David Valaer

Founder & President

  • Former F-16 &National Aerobatic Champion, Current Airline Transport pilot
  • Simplex Aerospace 100% owner & CEO (acquired by Dart)
  • Lead Engineering group/co-developed with David Hastings over 25 new FAA certified
    products
  • Oversaw outside Flight Test DAR’s DER’s, Oversaw Quality control & PMA.
  • Led Simplex sales, product design, certification, manufacturing, QC, & support
  • Grew profit margins 30% to 70% & 26x increase in value
  • MBA in finance from University of Texas

Contact:

(503) 998-9552
davidvalaer@gmail.com
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Joseph Hoffman

Director of Strategy

  • Group VP for L-3, where he developed the Green Taxi ETS
  • Led Development of Green Taxi incl mgmt. of overseas division
  • Led strategic BD for 20 divisions across multiple markets
  • As President of ACSS division & delivered >30% EBIT
  • Product Line Leader at Honeywell where he doubled sales
  • BS in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State U

Contact:

(602) 284-8405
joethoffman@cox.net
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Philip Moylan

Business Development Executive

  • Founder and president Moylan Marketing Consultants.
  • Key to sales of Flight Dynamics HGS (HUD) for 18 years
  • Involved in many new technologies incl EVS
  • Over 7 years experience in Wheel-Motor Electric Taxi Systems
  • Canadian DAR-87 General (same as US DER)
  • Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering at Carleton U in Ottawa

Contact:

(949) 228-0622
phil.moylan@moylanmarketing.com
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Mark Harris

Director Motor Design

  • DRS Leonardo- Senior project engineer
  • Developed conceptual electric taxi system with Boeing Commercial Aircraft.
  • Designed high power permanent magnet technologies for various landing gear configurations.
  • Developed key technologies to motor cooling and fail safe systems
  • Naval Research Laboratory Subcontractor (NRL) Electronics engineer for electric aircraft
  • Naval Avionics Center Engineer/designer for microelectronics packages for Navy aircraft.
  • BSME from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Contact:

(978) 395-5518
mark.hrrs@att.net
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David J Hastings

FAA DER

  • US Air Force Avionic System Specialist Vietnam Era Veteran
  • Isolair Inc- Helicopter systems company- Director of Engineering-
  • Simplex Aerospace (Dart) Helicopter systems company, Director of Engineering
  • Completed over 25 new STC’s with David Valaer
  • Greenpoint Technologies Inc.- Senior Certification Engineer
  • Boeing 787-8 Program Management DER, Completed over 7 STC’s on Transport Aircraft
  • Founder &President of Advanced Certification and Design Inc.

Contact:

(503) 209-6409
AdvancedCAD@gmail.com
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Carter Chapman

Airline Consultant

  • current Airbus A220 Lead Acceptance Test Pilot
  • Instructor Pilot and Check Airman
  • Delta Airlines Former Chief Technical Pilot
  • Net Jets Aviation, Manager of Pilot Training and Director Safety
  • US Navy, Commanding Officer
  • Graduate of the Naval Safety School
  • Total Flight Time – 23,850 Hours

Contact:

404-316-7419
carter.chapman@comcast.net
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