Board of Directors

Bill Tempany- President and CEO, Audit Committee

Mr. Tempany has more than 35 years of senior management experience in hi-tech companies and more than 15 years experience in the public markets. He has been CEO of AMA since March 2003. He was founder, President, and CEO of Fintech Services Ltd. (now Sylogist Ltd.), President and founder of QByte Services Ltd., and a consultant in the international oil and gas industry to companies such as Ziff Energy Group and Petrobras.
 

Doug Marlin – Chairman, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee

Mr. Marlin has been President of Marlin Ventures Inc., a Canadian-based consulting firm, since January 1997. He is a Director of Zed.i Solutions Inc. as well as a Director for JDA Software Group Inc. Mr. Marlin was previously President of JDA Software Ltd. from 1981 to 1996. He has served on the AMA board of directors since March 2003.

Richard Hayden

Mr. Hayden, an engineer by training (BS, Norwich University; MS, Purdue University), has led the development and successful transition of new monitoring and diagnostic technologies and products in the aviation field for 25 years. As founder and CEO of Technology Integration Inc., he provided vision and collaborated with end users, OEMs, and industry partners to optimize product capabilities and suitability, as well as building staff and partners who created two innovative products that are now industry standards. Mr. Hayden was with Meggitt, a U.K.-based supplier of aviation products from 2002 until June 2008. He joined the AMA board in July 2008.

Jack Olcott – Compensation Committee

Mr. Olcott was educated as an aeronautical engineer (BSE & MSE, Princeton University; MBA, Rutgers University) and has a certificate in leadership training from the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. Mr. Olcott began his career in business aviation and was involved with creating a flight research laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology/Kanpur. He also obtained and managed flight mechanics contracts issued by NASA and private industry. In the early 1970′s Mr. Olcott began a career in aviation journalism where he was Editor and Publisher of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine and a Vice President of McGraw-Hill’s Aviation Week Group. Mr. Olcott joined the National Business Aviation Association as President in 1992 and held that position until 2003. He is currently President of General Aviation Company. He joined the board of directors of AMA in May 2008.

Paul Takalo – Audit Committee, Governance Committee

Mr. Takalo is a Chartered Accountant who was employed with Grant Thornton from 1985 to 2005 and spent the last five years of his time there as Audit Partner. From July to November 2005 Mr. Takalo provided consulting service. Since November 2005 he has held the position of Vice President, Finance with Standen’s Limited. Mr. Takalo has been on the AMA board of directors since May 2008.

Mike Brown – Compensation Committee, Governance Committee

Mr. Brown is a lawyer with the firm of Geselbracht Brown and practices in the areas of Business Law, Real Estate Law, Wills & Estates and Civil Litigation. Mr. Brown is currently Chair of the Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University (V.I.U.) and was a strong leader in the logistical and legal challenges of the transition of V.I.U. from a university college to full university status. During that process he was instrumental in the creation and implementation of a governance process for the new V.I.U. Within his community he has also been actively involved with the United Way, the Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival Society, Crime Stoppers, the Nanaimo Rotary Club and the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Brown is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. He has served on the AMA board of directors since March 2003.

Jacques Kavafian – Compensation Committee

Mr. Kavafian is the President of AeroFinance International Inc., based in Richmond Hill, ON. He is well known to the investment, aviation and travel communities with more than 26 years of experience as an analyst on Bay Street, covering companies in the airline, aerospace and leisure industries. He was Vice-President and Analyst with Research Capital from August 2004 to October 2009. Mr. Kavafian joined the AMA board of directors in December 2010.

Charles Pollard – Governance Committee

Mr. Pollard served in senior management roles at Omni Air International, Inc., a privately owned U.S. international charter airline, including Managing Director from 1997 to 2006, President & CEO from 2006 to 2008, and Vice Chairman from 2008 to 2009. He was employed at World Airways, Inc., the oldest U.S. non-scheduled airline, from 1987 to 1997, where he served as President from 1992 to 1995 and President & CEO from 1995 to 1997. He practiced corporate law in the Washington, DC, office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom from 1983 to 1987. He currently serves as a Director of Allegiant Travel Co., a U.S. low cost schedule airline traded on NASDAQ; Air Partner PLC, a U.K air charter brokerage and trading company listed on the LSE; and AirCastle Limited , a U.S. based aircraft finance and leasing firm traded on the NYSE. He joined the AMA board of directors in June 2011.