Universal Avionics competitors

Geoffrey Hedrick is a Founder at Harowe Systems Inc. He has worked as Chairman/Founder at INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT INC, Board Member at INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT INC, and President/CEO at SMITHS INDUSTRIES.

Tunç Doluca joined Maxim in 1984 as a Member of Technical Staff. Tunç has personally designed over 40 products and holds 11 patents. In 1993, he was named the company's Vice President of R&D. In 1994, he became the founding General Manager of the Portable Power Business Unit. By 2005, Tunç’s responsibilities had expanded to managing seven business units and he was promoted to Group President. In 2007, Tunç became the second Chief Executive Officer in the company’s history. During his tenure as CEO, Maxim reorganized product development around end markets and completed six strategic acquisitions. Tunç oversaw the transition of Maxim’s manufacturing to a more flexible hybrid production model and improved overall manufacturing execution. In 2010, Maxim was one of the first analog companies to transition to 300mm wafer technology. In 2015, Tunç reorganized the company, creating a single organization combining all Business Units along with Sales & Marketing, as well as a focused effort on New Ventures. This new structure will allow the company to better align its current business with the needs of customers, while freeing resources to explore new business opportunities outside of our core business. Tunç was born in Ankara, Turkey, and he holds a BSEE degree from Iowa State University and an MSEE degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He serves on the board of directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Daniel J. Crowley is a Raytheon Company vice president and president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2012 sales of $24 billion and 68,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. Raytheon’s global headquarters is in Waltham, Mass. Headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass., IDS has locations in Washington, California, Utah, New Mexico, Virginia, Texas, Maryland, Rhode Island, Alabama, Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Its broad portfolio of weapons, sensors and integration systems supports its customer base across multiple mission areas including air and missile defense systems; missile defense radars; early warning radars; naval ship operating systems; command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) systems; air traffic management; and other advanced technologies. IDS provides affordable, integrated solutions to a broad international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security. Crowley joined Raytheon in 2010 as president of the Network Centric Systems business responsible for Communications, Sensing, and Command and Control product lines, following 27 years with Lockheed Martin Corporation. He served as chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics supporting key tactical fighter and military transport programs as well as the Advanced Development Programs (Skunk Works™) organization. Prior to that, Crowley was executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program responsible for the design, development, and transition to production of the three fighter variants and logistics system. He served as president of Lockheed’s Simulation, Training and Support business; vice president of Business Development and Advanced Programs for Space and Strategic Missiles; deputy program manager for the Special Programs classified space line of business, and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program for the Missile Defense Agency; vice president for Commercial Space Systems; and plant manager for the Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle factory. He also held management positions at the company’s Calabasas and Bethesda headquarters. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He also received a master’s degree in management from Stanford University as a Sloan Fellow.

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.