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, 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

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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

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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

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