Board of Directors

Bill Tempany (Chairman, CEO, Audit Committee)
Bill has more than 35 years of senior management experience in hi-tech companies and more than 15 years experience in the public market. Mr. Tempany has been the CEO of AeroMechanical Services since March 2003. He was founder, President, and CEO of Fintech Services Ltd. (now Sylogist Ltd. TSX.V: SYZ), President and founder of Bytes Services Ltd., and a consultant in the international Oil and Gas industry to companies such as Ziff Energy and Petrobras.

Richard Hayden, President
Mr. Hayden, an engineer by training (BS, Norwich University; MS, Purdue University), has led the development and successful transition of new monitoring and diagnostic technologies and products in the aviation field for 25 years. As founder and CEO of Technology Integration Inc., he provided vision and collaborated with end users, OEMs, and industry partners to optimize product capabilities and suitability, as well as building staff and partners who created two innovative products that are now industry standards. Mr. Hayden was with Meggitt (MGGT:L), a U.K. based supplier of aviation products from 2002 until June 2008. He joined the AMA board in July 2008.

Doug Marlin (Audit Committee, Compensation Committee)
Mr. Marlin has been President of Marlin Ventures Inc., a Canadian-based consulting firm, since January 1997. He is a Director of Zed.i Solutions Inc. (TSX.V: ZED) as well as a Director for JDA Software Group Inc (NASDAQ: JDAS). Mr. Marlin was previously President of JDA Software Ltd. from 1981 to 1996. He has served on the AMA board of directors since March 2003.

Jack Olcott (Compensation Committee)
Jack Olcott is educated as an aeronautical engineer (BSE& MSE, Princeton University; MBA, Rutgers University) and has a certificate in leadership training from Harvard's School of Government. Mr. Olcott began his career in Business Aviation and was involved with creating a flight research laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology/Kanpur. He also obtained and managed flight mechanics contracts issued by NASA and private industry. In the early 1970's Mr. Olcott began a career in aviation journalism where he achieved the position of Editor and Publisher of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine and a Vice President within McGraw-Hill's Aviation Week Group. In 1992, Mr. Olcott joined the National Business Aviation Association as President until 2003. Mr. Olcott is the current President of General Aviation Company. Jack joined the board of directors in May 2008.

Paul Takalo (Audit Committee)
Paul Takalo is a Chartered Accountant who was employed with Grant Thornton from 1985 to 2005 and spent the last 5 years of his time there as Audit Partner. From July to November 2005 Mr. Takalo did some consulting work. Since November 2005 he has held the position of Vice-President, Finance with Standen's Limited. Paul has been on the AMA board of directors since May 2008.

Mike Brown (Compensation Committee)
Mr. Brown has been a business lawyer with Geselbracht Brown since January 1997.  He was previously a lawyer with Plazzer & Geselbracht from January 1995 to January 1997. Mike has served on the AMA board of directors since March 2003.