program Facilitators
Bill ross
WILLIAM A. ROSS is highly qualified in planning, building, deploying and operating enterprise and tactical Cybersecurity solutions in Financial Services, Private Sector, United States Government Agency Cyber and the Department of Defense Cyber environments. I am expert and widely proven Cybersecurity Architect and Strategist. He has extensive experience in Cyber Security Architecture, Risk/Compliance Management and Cybersecurity Operational Management experience. He can manage and deploy any type of technology (firewalls, SIEMS, Cloud, End Point, Network, Secure Software and etc), Cyber governance frameworks, compliance, Risk Management Framework (RMF) and threat hunting, in the Data Center or in the Cloud environments. He was an early innovator of DEVSECOPS process and procedure. He has led major Departments of Defense Authority to Operate (ATO) Authorization and Authentication (A&A) and Engineering Programs achieving 100 percent on time delivery status.
He has served as Cyber Architect US State Department (DOS) Washington – DC; Director, Cyber Architecture, Engineering, and Governance at INFOSECFORCE Cybersecurity USA; Cybersecurity Architect Deutsche Bank; Cyber Strategist and Architect in The United States Navy Air (NAVAIR), NJ; Cyber Architect and Compliance Director – Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Fort Lee, VA; Cyber Architect Director – American Investment Group (AIG). Greensboro, NC; Principle Cyber Engineer. JP Morgan. Manhattan, NY
In United States Airforce he has served in various positions such as Director Intelligence System Acquisition and implementation at Headquarters Air Force; Director of Intelligence Operations in Air Force Special Operations Command and United States Special Operations Command; Director Intelligence Collection and Operations at Omaha, NE – United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM); Director and Collection Architect Pentagon Ops Team – Central America Wars and USSOUTHCOM;
Juan Wanner
Mr. Juan Wanner has over 10 years of being an instructor in ATCO, ATSEP, FISO and ANSE programs. He is also Director for ATSEO training Zurich, Switzerland through which he heads programs such as ATSEP Basic training, Basic COM, Basic Nav, Basic SUR & DPR, Basic MET, Basic SMC.
He is a licensed private pilot and both aircraft and industrial engineer. He has years of experience at Zurich Airport both as Apron controller and Airport Operations Manager.
Dr. John Wensveen
He is considered one of the aviation industry’s leading experts on low-cost and low-fare high value airline operations and is currently President & CEO of Airline Visions, an advisory and futurist firm specialized in air carrier start-ups. Dr. Wensveen is a leading expert on business and strategic plan development, marketing and branding, diversification strategies, partnership development, due diligence and M&A. Consulting projects include business plan development for low-cost carrier (LCC) start-ups, formulation of strategic growth recommendations, managing of client’s growth mission and operational objectives, providing vision and leadership to carry out mission, and building of relationships.
Until March 2005, Dr. Wensveen was Vice President of International Development with Washington-Dulles based MAXjet Airways, the first start-up US flag carrier to obtain FAA certification to operate on the trans-Atlantic since the events of 9/11. Dr. Wensveen’s involvement with MAXjet started in 2003 as one of the founding team members. While at MAXjet, he led partnership development with airlines, airports, international government bodies, ground handling and security organizations and represented the company as spokesperson. Dr. Wensveen was responsible for setting up the European infrastructure including ground operations and was responsible for overall P&L of European operations and some aspects of US operations.
From 1999 to 2004, Dr. Wensveen was employed as Professor of Airline Management and Operations with the School of Business at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. While at ERAU, he built a reputation in the aviation industry as one of the leading experts in aviation and as an instructor of undergraduate, graduate and executive levels courses. He was the project lead on the creation of the world’s first Airline Operations Center Simulation Laboratory (AOCSL), an international project in partnership with major aviation/aerospace companies including airlines, airports, ground handling organizations, manufacturers, academic institutions, and government at the local, federal and international levels.
He is author of North America’s leading aviation textbook entitled, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective and is author of another successful book entitled, Wheels Up: Airline Business Plan Development. From 1996 to 1999, Dr. Wensveen hosted a number of leading radio shows in the United Kingdom and was awarded “Best Male Presenter” in 1997 at the BBC Radio One Awards. Dr. Wensveen, born and raised in Vancouver, Canada earned a Ph.D. in International Air Transport Management with a focus on Business, Strategy and Marketing from the University of Wales Cardiff (United Kingdom)
Prof. Richard de neufville
Dr. de Neufville is Professor of Systems Engineering, and civil and environment engineer at MIT. He wrote the textbooks Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management (with Prof. Odoni) and Flexibility in Engineering Systems (MIT Press) as well as 4 others in Systems Planning and Design. He founded and led the development of the MIT Technology and Policy Program, which has been replicated at the University of Cambridge and the Delft University of Technology.
He has consulted on landside issues with airports “on every inhabited continent”. He is a founding member of the MIT team collaborating on the development of the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He has received many international awards for research and teaching, including the McKelvey Award for Aviation, and the FAA award for Excellence in Aviation Education (with Prof. Odoni).
His previous positions include White House Fellow (President Johnson) 1965-66, and he is a visiting Professorships and Adjunct Appointments to Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government 2000-present; Oxford University, Balliol College 2001; Australian Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics 1995; University of California, Berkeley 1974- 78; Cambridge University, 2003; London Graduate School of Business (UK) 1973-74 among others.
He has authored text books such as: · Engineering Systems Analysis for Design (in preparation) · Airport Systems: Planning, Design and Management (McGraw-Hill, 2003) · Applied Systems Analysis: Engineering Planning and Technology Management (McGraw-Hill, 1990) · Airport Systems Planning (Macmillan and MIT Press, 1976) · Systems Planning and Design: Case Studies in Modeling, Optimization and Evaluation (Prentice Hall, 1974) · Systems Analysis for Engineers and Managers (McGraw-Hill, 1971)
He has won over 20 prizes, honors & teaching awards such as: · NATO Systems Science Prize · White House Fellow · US – Japan Leadership Fellow · US Federal Aviation Award for Excellence in Teaching · MIT Class of 1960 Fellowship · Life Member, Cambridge University (England)
He is a licensed private pilot and both aircraft and industrial engineer. He has years of experience at Zurich Airport both as Apron controller and Airport Operations Manager.