Chair
Vice-Chair
Treasurer
Director
IntegriSys
Dan Brudnicki is the Co-Founder and COO of IntegriSys, where excellence, respect, integrity, and collaboration are core beliefs that guide the pursuit and execution of work. Dan possesses decades of experience in systems engineering and analysis, software development and testing, cybersecurity, and strategic planning to sustain and improve safe, secure, and efficient air transportation for our nation and the world. Having supported the FAA mission across numerous FAA directorates, Dan brings deep expertise in the areas of air traffic automation and weather systems, infrastructure modernization, and system transformation.
Dan began serving the FAA in 1990 with MITRE, concentrating in areas such as air traffic automation, decision-support systems for controllers and traffic managers, data communications, controller training systems, and operational transformation. He has since held multiple technical, management, and executive positions leading efforts at FAA Headquarters, the William J. Hughes Technical Center, the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, and FAA field sites. He is passionate about aviation, air traffic management, and aligning multi-disciplinary organizations to accomplish mission objectives. Dan holds a BSCS from the Pennsylvania State University and an MSCS from Johns Hopkins University.
"Don Thoma is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aireon since founding the company in 2011. Prior to Aireon, Don held various senior executive positions at Iridium Communications following his arrival in 2001, serving most recently as Executive Vice President of Marketing. As Executive Vice President of Marketing, Thoma was responsible for strategic marketing of Iridium’s products and services, corporate communications and leading corporate initiatives related to the company’s next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT.
Don currently serves as a member of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) Executive Committee, which is accountable for the overall performance of CANSO and served as Chairman of the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA), an industry trade group that works to advance the use of hosted payloads on commercial satellites.
Don served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force Space Division and holds a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School."