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Introduction to Performance Based Navigation Seminar

(13 to 15 June 2007)

SPEAKER INFORMATION

NANCY J. GRAHAM is the Director of the Air Navigation Bureau of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations specialized agency whose mandate is to establish and revise the standards for safe, regular, efficient and economical international civil aviation. In her current position, which she assumed in April, Ms. Graham oversees much of the work undertaken in the development of ICAO’s technical Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) which are critical to the safety and efficiency of the international air transport infrastructure.
Prior to this assignment, Ms. Graham served as the United States Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Asia Pacific Regional Director from April 2005 to April 2007. She was also the International Technical Program Manager, based in Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Office, specializing in ATM technologies, systems and procedures. Ms. Graham served as the Senior ATM Advisor to both the Chief Operating Officer for the Air Traffic Organization and the Director of the European and Middle East International Area Office, representing the FAA in a variety of ICAO venues.
Ms. Graham holds a Master of Science Degree in Technology Management, a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and is an avid scuba diver and gardener.
Jeffrey T. Williams is the Manager of the Area Navigation (RNAV) and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Group in the Air Traffic Organization of the Federal Aviation Administration. Prior to assuming his present position, he served 3 years as co-chair for the Communications/ Surveillance Operational Implementation Team and 2 years as the Air Traffic GPS Integrated Product Team Lead. Mr. Williams also served 6 years as the US Member to the Global Navigation Satellite System Panel. He has 25 years service with the FAA, including 10 years air traffic control experience at Boston Tower and Boston Terminal Radar Approach Control, where he was a supervisor. Mr. Williams also holds Commercial, Instrument, and Multi-engine ratings and is a Certified Flight Instructor. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Daniel Webster College.
Franca Pavličević works for Eurocontrol as a Senior Specialist in Navigation Applications and Terminal Airspace Development. As the Eurocontrol member to ICAO’s Separation and Airspace Safety Panel (SASP) and a Eurocontrol representative to ICAO’s RNP Special Operational Requirements Study Group (RNPSORSG), she was involved in the development of the Performance Based Navigation concept. An air traffic controller by profession, she has a bachelor’s degree in law and an M.Sc in Airport Planning from Loughbourough University in the UK.
Roland Rawlings is Navigation Manager working within the Airspace, Network Planning and Navigation Division of EUROCONTROL. An avionics engineer by background he has worked at EUROCONTROL since 1985 initially in the Research and Development area. He has headed the Navigation activities in EUROCONTROL since 1996 and therefore responsible for the navigation elements of a number of developments in ECAC including B-RNAV (RNAV 5) and P-RNAV (RNAV-1). As the Eurocontrol member to ICAO’s Instrument Flight Procedures Panel and a Eurocontrol representative to ICAO’s RNP Special Operational Requirements Study Group (RNPSORSG), he has been involved in the development of the Performance Based Navigation concept.
Barbara Cassidy is an air traffic implementation specialist for the Area Navigation (RNAV) and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Division in the Air Traffic Organization of the Federal Aviation Administration. Before assuming her present duties, she worked in the FAA’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and Next Generation Air/Ground Communications (NEXCOM) Program Offices. Prior to joining the FAA in 1999, Ms. Cassidy spent 21 years in the United States Air Force. Her tours of duty included Chief of Air Traffic Operations in a terminal radar and control tower facility, Chief of the U.S. Air Force’s European Instrument Procedures (TERPS) Office, and a variety of aircraft control-related assignments.
Geoff Burtenshaw works for the Directorate of Airspace Policy within the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as a Technical Advisor for Navigation Systems. In this role he assists in the formulation of UK policy and notification of navigation requirements providing advice and guidance to CAA and government departments. His background is in aircraft certification and he continues to support EASA as a member of certification teams for a number of aircraft types. He also supports the Agency on their rulemaking programme on subjects covering All Weather Operations, Electronic Flight Bags and navigation. He has been closely involved in developing certification criteria for European B-RNAV (RNAV 5), P-RNAV (RNAV 1), RNP APCH and RNP AR APCH. A member of the ICAO RNPSORSG, he has also been involved in the development of the Performance Based Navigation concept.
Bruce DeCleene is the Manager for navigation and surveillance within the Avionics Systems Branch of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Mr. DeCleene has been actively involved in RNAV and RNP for twelve years and was the FAA’s designated representative to RTCA/SC-181. He is currently serving on the Performance-Based Operations Aviation Rulemaking Committee (PARC) and is the overall project lead for RNP within Aircraft Certification. He is also the Member of the ICAO Navigation Systems Panel nominated by the U.S.
Mark Steinbicker is an Aviation Safety Inspector with the FAA Flight Standards Service, Flight Technologies and Procedures Division. His primary area of responsibility involves the coordination and development of policies and procedures for Area Navigation (RNAV) and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) operations in the terminal, en route, and approach domains. His efforts have included work on pilot-controller phraseology, aeronautical charting standards, Aeronautical Information Manual/Aeronautical Information Publication documentation, operations specifications, and FAA Advisory Circular material. During his twenty-three years of pilot experience, Inspector Steinbicker has flown a number of piston, turboprop, and turbojet aircraft for the U.S. Navy and a major U.S. air carrier.
Alex Hendriks works for Eurocontrol since 1991, where between 1993 and July 2006 he was the Head of Airspace / Flow Management & Navigation. In July 2006 he was appointed as Deputy Director ATM Strategies, with specific responsibilities for setting the airspace and navigation strategies. At the same time, he was also appointed as Acting Director and Programme Manager for the Central European CEATS project.
Since 2002 he is also Director of the U.S. Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA), responsible for the Europe, Middle East & Africa Area.
Alex is an active airline pilot and currently flies Boeing B737-700/800 aircraft.
He has a radar-controller’s license and from 1981 until 1986 he was elected for three terms of office as Executive Vice President Technical of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations (IFATCA). In that capacity he participated in many global and regional ICAO meetings, the most important of which was ICAO’s FANS Committee

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