- US Army Aviation
Ben Doyle
Vice President, Obstruction Evaluation and Airspace Analysis
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- Director, Airspace Analysis, Aviation Management Associates
- Air Traffic Controller and Tower Chief, Wiesbaden, Germany
- 15 Years Experience Air Traffic Control, Airspace Analysis and Terminal Instrument Procedures Development
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
Sharon Grey
Vice President, Quality Assurance and Engineering
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- JDA Safety assessment, quality audits and product certifications
- 8 years experience as Director at America West Airlines and US Airways
- Quality Assurance, Internal Evaluation Program, Regulatory Compliance, Aircraft Records, Technical Publications and Engineering Services
Dustin Wilcox
Director, Safety Programs
- JDA Associate
- IBM Flight Operations Group
- BNSF Railway Safety Group
- MS in Aviation Management and Safety
Michael Kushner
Training Program Coordinator and Special Projects
- BS Business Administration Emory University
- Majored in Economics and Finance
JDA Associates
Roy Allen, Airworthiness / 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
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
David Broughton, Airworthiness / Certification/Unapproved Parts and Safety, Former FAA
Norm Bush, Operations/Safety, Former Airline
Richard Buys, Technical Writer, Former Airline
Ed Christensen, Airworthiness / Maintenance , Former FAA
Eduardo Cidade, Technical Writer, Former Airline
Mike Colin, Airworthiness/Maintenance, Former FAA
Jim Davey, Business Development/Airworthiness, Former Airline
Rick Davies, Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Ray Dougherty, Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former Airline
Greg Feith, Airworthiness / Safety, Former NTSB
Dr. Ken Fleming, Operations Research and Economics, Related Industry
Ray Fox, Airworthiness / Safety , Former FAA, Former Airline
Tom Glover, Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
John Goglia, Business Development, Former NTSB
Steven Green, Operations/Safety, Former Airline
Gary Gomes, Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Florian Hafner, Engineering, Related Industry
Tom Hilquist, Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Jeff Jones, Engineering and QA, Former Airline
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
Dave Marino, Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Tom Martin, Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Bill Marx, Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Bill McHugh, Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ron Morgan, ATC/CNS Operations, Former FAA
Bernie Mullins, Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA
Sandy Murdock, Regulatory Affairs and Policy, Former FAA
Anthony Palombo, In-flight Operations, Former FAA
Ed Pinto, Marketing / Public Relations, Former FAA
Johnny Pool, Airworthiness / Safety Operations / Maintenance, Former FAA
Siegbert Poritzky, ATC/CNS Operations, Former FAA
Terry Sharp, Airspace/Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ken Shuman, Operations / Safety, Former FAA
Bill Snyder, Airworthiness/Maintenance, Former FAA
Carl Steinhauer, Airport Operations / Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ray Steinkraus, Airworthiness/System Safety, Former FAA
Larry Viselli, Airspace / Obstruction Evaluation, Former FAA
Ben Visser, Aviation Lubricant Engineering, Related Industry
Wayne Williams, Operations/Safety, Former FAA
JDA Partners
Continental Translation, Aviation Document Translation Services
EQ², Environmental Analysis and Performance
Lynne Carbone & Associates, Organizational Relationships and Management
Northwest Data Solutions, SMS Pro™
TARMAC, Aircraft and Aircrew Security