Making opportunities to create value - A global business
Pat Witkowski - David Martin - Colm Plunkett - Liam Dunne
GLOBAL EXPERIENCE in Leadership and Management
Pat Witkowski
Pat Witkowski is President of Infinity Transport Consultancy. Pat's career
spans nearly three decades with business successes in Asia Pacific, North
America, Europe and the Middle East. Chief among his leadership and management
accomplishments are:
- Directing contract specialists, engineers, technologists, program managers
and financial analysts during major aviation and aerospace programs around
the world
- Developing strategic plans and operating budgets for key industry leaders
that produce commercial aircraft, military aircraft, advanced technology systems
and mass transit systems
- Developing training programs for contract administrators, procurement specialists
and program managers - many for teams where English was their second language
- Directing daily operations for commercial marketing and sales campaigns
in seventeen (17) countries
- Serving as Chief Consultant for TANO Capital - Asia Pacific Projects
- Serving as President of an Advanced Technologies Group dealing primarily
in Foreign Military Sales
- Serving as Chief Operating Officer for an
International Aviation Co-Production Program
- Introducing advanced laser compression and cyber security technologies
to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Monitoring inventory and distribution processes for the Mass Transit Railway
Corporation in Hong Kong
- Authoring a definitive work on industrial cooperation: A Sky Without
Surprises – a Helicopter Operations Support Center Feasibility
Study for the Committee of Aerospace and Industry Development in Taiwan
- Contributing to the first jet airliner co-production program in China
David Martin
David Martin is Senior Vice President of Finance for Infinity Transport
Consultancy. His career spans nearly three decades of international financial
and strategic management across a variety of industries in the Asia Pacific
and Middle East arenas. Chief among his leadership and management accomplishments
are:
- Directing multinational corporations in global finance, operations,
audits and administration
- Reengineering business units across functional lines
- Directing cross border transactions
- Developing financial services entities, directing acquisitions and
mergers and designing and implementing strategic initiatives
- Initiating and successfully delivering regional front and back office
IT systems
- Mediating disputes
- Developing financial models for a range of diverse Asia Pacific enterprises
- Turning around failing businesses in Asia Pacific and the UK
- Completing a long tenure as CFO for Jardine Group
David is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Master of Science and a certification
in Mediation from Abilene Christian University.
Colm Plunkett
Colm Plunkett is Senior Vice President of Global Business Development
for Infinity Transport Consultancy. Colm's career spans nearly two decades
of financial and strategic management in government and the private sector.
Colm's Leadership and management accomplishments include:
- Developing and implementing successful business strategies in the
global aerospace market
- Increasing the profitability and growth of three aerospace manufacturing
plants in the U.S.
- Negotiating multi-year contracts with the United States Department
of Defense (DoD), North American and European based companies.
- Initiating forward utilization rates programs for the United States
Defense Contract Audit Agency.
- Leading due diligence, financial valuations, negotiations, and bank
financing for corporate acquisitions, divestitures
- Directing treasury, corporate finance, and risk management functions
for a multi-national distributor of precious metals
- Developing and implementing of systems and strategies to streamline
operations and improve profitability
- Establishing offshore manufacturing facilities in South America, South
East Asia and the Caribbean.
Liam Dunne
Liam Dunne is Senior Vice President of Aviation Programs. Liam's career
spans more than two decades in a variety of industries in the areas of
product development and manufacturing management with particular emphasis
in aviation and aerospace. Liam's leadership and management accomplishments
include:
- Holding key positions in the numerous major aircraft modification
programs resulting in the issuance of Supplemental Type Certificates
(STC) and Parts Manufacturing Authority (PMA) by the Federal Aviation
Authority (FAA) to support DC-8, DC-9, B-727 and B-707 Aircraft
- Being part of the management team of an FAA approved Repair Station
- Serving as Vice President of Manufacturing for a successful aerospace
company and being accountable for the Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply
Chain Management and Production divisions
- Directing Program Management Teams for Commercial and Military Aircraft
Programs including the Q400 NextGen Turboprop and the AH-64 Apache Attack
Helicopter
- Serving as the Corporate Director of Supply Chain in the aerospace
sector for three aerospace manufacturing operations
- Providing aerospace asset management consulting services for financial
institutions
- Introducing revolutionary building materials into model codes in the
United States
- Contributing as a committee member on national standards and codes
organizations including ASTM and IAPMO
Howard Thrall
Howard Thrall is Vice President Business Development, and we could not
ask for a better leader. Howard is a highly skilled executive that has
successfully identified, acquired and developed new business enterprises
around the globe for nearly twenty five years. Chief among his leadership
and management accomplishments are:
- Generating over $15+ billion in direct new aircraft sales in Asia
- Structuring international financing mechanisms
- Building and leading sales & marketing teams that generate sales
internationally
- Developing strategic manufacturing alliances
- Managing three successful start-up operations
- Serving on the Board of Directors for two publicly traded companies
- Serving as Vice President Business Development at AAR Corp.
- Assisting in opening the door for leasing or otherwise financing commercial
aircraft in Vietnam
- Receiving seven awards for sales and marketing excellence
- Creating strategic roadmaps for international “multi-billion dollar
product launch” decisions
- Leading projects that expand the global footprint of aviation and
aerospace
Howard earned a Bachelor of Science in Business and a Bachelor of Science
in Forestry from the University of California, Berkeley. Howard also holds
a Master of Science and a Master of Business Administration from Berkeley
as well.
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