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Vice President, Aviation Services May 2004 - Present Midwest ATC Service, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas Mr. Ellis provides executive oversight and day-to-day guidance to facility managers and corporate leaders of Midwest ATC Service, Inc. regarding the management and application of state of the industry quality assurance and training requirements of the FAA and other air traffic service providers. President, Ellis and Associates, L.L.C. June 2003 – May 2004 Kansas City, Missouri Mr. Ellis provided expert witness services and consultation on air traffic control issues as well as other consulting services including airport design, air traffic control procedures, quality assurance, organizational design, and air traffic resource management. Mr. Ellis was recently involved in the design and transition of the FAA’s Air Traffic Services, Acquisition and Research, and Free Flight Offices into the new Air Traffic Organization (ATO) which will be a performance based organization (PBO) within the FAA. As a former lead of several restructuring projects within the Air Traffic Services organization, his expertise and organizational knowledge of the FAA make him a valuable asset to the design and transition to the new performance based organization. Program Director – Air Traffic Resource Management Program (ATX), FAA Headquarters-Washington, D.C. (SES) December 2001 – February 2003 (Retired from FAA, February 2003) Mr. Ellis managed the air traffic organization’s $3.4 billion budget, the staffing of a 24,000 employee organization with over 400 field facilities, the administration of labor contracts with 4 unions, and the air traffic control system technical training program. Manager, Air Traffic Division, New England Region-Burlington, Massachusetts, (SES), October 2000 – December 2001 Mr. Ellis provided executive oversight for the management of the air traffic system within the 6 New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Various Positions in FAA Washington Headquarters, Washington, D.C., June 1996 – October 2000 • Special Assistant for Technical Operations, Associate. Administrator for Air Traffic Services (ATS-1), August 1998 – October 2000 As the senior technical staff member for the Associate Administrator, Mr. Ellis acted on behalf of ATS-1 on a wide range of technical air traffic control issues. • Chief of Staff, Director of Air Traffic (AAT), June 1997 to August 1998 Mr. Ellis coordinated the day-to-day activity of the senior staff and management in support of the air traffic mission. He also conducted daily briefings to the director on the operations of the previous and current day. • Manager - Operations Resources Division (ATO-300) June 1996 to June 1997 Mr. Ellis controlled the day-to-day management of the air traffic control system training program, labor-management program, budget, and staffing standards. Manager, Evaluations Branch (ATH-140), FAA Headquarters Branch Office-Seattle, Washington November 1990 to June 1996 Mr. Ellis managed operational evaluations of 115 air traffic control facilities. He was also instrumental in the success of the historic first assessment of the Russian air transportation system by an organization outside the Russian government. He followed up by developing a training course to train 100 Russian aviation officials to design their own quality assurance program. Various Air Traffic Controller, Supervisor, and Manager Positions - -Various Field Locations November 1970 – November 1990 Mr. Ellis was an air traffic controller at Des Moines, Iowa; St. Louis, MO, and held managerial positions at St. Louis, Des Moines, IA, Topeka, KS, Springfield, MO, Tulsa, OK, and staff positions in the Central Regional Office in Kansas City, MO. | |
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