Adds Two New Members To Growing Staff
Albuquerque, NM-based
Aspen Avionics announced it has relocated its corporate
headquarters from a 6,000-square foot facility to a more spacious
23,000-square foot building in the city's TechCommons Business
Center. The avionics company also announced two new additions to
its management structure at AOPA Expo 2007.
Aspen tells ANN its rapid growth in engineering and development
has far outstripped the old facility's ability to support it, and
necessitated a move nearly a year ahead of schedule. As the company
is now in the final stages of certifying its exciting new Evolution
Flight Display system, the larger engineering lab and improved
office space will help hasten the product’s completion and
transition into full production.
As ANN reported, Aspen
introduced its Evolution Flight Display at AirVenture 2007. The
company says the subsequent surge of orders made moving to a larger
facility a priority for the company.The five-times larger
manufacturing space in the new building will help Aspen accelerate
its already-aggressive production ramp-up plans to meet a growing
demand in the market, according to the company.
"This is much more than a move or a change of address for us,"
said Aspen’s President and CEO John Uczekaj. "The
market’s enthusiastic response to our Evolution Flight
Display line of products has validated our strategies. The
additional space will enable us both to manufacture and ship
products faster, and to better support our large and growing number
of customers."
Aspen Avionics' new address is 5001 Indian School Road
NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110. The general telephone number is
(505) 856-5034, and the general fax number is (505) 314-5440. Email
addresses remain the same.
In addition to the larger facility, Aspen also tells ANN the
company has expanded its staff, as well, with two key additions.
Constantinos S. (Gus) Kyriakos is Aspen's new Vice President of
Engineering, and Mark Ferrari has joined the company as Vice
President of Sales and Customer Support.
Kyriakos will manage and lead Aspen’s growing engineering
staff, and work closely with the company’s external
engineering partners. Aspen co-founder Jeff Bethel will continue in
his role as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and work closely with
Gus to develop and bring to market innovative, quality products for
general aviation. Kyriakos was most recently employed by Avidyne
Corporation where he was Director, Communications, Navigation, and
Surveillance Engineering.
In his new position, Ferrari will be responsible for
Aspen’s worldwide sales activities, both through its
Authorized Dealer Network and for OEM customers. In addition, he
will build customer care programs to support Aspen’s dealer
network and aircraft operator customers. Ferrari comes to Aspen
Avionics from The NORDAM Group where he was Vice President,
Business Aviation Sales and Marketing.
Prior to NORDAM, Ferrari had a successful tenure at
Honeywell’s Business Regional & General Aviation
division, where he began as a sales representative and worked his
way up to Director of Aftermarket Sales.