Panasonic Avionics CEO and leadership

Ken Sain is Chief Executive Officer of Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics). In this role, he leads all facets of the business.

Recognized globally as a passionate and customer-focused technology business leader, Ken has developed his broad mix of cross-functional leadership experience and deep domain expertise in airline operations over a 25-year career in commercial aviation

Before joining Panasonic Avionics in December of 2019, Ken was concurrently; Vice President of Boeing Global Services - Digital Solutions and Analytics and CEO of Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen. During his time with Boeing Ken oversaw significant growth in their customer-facing digital solutions portfolio, leveraging agile software development to launch new products and cloud-based solutions for airline and business aviation customers around the world.

Prior to Boeing, Ken was a principal with global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. For more than 10 years, he specialized in business strategy, operations and top-line growth for major airlines, airline alliances and travel technology providers. Ken holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University. After graduating from Northwestern, he was part of a small team that founded Midway Airlines and subsequently served the airline in operations, market planning and as director of marketing.

Strategic product and engineering executive with over a decade of developing innovative entertainment hardware and globally scaled software products and services at Hulu, GoPro, Amazon (Fire TV), and OnLive.

Mark Jennings serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Panasonic Avionics Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for Panasonic’s operations, engineering, sales and marketing.Mark joined Panasonic in 1998 as Regional Director based in Dubai, UAE and was responsible for developing the Middle East and North African operations. In 2002, Mark was appointed to General Manager of the Airbus OEM group based in Toulouse, France, with the role expanding to include the Regional Jet OEMs in 2008. Mark moved to Bothell, Washington in 2012 responsible for Panasonic’s relationship with the Aircraft OEMs, before moving to Lake Forest, California as VP Operations in 2015.Prior to joining Panasonic Avionics, Mark started his career as an Avionics Engineer with a number of European flag carriers for over a 10-year period before joining GEC-Marconi In-Flight Systems (GMIS) in 1994, transferring to Dubai, UAE in 1996.

Catherine Razzano is a Chief Compliance Officer at Panasonic Avionics and is based in Lake Forest, California. She has worked as Board Member at General Dynamics, Senior Attorney (elected Special Counsel for 2011) at CADWALADER WICKERSHAM & TAFT, and Associate at Clifford Chance. Catherine studied at Boston University between 1995 and 1999, Columbus School of Law between 1999 and 2002, and Georgetown Visitation between 1991 and 1995.

Heather Allsopp-Popadych is a Chief Culture Officer at Panasonic Avionics and Lean In Circle at Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation (LeanIn.Org | OptionB.Org) and is based in California. She has worked as Sales Manager I | Global Connectivity Sales and Support at Panasonic Avionics, Marketing Communications Manager at Nationwide Support Services, and Marketing Communications Manager at TravisMathew. Heather studied at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School between 2014 and 2016 and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School between 2012 and 2014.

My expertise lies in Digital Technology Executive Leadership, with over 20 years of progressive experience that includes VP, Chief Architect, and Senior Director positions. My portfolio of achievements and key contributions includes groundbreaking data management initiatives, global team performance improvement, and enterprise-to-Cloud transformation. I've a proven record of generating exceptional business results through leading-edge digital information architectures, I have vast experience in delivering digital products from initial concept to market in multiple verticals such as HealthCare (Digital Health), Finance, High-tech manufacturing & Software. Selected Achievements & Key Cont...

Dirk Lange is a Chief Financial Officer at Panasonic Avionics and Global Finance Director at Panasonic Avionics and is based in Lake Forest, California. He has worked as Intern Management Consulting at Ericsson, Management Trainee Finance & Credit Control at Panasonic Industrial Europe GmbH / Panasonic Automotive Europe GmbH, and Intern Corporate Finance at National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa Inc. Dirk attended North Carolina University at ECU between 2002 and 2003, East Carolina University between 2002 and 2003, and Accadis - Private Hochschule für internationales Management between 2000 and 2004.

Dirk Lange is a Chief Financial Officer at Panasonic Avionics and Global Finance Director at Panasonic Avionics and is based in Lake Forest, California. He has worked as Intern Management Consulting at Ericsson, Management Trainee Finance & Credit Control at Panasonic Industrial Europe GmbH / Panasonic Automotive Europe GmbH, and Intern Corporate Finance at National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa Inc. Dirk attended North Carolina University at ECU between 2002 and 2003, East Carolina University between 2002 and 2003, and Accadis - Private Hochschule für internationales Management between 2000 and 2004.