Key Tasks:Aviation Consultancy Network Selection of our Network Experts Key Tasks: Philip Dalmeijer Senior Consultant ICAO Airport Safety & Procedures Philip has more than 40 years of experience in aviation. First 16 years in Air Traffic Control, thereafter as airport specialist. He has been highly involved in all airside and airside related, projects at Schiphol Airport and also worked for Schiphol Project Consult and Schiphol Asia in Kuala Lumpur. He has been assigned to projects in Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Incheon (Korea) and served as training director for an operational training programme in Vietnam. Philip also acted as technical advisor for the Dutch representative of the ICAO Visual Aids Panel and member of the ICAO working group on Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (SMGCS). Philip is presently involved in Aerodrome Manual, Standard Operating procedures and currently in the process of setting up the Airport Operations Centre and Crisis Control Centre (AOC/CCC) at the new international Airport in BKK. Name: Philip Martinus Dalmeijer Profession: Senior Airport Consultant Birthday: 3 February Nationality: Dutch Key Tasks: Kiron Chatterjee Senior Consultant Business Processes Kiron is Hong Kong born to an Indian Hindu father and a Chinese Muslim mother. This Asian upbringing and a Western education has provided him with a unique cultural understanding that has served him well in his 30 years of IT and Business management experience throughout Asia. Two of his proudest achievements have been as CEO for Asia Online HK Ltd., where he stabilised a failing operation; and as Head of Technology to build and operate the systems for the Airport Authority HK charged with the construction and operations Hong Kongs replacement airport. This was voted one of the 10 largest infrastructure projects of the 20 th century. Kirons brings pan Asian operational execution skills to any team as well as the rare ability to bridge cultures. His expertise lies in strategic IT deployment and General Management. His interests lie in working with organizations to empower staff to improve internal processes and their use of technology AND working with a dynamic team to build businesses into highly profitable entities. Name: Kiron Chatterjee Profession: Business Process and Technology Consulting Birthday: 1st May Nationality: British Key Tasks: George B. Mitchell Senior Consultant Airline Operations George has worked at Senior Executive level in the Aviation Industry for over 30 years. Disciplines include Airport Operations, Airline Marketing and Sales, Aviation IP and Telecom. He has worked on high value projects in Africa, U.S.A., the Middle East and Europe. His experience includes high value bid management and worldwide operational start- ups. As Senior Consultant he was part of the transition team for almost two years to guide the privatisation process in Lima/Peru. Name: George B. Mitchell Profession: Airport / Aviation Consultant Birthday: 25 November Nationality: British Key Tasks: Andrea Kneeland Senior Consultant & Instructor ATC Andrea Kneeland began her career as an enroute air traffic controller with Transport Canada. She was employed subsequently by CAE, ICAO, SITA and IATA in positions encompassing regulatory, technical, educational and organizational aspects of air traffic management (ATM). At CAE in Montreal, Andrea worked as ATM expert in the engineering department to interpret and implement the requirements of civil aviation authorities for advanced ATM systems. She oversaw factory testing, wrote user manuals and taught system users. At the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) in Paris, Andrea worked with European ATM experts to introduce ATM procedures to increase air traffic capacity at major airports in Europe, based on international best practices. With SITA in Geneva, Andrea managed the introduction of data link for controller-pilot communications to supplement voice communications. At IATA in Montreal, Andrea was responsible for training programs for air navigation service (ANS) providers and civil aviation authorities. Andrea became an independent consultant in December Her areas of expertise are Air Traffic and Airspace Management, Airside Capacity Enhancement, Aviation English, Safety Management Systems and Operational Application of Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems. Name: Andrea Kneeland Profession: Air Traffic Management Consultant Birthday: January 6 Nationality: Canadian & French Key Tasks: Walter M. Molitor Senior Consultant Project Director -Integrated Operational Readiness Walter draws his skills from his background in Sociology and Business Administration to create organization structures consistent with efficient operations. This has resulted in Walter gaining experienced in extensive international multi- million dollar projects with the primary focus on establishing and integrating complex organizations linked to Airport Operational Start- ups and Airport Relocations. His expertise is presently applied to provide management consultancy for Airport Relocations, Airport Trial Operations, Airport Management Consulting, Airport Operational Efficiency Consulting. Walter is currently leading the Operational Readiness Team for the new Bangkok international Airport. Name: Walter M. Molitor Profession: Aviation Business Management Engineer Birthday: 28 January Nationality: German Key Tasks: Felix R. Perera Senior Consultant Air Transport Management In a career that includes a span of 18years within the airline industry, Felix has acquired skills in planning, organization, co-ordination and communication as well as those pertaining to interpersonal and public relations. In his professional pursuits he has contributed to the greater efficiency of every organization that he has been a part of. Having amassed a wealth of expertise and an invaluable understanding of the various aspects of the workings of airlines, airports and the air transport industry, Felix embarked into consulting work to share his knowledge and acumen. Presently Felix is advising the Airports Authority of Thailand on Terminal and Operational Readiness Issues for the on-time start-up of the new Airport. Name: Felix R. Perera Profession: Air Transport Consultant Birthday: 21 February Nationality: Sri Lankan Key Tasks: Andreas Hauser Senior Consultant Tourism Planning and Development Andreas has over seven years of tourism planning and development experience world-wide, ranging from feasibility studies over national master plans to implementation measures on-the-spot. He has worked extensively for international organisations (UNDP, World Bank), governmental institutions and private companies. Having managed large-scale projects for tourism master plans and action plans for sustainable development, including tourism products, marketing, institutional strengthening, human resources and investment. Further experience includes concept development and economic viability of resort and hotel projects including specific measures for implementation. From his vast knowledge of the tourism sector, Andreas strongly favours a quality approach in his projects, giving direct support to the local counterparts and enabling them to adopt work measures individually. Andreas has gained extensive experience living and working throughout Europe, North & Latin America as well as the Arab World, giving him a deep understanding of inter-cultural relationships. Apart from his mother tongue German, he speaks fluently English, Spanish and Italian as well as good French. He has a bachelors degree in business economics from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich/Germany and a diploma in tourism management the University of Deusto in Bilbao/Spain. Andreas is currently working on project assignments in the Middle East. Name: Andreas Hauser Profession: Tourism Expert Birthday: 6 July Nationality: German Key Tasks: Renate Stoll Senior Consultant Human Resources & Training When Renate looks back on 20 years of working for American carriers, the six years spent in the area of Training and HR development were the most rewarding for her, especially as they provided amble opportunities to work in other countries. Later on, the responsibility for the Passenger Service department and its 230 employees was another challenging experience and completed the work scale in the area of HR. Renate was actively involved in the training & HR development plan of Incheon International Airport in Seoul prior to the opening in If it comes to Airline & Customer Services subject, Renate is a real believer in Service Culture as the basis for continued business success. Name: Renate Stoll Profession: Manager Human Resources & Training Birthday: 8 March Nationality: German Key Tasks: Andrew Jay Blackburn Principal Consultant Network Planning & Strategy Jay has over 17 years of experience working with airlines in network management and with IT system firms to develop tools to support airline business processes. His expertise lies in airline strategy development, network planning, flight scheduling and implementation, airline profitability analysis, network analysis and performance measurement, and market potential analysis. Additionally, he has developed specifications for IT systems that are used to support airline business processes. He has provided consulting services for major airlines in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and Africa. Jay is uniquely qualified to define and understand problems that are encountered by airlines in strategy planning and performance measurement, as well as to develop and deliver solutions that provide effective results. He is also regular lecturer at Cranfield University for the Air Transport Forecasting Seminar. Currently, Jay is the Principal Consultant for BAC Aviation Consultancy, based in Zurich Switzerland. Name: Andrew Jay Blackburn Profession: Aviation Consultant Birthday: 02 March Nationality: USA Key Tasks: Rolf Dittberner Senior Consultant Project Scheduler Rolf is an educated Civil engineer with more than 30 years experience in the field of civil and architectural buildings in respect of supervision. His special skills also comprise scheduling and cost control of multimillion US$ domestic and international projects. Name: Rolf Dittberner Profession: Civil Engineer Birthday: 9 August Nationality: German Key Tasks: Raynald (Ray) Imbeault Senior Consultant Airport Management Ray has 30 years of aviation management experience as a senior executive, a consultant and trainer. He has been CEO of a major international airport, managed a network of 45 airports in Eastern Canada, worked as an airport commercial manager both in Canada and overseas, been involved in many airport privatization projects, conducted consulting projects around the world and trained aviation managers from 160 different countries. Among some of his accomplishments, Ray has: - managed the transfer of four international airports from the Government of the Dominican Republic to an international consortium. - doubled the per passenger commercial revenue of Lima airport during his first year as the Commercial Manager of the newly privatized airport. - managed a major expansion program at Ottawa International Airport, in Canadas capital city. - directed the commercialization of Ottawa airport, the restructuring of the organization and the preparation of a business plan and a master plan. - increased ten-fold the revenue accruing from major petroleum facilities in Northern Canada. Ray is trilingual (English, French and Spanish) and has a Masters in Business Administration. Name: Ray Imbeault Profession: Airport Management Executive, Consultant and Trainer Birthday: 8 November Nationality: Canadian Key Tasks: Kennedy Correia Senior Consultant Airport Planning A delivery focused professional with seventeen years experience in Planning, Operations Management and Project Management in the Aviation Industry. A Strategic thinker, able to identify and interpret trends in business operating environments and determine requirements for business infrastructure development across diverse and multi dimensional operating environments. Proven ability to lead multi million pound development projects with multiple stakeholders operating in complex and ever changing environments and a passion for delivering the highest standards of customer service. Responsibilities have ranged from masterplanning, undertaking concept planning and feasibility studies, determining project requirements managing wide environmental performance, undertaking environmental assessment, prioritisation, target setting and briefing, to managing a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders (comprising Government bodies, operators and airlines), project governance approvals process and managing handover of infrastructure to end users. Name: Kennedy Correia Profession: Airport Planning Birthday: 14 January Nationality: British Key Tasks: Atul Suri Senior Consultant Business Process Manager with experience in aviation and project management. Specialised in In-house consulting and strategic business planning. International Strategic Sales, Expertise in Business Processes Organisation and Workflow Management. Very strong skills in Flight Operations and Load Control and Aircraft (Wet)-lease/Charter Brokerage. Project Manager for development and design of a RMA-Software-Tool, Efficient Assortment Analysis for Aviation Spare parts and development of an Efficient Assortment Strategy, IT - Training Co- ordination, Controlling, Contacts for business in India. Name: Atul Suri Profession: Aviation Consultant Birthday: 18 August Nationality: German Key Tasks: Kenneth R.Sharp Senior Consultant Airport Operations and Security Ken has over 30 years experience in Airport Management both as an Airport Manager and as an Airfield Operations Officer with the British Airports Authority. He is currently an accredited trainer and validator with the UK Department for Transport and has designed and carried out specialist training courses in the Caribbean, West Indies, South America and Europe in both Management and Security disciplines. Having lived in the United States for ten years he is the advisor on Aviation related matters to his local Congressman and is on the rota of experts with I.C.A.O. covering Management, Operations and Security. Ken is currently working on a specialist training course for a Caribbean airport. He is Chief Executive of his own company and holds a Masters Degree in International Business. Name: Kenneth R. Sharp Profession: Airport Management Operations and Security Consultant Birthday: 25 May Nationality: Scottish Key Tasks: Chris Jacobs Senior Consultant Airport Manager With more than 41 years of experience in the Aviation Industry, Chris has successfully managed three different category Airports as The Airport Manager. His experience includes his involvement with the Commercial, Retail and Property as Business Advisor: Commercial Operations. Included in his responsibilities were Contracts & Leases. During this period Chris was responsible for the writing of Policies and Procedures for Operations in ISO format based on IATA and ICAO Standards. As Business Advisor for ACSA he is familiar with contingency planning for ANY threat in the Aviation Environment. He just completed the Ops Manuals for the ACSA Group (10 Airports) 26 Million annual passengers based on Doc The Ops Manual is a combination of the SMS, Quality Control, Operations Policies & Procedures. Name: Chris Jacobs Profession: Airport Manager Birthday: 17 December Nationality: South African Local Representative South Africa Key Tasks: J. Robert Vis Senior Consultant Airport Information Technology Bob has more than 20 years of airport industry experience. He has been highly involved in all operational IT related projects at Schiphol Airport. Most of these projects were recognized trendsetting developments in the airport industry. Within SITA INC ADS he was responsible for Airport Operations in Europe and Customer Services Globally. Having chaired the ACI World Airport IT Subcommittee for 7 years, he also initiated together with IATA the Simplifying Passenger Travel Interest Group (SPT IG). Bob has developed an excellent understanding of the strategic and political issues between airport operators, airlines and control authorities. His strong knowledge of airport processes and new IT developments resulted in leadership developing new strategies & policies (CUSS, CUTE, Biometrics) for the airport industry. Bob lives and works in The Netherlands and has the ability to work with multicultural teams. He has a Masters in Civil Engineering from the Technical University in Delft and is currently involved in setting up a major EC sponsored project, involving all latest IT developments (e.g. tracing & tracking pax). Name: J. Robert Vis Profession: Senior Business Consultant Birthday: 19 February Nationality: Dutch Key Tasks: Daniel B. Sajet Senior Consultant Aviation, Organization and TQM He was with KLM from October 1967 till November 2001 and during this period of service, among other functions; he was posted as Station Manager in Hong Kong ( ), Portugal ( ), Mexico ( ) and Lagos, Nigeria ( ). During he was appointed as Manager KLM Quality Consulting department. Trained to perform audits and assessments based on the EFQM concept he introduced a new quality performance measuring system, which was adopted by KLM worldwide, a system that contributed to improve the standard of quality and productivity. Seconded to the Federal Airport Authority Nigeria (FAAN) ( ) as an Airport Infrastructure and Organization consultant. In this capacity he worked very close with IATA and ICAO regarding ATM, Navigational and En-route charges, Airport Management and Aviation Security issues. He represented FAAN at IATA meetings. During his consulting period an upgrading exercise to MMA (Lagos, Nigeria) was executed in order to meet the FAA airport security requirements in order to enable the American registered carriers (or operating in pool wit European carriers) to operate into Lagos, Nigeria. (Implementation of ICAO Annex 17). The required FAA level was awarded in December Name: Daniel B. Sajet Profession: Aviation Management & Organization Consultant Birthday: 11 November Nationality: Dutch Local Representative The Netherlands Key Tasks: Jean-Pierre Ambrosini Senior Consultant Organization and Privatization of Airlines Jean-Pierre has 22 years of air transport & aircraft maintenance experience, including key strategic management roles in airlines, civil aviation authorities, ministries of Transportation, international organizations( World Bank, PNUD, ICAO), aircraft manufacturer (AIRBUS), and Bureau VERITAS. Having managed airlines & aircraft maintenance operations in Europe, the Gulf, South America, Africa & Asia provided technical guidance concerning the privatization of a national airline, he has an excellent understanding of a broad range of strategic & technical, as well as financial issues within the air transport industry. This is underpinned by his strong knowledge of airline & aircraft maintenance, gained through 9 years at regular airlines & 13 years within international organizations & civil aviation administrations. Jean-Pierre has lived & worked in Canada, Europe, the U.A.E. Comoros Islands, Guyana Africa and Nepal & he has a deep understanding of global cultural issues & effective team, project and partner leadership. He has an MBA from Yale University, a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor in Electronics & a Bachelor in Data Processing. He is also an aircraft maintenance Engineer & a licensed Airline Pilot. Jean-Pierre is currently the Team Leader of the UN-Consulting Group, a network of international Aeronautics Experts. Name: Jean-Pierre Ambrosini Profession: Expert Birthday: 7 March Nationality: French Local Representative France Key Tasks: Andrew Abel Senior Consultant In-flight and Flight Catering Andrew has been involved in the In-flight and Flight Catering segments of the Industry for 30 years and has held senior management and consultancy assignments positions with both airlines and flight catering organisations. Particular areas of expertise are managing change, team building and facilitating a quality aware culture and maximising business potential in organisations he has headed. He has extensive international experience in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Name: Andrew Abel Profession: In-flight and Flight Catering Consultant Birthday: 5 July Nationality: British Key Tasks: Volodymyr Vahin Consultant Avionics Engineer Volodymyr is University graduated avionics engineer with 18 years experience in this domain. He has an excellent history of work for many aviation areas in Ukraine and for National Airworthiness Authority of Argentina. Name: Volodymyr Vahin Profession: Radio Electronics Engineer Birthday: 16 June Nationality: Argentinean (Ukrainian) Local Representative Argentina Key Tasks: Thomas Sefrin Consultant Fire Fighting & Aircraft Rescue Thomas Sefrin developed his skills in the field of fire fighting during his 25 years as a fire fighter, 20 years in a volunteer fire brigade and over 10 years as a professional. In more as 10 years as a member of the Fraport Fire Department he worked in professional aircraft fire fighting and aircraft recovery. He has more than 3 years of experience as an aircraft fire fighting and aircraft recovery instructor. Furthermore, he is an expert in the field of Airport Safety Management. He also participated in several aircraft recoveries around the world (Munich, Vienna, Manila, just to name a few). Since 4 years he also performs consultancy services in the fields of Aircraft Fire Fighting, Airport Structural Fire Fighting, Disabled Aircraft Recovery, Airport Fire Department Assessment and Development Planning, Airport Emergency Plans including Aircraft Recovery Plans, and Airport Fire Prevention and Protection. The list of projects he carried out is quite impressive and covers countries like Uzbekistan, Egypt, Greece, Yemen, China, Czech Republic, Peru, and Albania. He keeps up with the technical development in his fields of expertise by participating in at least 2 seminars and work shops which are regularly organized by internationally acknowledged expert institutions like Boeing, ADV, Aircraft Rescue & Fire Name: Thomas Sefrin Profession: Fire Fightin & Rescue Expert Birthday: 07 August Nationality: German Key Tasks: Santiago Rossi Junior Consultant Legal Counsel Advisor to the Management Team Mr Santiago Rossi, had finished his Legal Studies in Argentina with Honors degree at the age of 23, and received a scholarship to follow a Master in International Business Law, at the University CEU- Saint Paul, in the city of Madrid, Spain, in the period 2006/2007 were he again obtained honors degree being the second best student of the course. He started Law counselling in Argentina, in diverse fields such as commercial law and criminal law in the buffet Bianco Dubini y Asoc. During that time he was inclined towards international affairs and wrote papers on Politics, Philosophy and Criminal Law. Today he is part of the department of Procedural Law of the French Law Buffet Mazars at the Madrid Office. Santiago has also developed interest in Aviation related Law matters and is member of ALADA, (Latin American Associacion of Aeronautical Law). Name: Santiago Rossi Profession: Lawyer Birthday: September 26 Nationality: Argentinian Key Tasks: Ralf Strohmeier Consultant Airport Planning Ralf holds over 8 years experience in planning of both national and international projects, such as in tender preparation, awarding and construction management of major projects. Ralfs key tasks at Avconet include functional design, capacity assessment, programming and graphic support. Ralf has gained a lot of work experience in Russia, is fluent in Russian and real know-how pool if it comes to Aviation development in the CIS region. Name: Ralf Strohmeier Profession: Constructions Technician Birthday: 26 June Nationality: German Local Representative Russia Key Tasks: Richard Juengster Consultant Airport Operations Richard has been working in the Airport Business for the past 17 years. He has taken the position of Project Manger for Airport Operations in the most recent years. His professional experience and know-how is related to almost all airport sectors. He is specialized in airside process oriented planning, layout and design of airside operations as well as in the operational readiness planning of a new facility and optimisation measures. Experienced in the development of job profiles, standard operating procedures and training programs for airport operations. Manila International Terminal 3 was the latest international project he has participated so far. Assigned as Project Manager for Airside Operations, he joined a multicultural group of experts working under Fraport AG. Name: Richard Juengster Profession: Project Manager Birthday: 31 May Nationality: German Key Tasks: Hartmut Maurus Consultant Airport Planning Hartmut has gained experience of four years architectural design and construction planning. His experience ranges from one-family-housing up to a US$ 30 million multi-functional centre. He has also designed a shopping mall for the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia. Together with this experience Hartmut has completed a feasibility study and preliminary planning for the new Berlin airport which is now awaiting government approval. In Lima, Peru, Hartmut was successfully involved in the Operations Team who managed the airport transition to the new private operator Lima Airport Partners S.R.L.. Name: Hartmut Maurus Profession: Architect Birthday: 22 September Nationality: German Key Tasks: Hannes Mosler Junior Consultant Intercultural Advisor Hannes is a graduate student of Humboldt University of Berlin, majoring in Cultural Sciences and Korean Studies. His knowledge of Korea(n), cultural management, his strong inter-personal skills and experiences in different countries with different cultures, formed his character accordingly. Hannes flexibility and tolerance make him a strong support at the project at Incheon International Airport, South Korea. His responsibilities are ranging from project documentation, tools development, cultural interfacing, reporting, translating and organisation. Name: Hannes Mosler Profession: MSC in Sociology and Korean Studies Journalist Birthday: 11 April Nationality: German Key Tasks:Aviation Consultancy Network Frankfurt Airport Cargo City South/Bldg. 664c Frankfurt fon: fax: