Consulting Services Group Leadership Team

Stan I. Melling - Vice President, Consulting and Business Development - Stan Melling is a twenty-five year plus aviation maintenance industry veteran who has a broad base of knowledge and experience in all aspects of aircraft maintenance. Mr. Melling joined EmpowerMX in 2000 after spending 14 years at Northwest Airlines, most recently as Senior Manager of heavy maintenance base operations in Duluth, MN.  Mr. Melling also possesses in-depth knowledge of information technology solutions required to support modern lean maintenance operations.


Dave Nakata - Vice President, Consulting Services - Dave Nakata joined EmpowerMX in 2002 after a thirty-five year career in the aviation industry for TWA and Northwest Airlines during which he advanced through the maintenance technician and managerial ranks to become an internationally known expert in maintenance and reliability programs.  As a consultant, Mr. Nakata has trained thousands of airline, aircraft and engine manufacturer, military, and regulatory authority personnel on the philosophy, concepts and techniques required to develop and manage effective aircraft maintenance and reliability programs.


Ric Anderson - Senior Director, Consulting - Ric Anderson is an aviation maintenance industry expert with extensive work experience in aircraft operations & maintenance programs. Mr. Anderson was director, maintenance and materiel for the Airline Transportation Association (ATA) of America for the past 7 years. While with ATA, Ric served as the liaison between ATA's member air carriers and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He also facilitated ATA's maintenance, engineering, training, materiel, non-destructive testing, and human factors work groups, and coordinated numerous ATA specifications and publications; such as MSG-3. Prior to joining ATA, Ric held maintenance management positions, primarily in reliability analysis and engineering, at FedEx during a 20-year period of rapid growth and dramatic changes in the airline's fleet. He started his career as a maintenance professional for Continental Airlines.

 

 
 
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