About Jack Kies, President
Mr. Kies has more than 30 years of operational air traffic control and management experience. In 1994, he was appointed Manager of the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC), where 165 personnel managed the flow of 142,000 commercial, business, general, and military flights a day in the US National Airspace System (NAS). He served as Director System Operations for the FAA from January 2002 until January 2005, managing operations for the NAS.
Mr. Kies was an early proponent of Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) among system customers and service providers, leading the way to the development of air traffic management tools and strategies. Under Mr. Kies’ direction, a move towards real-time data exchange between airlines and the FAA became the backbone of the US Traffic Flow Management (TFM) system. Mr. Kies received a Bachelor of Science degree from Dowling College.
About Norm Fujisaki, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Fujisaki provides strategic advisory services to advance Metron Aviation’s position as a world-class innovator in air transportation systems. Mr. Fujisaki also serves as the Program Manager for our TFM Concept Engineering and Development contract with the Federal Aviation Administration and has been an active contributor to the advancement of NextGen, most recently through the RTCA NextGen Implementation Task Force (TF5). The goal of TF5 is to provide recommendations to the aviation community for mid-term (to 2018) implementation priorities based on the challenges associated with risks, aircraft equipage, and the implementation strategies.
Mr. Fujisaki’s career spans over 25 years with the FAA, where he served as Vice President for Operations Planning in the Air Traffic Organization. In this role he led the FAA Operations Planning organization’s broad spectrum of programs, including strategic business planning, performance analysis, systems engineering, the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, research and development, technology demonstrations, the Operational Evolution Program (OEP), and international relations. He contributed to harmonized air traffic management systems through his work with ICAO, EUROCONTROL, and numerous other international organizations. In the early 1990s, he brought the FAA and airline industry together and fostered fundamental changes to the TFM system that led to Collaborative Decision-making (CDM). In 1996, he led the creation of the FAA’s Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research, known as NEXTOR, which now includes UC Berkeley, MIT, University of Maryland, Virginia Tech and George Mason University.
Mr. Fujisaki received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from California Polytechnic, completed master’s course work in industrial engineering from Texas A&M and received a graduate certification in Public Administration from the American University.
