Strategic Advisory Council

Bye Aerospace's Strategic Advisory Council consists of distinguished business and industry professionals from across the country.

EMANUEL ANTON
Principal, ALG Attorneys
Emanuel Anton has a varied national business practice, serving a broad range of midsize businesses and the high net worth families who depend on them. As a former economist and marketing executive to Fortune 100 companies, Anton brings a practical business goal-oriented approach to his practice. He currently acts as General Counsel to over 40 companies, including dominant defense contractors, aerospace and technology companies, contractors, manufacturers and service businesses in connection with a broad range of transactional, general and litigation matters, including regulatory and compliance issues. Anton currently serves on the Foreign Investment in the U.S. Committee, International Trade Steering Committee and Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law and Practice.

ALBERT J. GIVRAY
Partner, Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP
Mr. Givray is a partner at the Davis, Graham & Stubbs law firm in Denver. He specializes in aviation, commercial finance, cross-border transactions, and intellectual property, with emphasis in: aircraft finance; aircraft leasing; related regulation; aviation antitrust; the manufacture, purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, marketing, and sale of aviation products; strategic acquisitions and divestitures of businesses to obtain/sell aircraft assets and related intellectual property; and programs and strategic alliances to develop, certify, manufacture, market, sell, and distribute new aircraft products and technology-based solutions. Mr. Givray is licensed to practice law in New York, Oklahoma, and Colorado.

MARION K. JENKINS, PhD
Founder and CEO, QSE Technologies
Marion K. Jenkins, PhD founder and CEO of QSE Technologies, has held many strategic C-level positions in technology, communications and operations, including Chief Operating Officer of NAREX, which provides artificial intelligence-based software for financial service companies, Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer at FirstWorld Communications, a DSL, Internet services, hosting and data center provider, VP of Sales Operations at Qwest Communications, through their acquisition and integration of LCI International, Chief Information Officer at USLD Communications, an integrated telecommunications provider, VP of Sales and Marketing at American Telco, Inc., a telecommunications company, and Senior Research Engineer with Exxon Production Research. Jenkins received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University and his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Dr. Jenkins is a contributing author to the book, Business Driven Information Technology, which was developed through the University of Colorado-Denver Graduate School of Business, and was published by Stanford Press.

JOHN C. KNUDSEN
Aviation Attorney, Former Cofounder – Adam Aircraft
Knudsen was Co-founder, President for Government Operations and General Counsel of Adam Aircraft Industries. Before starting Adam Aircraft he was an aviation defense attorney with the law firm of Byrne Kiely & White. Prior to private practice, he spent five years as Trial Counsel with the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C. Knudsen has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and a law degree from the University of Puget Sound School of Law. Prior to attending law school, he served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy, flying the A-6 Intruder, A-4 Skyhawk, T-2C Buckeye and T-34. His last Navy assignment was with the Naval Air Reserve as a patrol plane commander in the P-3 Orion.

JACK J. PELTON
Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Cessna Aircraft Company
Jack J. Pelton is formerly Chairman, President and CEO of Cessna Aircraft Company, the world’s leading general aviation company. He has more than three decades of aviation experience and has a commercial pilot’s license with instrument, multi-engine and seaplane ratings. He also holds type ratings in several Citation business jets, including the Citation X, and a single pilot rating in the Citation Mustang. Jack is a member of the board and past chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, where he continues to serve as chairman of the Flight Operations Policy committee. He also serves on the boards of directors of the National Business Aviation Association, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Corporate Angel Network.

JOHN PLAZA
President, CEO and Founder, Imperium Renewables, Inc.
Mr. Plaza is President, CEO and Founder of Imperium Renewables in Seattle, Washington, and is a recognized national expert in the field of biodiesel and alternative fuels. He founded Imperium Renewables in February 2004, by building Seattle Biodiesel, the first commercial scale biodiesel production facility in the western United States, utilizing advanced technology which differentiated itself in the market because of its low environmental footprint due to complete capture of emissions and zero water usage.

JULIEN PORCHER
Lead, EADS Astrium Earth Observation Services Program
Mr. Porcher is head of EADS Astrium Earth Observation Services Programs, based in Paris. Previously, he was CEO of EADS Air Services where he was responsible for the start-up and development of public private partnerships in the field of defense and security. Mr. Porcher was also previously Deputy to the CEO of EADS Systems, Services and Telecommunications, and Deputy to the CEO of EADS.

JOE PRATER
Retired USAF and retired Dean of Instruction at Valdosta Technical College
Retired Air Force and retired Dean of Instruction at Valdosta Technical College Joe Prater served in the Air Force for over 26 years, retiring in 1990 with the rank of Colonel. He was an Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran of Vietnam, and at the time of his retirement was combat-ready in the F-16. His assignments included Europe, The Pacific, Tactical Air Command (now Air Combat Command) and the Pentagon. Prater was a member of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds, for the 1976 and 1977 air show seasons. He is a graduate of Florida State University and the USAF Air War College. After his military retirement, Prater served as a Vice President of First State Bank and Trust Company in Valdosta, Ga., before joining the leadership team at Valdosta Technical College. He currently serves as Chairman of the Valdosta/Lowndes County Airport Authority.

Mark Van Tine
President and CEO, Jeppesen
Mr. Van Tine began his career with Lockheed DataPlan, a leading flight planning and weather services company located in Los Gatos, California, which, in 1989, was acquired by Jeppesen. He served as the managing director of DataPlan from 1991 until 1995, before relocating to Denver to oversee Jeppesen's worldwide flight information development, printing and distribution operations, and IT organizations. He has since spent his career working in a variety of different organizations within Jeppesen, including flight operations, customer service, navigation, and information technology. Van Tine was the company’s Chief Information Officer from 1998 to 2002. He was appointed to his present position in January of 2003. As Jeppesen is a subsidiary of the Boeing Company, he also currently is Vice President, Commercial Aviation Services for Boeing. Van Tine holds a Private Pilot certificate and is an active general aviation pilot.

JOE WALKER
CEO, Dornier Seaplane Company
Mr. Walker is CEO of Dornier Seaplane Company in Punta Gorda, Florida. The first 20 years of his career were with Cessna Aircraft Company, where he started as an aerodynamicist and engineering flight test pilot and rose to Vice President of Worldwide Sales. He then went to Gulfstream Aircraft Company where he was Sr. Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Completions. Under his guidance as President of Adam Aircraft Company, he led the organization that received the Type Certification and the Production Certificate for the A500.

MASON WHITNEY, Major General (Ret.) U.S. Air Force
Retired Director, Governor's Office of Homeland Security for Colorado
Retired Air Force Major General Mason Whitney is formerly Director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security for Colorado and served on Governor Ritter's cabinet. He served as the Adjutant General of Colorado from 2000 to 2007, and retired from the Colorado National Guard in 2007 with nearly 39 years of commissioned service in the U.S. Air Force and Colorado National Guard. Over his military career he had over 6,000 military flight hours, 343 combat missions and 758 combat hours. Besides the O-2A and A-7, he has flown the T-37, T-39 and F-16 aircraft.

GREGG WILLIAMS
President and CEO, Williams International LLC
Mr. Williams is President and CEO of Williams International, headquartered in Walled Lake, Mich. Williams International is the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of small gas turbine engines, and a key engine supplier on all Bye Aerospace aviation platforms.