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President and CEO
Chief Financial Officer
Chris has more than 20 years of experience as a strategic, financial, and operational business leader for global companies. Before joining MD Helicopters, he was the Sr. Vice President for Finance and acting CFO at Micross Components and spent nearly 10 years in various broad-based executive finance and IT roles at TransDigm Group Incorporated. Chris also spent four years in senior finance management positions at Microsoft and held leadership roles at GE, Bombardier, and Honeywell before that. Chris has led finance and IT functions for large multinational teams, strengthening controls, cleaning up balance sheets, reducing risk, and increasing operational efficiencies. He holds an MBA degree from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Ticlo began his career as a mechanic and has over 35 years of experience working in the aerospace industry. He quickly worked his way to hold leadership positions across several organizations, including Midway Commuter Airlines, United Express, Falcon Express, StandardAero, Yankee Pacific Aerospace, and Dynamo Aviation. Mr. Ticlo has a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics, a Master’s in Management Information Systems, and a Six Sigma Black Belt with lean manufacturing experience. He is also a licensed A&P mechanic and holds a private pilot certification.
Chief Pilot
Dennis has over 37 years of aviation experience of aviation service. His passion for helicopters started with the U.S. Army, Where he served for 25 years and retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5) as a Standardization Instructor Pilot. After retirement, he performed duties overseas as a Lead Pilot and Country Standardization officer with DynCorp on the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) contract for five years. Dennis was the Chief Pilot for a 133 operator in Texas for a few years before starting his tenure at M.D. Helicopters as an Instructor Pilot. He developed and implemented the M.D. Helicopters military training program for training within the U.S. and overseas, and now brings his passion and dedication to training for both commercial and military customers as the Chief Pilot.
VICE PRESIDENT, SALES & MARKETING
Vice President, Aftermarket Sales & Support
Vice President, Global Human Resources
Vice President, Quality Assurance
Rick has more than 35 years of experience in quality assurance and control and mission assurance management in a range of aerospace environments. Prior to joining MD Helicopters, he held positions ranging from Quality Management to Field Service Representative to FAA Aerospace Engineer. Rick spent time in the U.S. Army as a helicopter repairman and worked on a variety of aircraft and space vehicle products over more than 14 years with McDonnell Douglas/Boeing Corporation. He is currently responsible for the day-to-day oversight and strategic direction of MD’s quality programs for both commercial and military production aircraft. Rick holds a BS degree in Professional Aeronautics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and he has an FAA Airframe and Power Plant license along with an FAA private pilot fixed wing license and training toward a rotor wing pilot license.
