Speakers
Jeff Ashcroft, Strategic Logistics Partners
Jeff Ashcroft, has over twenty years experience in the retailing, distribution, systems, third party logistics and supply chain management business areas. Jeff's career began with The Hudson's Bay Company where over the course of 15 years he moved from a part time role on the warehouse floor to one of the most senior logistics positions in
the firm. In 1993 Jeff joined Tibbett & Britten Group as Director of Development and was key to the rapid design and deployment of Wal-Mart’s Third Party distribution and transportation network supporting their successful entry into Canada in 1994. In 1997, Jeff launched Strategic Logistics Partners providing unique and innovative services to firms on the leading edge of logistics, SCM and RFID. Jeff’s most recent prior role was Vice President Logistics/Supply Chain and Retail & Consumer Products Advisory Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Canada. Jeff currently leads the SCN Project at Strategic Logistics Partners also providing direction and content for the SupplyChainNetwork.com site. He is also Founder/Director of WORLD (www.worldev.org) a relief logistics charity and a Founder of the Airship Z-Prize www.airshipzprize.org to recreate cargo airships.
Stephen Barkley, President, RATS, Lac La Biche, Ab.
Stephen Barkley ~ Inventor, Artist and Entrepreneur has carved a niche business in the “Global Market of Outdoor Remotely Piloted Airships”.
Stephen has taken a lifetime of interest and experience in remote controlled aviation to an obvious next level. As a young man, he migrated towards the Ultra-light Aircraft Industry and with a background as an instrumentation machinist, he then managed the development of the Christensen Ultra-light program. This included setting up manufacturing facilities, training of employees and clients. In total, Stephen has produced over 35 fixed-wing aircraft, including a number of antique aircraft restorations.
With a desire to train as a Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, he hired on with a company that had acquired a Challenger 601 for the purposes of aerial reconnaissance of ice flows throughout out the Arctic Circle. It was during this 3 year Arctic period that was most influential for Stephen. As it was then ''he derived the concept of Remote Controlled Imagery''. In 1993 Stephen founded a company which was first to introduce R/C Aerial Photography to the public. After a couple of years, clients included everyone from government agencies, corporate firms to private individuals.
In 1997 another inventor, Keith Campbell and Stephen formed their present company, Rats Inc. Collectively they have developed their line of products into the company as it now stands. With combined focus, their long term plans have withstood the test of time and as a result, one of the finest products developed within the Canadian Borders.
Stephen was born in 1960. He resides In Lac La Biche, Alberta and is single, without kiddies, which allows him the energy to author and administer www.ratsinc.net
Nykolai Bilaniuk, PhD, Consultant, Ottawa, Ont.
Nykolai Bilaniuk holds a BASc in Engineering Science and an MASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Bilaniuk is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario. He has two decades of experience in government, academic, and industry settings, in many facets of applied physics and electrical engineering, including magnetic, optical, and acoustic sensor R&D, power systems, embedded controls, field programmable gate arrays, communications security, and public policy development. He has acted as a consultant to the Government of Canada on numerous projects, including as principal investigator on a sensor system feasibility study for the Department of National Defence. Bilaniuk has sat on the Board of Directors of University of Toronto Computing Services and on the Governing Council of the same university. He has served as VP R&D with AMIS, a manufacturer of fatigue test instruments for aerospace research, and is the founder and CEO of LTA Windpower.
Juergen Bock, DGLR, and Prof. Uwe Aapel, Hochshule Bremen, Germany
Diploma in Physics, 1956, University of Heidelberg
Max-Planck Institute – experimental nuclear physics
Focke-Wulf, Bremen – Aeronautical Engineering, stress analyses, computer simulation
1960 – 66 – Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. Nuclear Physics Branch – satellite data analysis
1966 – 68 – AEREON CORP – R & D Lifting Body Airship
1969 – 1994 – ERNO, Bremen, Space Engineering, re-entry technology, Spacelab, ISS, advanced projects
1972 – Founded SLTA Engineering-Consulting with the late CDR Charles A. Mills
1977 – DGLR (German Aerospace Association) LTA Committee Chairman
1993 – 2001 - Co-editor of the LTA textbook “Leichter als Luft” (in German)
Co-operation with the Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Married – 2 children – 3 grandchildren
Brandon Buerge, PhD, Aerodynamicist, Guardian Flight Systems, Elizabeth City, NJ
Brandon has a research background in high-lift devices and low-speed aerodynamics. He holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis., a commercial pilot’s license (fixed wing), and flight instructor certificate. Currently, he has the good fortune of working with the experienced engineering team at Guardian Flight Systems, LLC in finding cost-effective ways to reclaim and expand the operational capability of airships. He recently joined the AIAA LTA technical committee, and resides with his wife and two children in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Adrian Pena Cervantes, Avionics & Telemetry Manager, CIDEP, Mexico
Mr. Adrian Peña has an extensive background in avionics, telemetry, automation and control design, and has worked on various projects involving the development of RC and UAV blimps in Mexico, Spain, and other countries in Latin America. His experience in the blimps ranges from platforms and sensors to control units and connectivity.
Aviation career includes 3 years serving as specialist in avionics and communications with the Mexican Naval Aviation Maintenance Center, and later, in the transition to the civilian workforce involved with academic work groups devoted to the study and operation of RC aircrafts models and also with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles enthusiasts.
Mr. Peña is responsible for the strategic direction of the CIDEP’s Company Airship and Blimp R&D program which is technically and financially backed by Mexican Government Institutions through their programs to support science, technology and innovation in Mexico. He also has in charge the developing partnerships and alliances, and overseeing the Company's business development efforts. Recently his company has successfully reached an ambitious agreement for scientific and technological cooperation with the Spanish technology center AIN (Navarra Industrial Association) to create a common autopilot platform in which they carry out scientific and technological research activities in the airships field.
An active member of AUVSI, the International Airship Association and the Navy Airship Association, since 2005 has made efforts with the Industry and academy in Mexico to take the airships agenda to the practical use by non-government and government organizations. He believes airship technologies will spread worldwide quickly and Latin America has the great opportunity to get benefit of the unnumbered operational qualities of these amazing vehicles.
Rick Chale, President and CEO, and Brad Thompson, FWS Construction Ltd., Winnipeg, Mb.
Rick is responsible for the overall operation of this large and diversified design-build construction company. With business development and innovation as his main focus, he has been instrumental in guiding FWS through rapid and successful growth and diversification. Through his guidance, FWS has increased sales volumes from $17 million in 1990 to current volumes in excess of $200 million. Rick joined FWS in 1974 with a degree in business administration and a strong accounting background. He earned a certification in building construction technology and gained experience in architectural drafting. During his tenure at FWS he has held the positions of Controller, Manager of Business Development, and General Manager, prior to being appointed President and CEO in 1994.
Jacques Collignon, Sr. Reg. Logistics Officer,West Africa Regional Bureau, World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Started his international career with Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium (MSF), in Iraq during the first Gulf war (1991), and then in Liberia and Guinea (1992).
Was appointed by the Belgian Cooperation on secondment to MSF in Kenya to work as Logistics Coordinator for the Horn of Africa (Somalia, South Sudan and Kenya), during UNOSOM (UN peacekeeping operations Somalia) and the OLS (Operation Lifeline Sudan) (1993 to 1994).
Joined the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in 1995 in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire).
Worked as WFP Head of logistics for Rwanda (1996 to 1998) and Afghanistan (1998 to 2000) and in Cameroon as Regional Logistics Officer (2000-1)
In 2001, was appointed Senior Regional Logistics Officer for the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe during the recent Afghan and Iraq wars (until 2006).
In 2006 appointed Senior Regional Logistics Officer for West and Central Africa.
The United Nations World Food Programme is headquartered in Rome and is the largest humanitarian agency, feeding over 100 million people in 78 countries.
Delton Gates, retired World War ll Airship Pilot
US Department of Defense, Armed Services Production Planning Officer
US Navy WWII, Qualified Lighter-Than-Air Pilot
Goodyear LTA Pilot, Development Engineer, Airship Erection and Flight Testing Dept., Airship Operations Divisions
Mr. Delton Gates has over 30 years experience in LTA. He began his LTA career in 1940 at Goodyear in Akron, Ohio as a trainee Aircraft Metal smith. After his 3 year course training, Delton achieved his certificate as a Class A Welder, which was required for Engine Mounts and Landing Gear components.
Delton joined the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 4th Division Airship Overhaul. He completed the Qualified Lighter-Than-Air Training designation for flight duty. His constant exposure to the capabilities of Airships firmed up his belief in the commercial benefits of LTA.
After his return home from the Navy, Mr. Gates graduated from Kent State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Industrial Technology. Delton returned to Goodyear as a Development Engineer in the Erection and Flight Test Department and went on to attain his Commercial Pilot’s License, which includes an Instructor and Instrument Rating. When the Navy closed down its Airship Operations, he went with the Navy Bureau of Weapons Anti-Submarine Warfare Torpedo Mk46 Program.
In 1994 he retired from the United States Department of Defense after 34 years of distinguished service. A father of two and grandfather of six, Mr. Gates now resides in Calabasas, California where he is active in the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), as well as the Naval Airship Association.
Ian Glenn, MSEE, P. Eng., Chairman and CEO, ING Engineering Inc., Ottawa, ON. and Founder, UVS Canada
Chairman and CEO ING Engineering/Founding President UVS Canada
Ian Glenn has been a leader in the Unmanned Systems field since 1996 when he assumed responsibility for the Canadian Army’s UAV program. In 2000, Ian founded ING Engineering Inc. - a world-leading UVS Services company where he serves as Chairman and CEO. He is also Founding President of UVS Canada – a non-profit association he founded in 2002. He currently serves on the Board of UVS Canada and UVS International.
Ian’s education includes a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering (USNPGS) concentrated on digital signal processing, electromagnetics, and data fusion, as well as, a Mechanical Engineering degree (RMC), graduate studies in tank design in the UK, and the Canadian Army Command and Staff College.
Amongst the highlights of a 22+ year military career as an Armoured officer and then as an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering officer, was the opportunity to create the $650M+ Canadian Army’s ISTAR program. He was also extensively involved in progressing UAV interoperability within NATO – resulting in STANAG 4586. He remains one of Canada’s leading C4ISR architects.
ING Engineering’s latest success is as the Canadian company providing the highly skilled operators and maintainers of the Insitu/Boeing ScanEagle UAV fleet - flying thousands of hours of covert, persistent airborne surveillance directly supporting Canadian Army operations in Afghanistan and in Canada.
In 2008, he received the prestigious Catherine Fargeon Award for his contributions to the global UVS Community, as well as, the UVS Canada Individual Achievement
Brian Hall, Airship Ventures Inc., San Francisco, Calif.
Brian is the founder and CEO of Mark/Space, a successful, 18-year-old software company based in Silicon Valley. He is an entrepreneur, community builder, master of brand development, and has an eye for market opportunities. Brian has an infectious enthusiasm for space, aviation, history and technology, and is passionate about their intersection. His search for a business opportunity involving this powerful combination led him to Germany, where he discovered the Zeppelin NT. After flying on a Zeppelin in Germany during the Soccer World Cup in 2006, he was convinced that this unique flightseeing experience and technology must be brought to the U.S. market. Brian is responsible for the overall strategic direction of Airship Ventures and is particularly excited about the future that lies ahead for airship technology in both commercial and scientific applications.
Alan Handley, President, Varialift Airships PLC, United Kingdom
With over 45 years of designing bespoke process lines and equipment for the steel industry he has worked on heavy lift equipment encompassing the handling of all types of heavy loads.
He has hands on experience in design, fabrication and welding in steel and aluminium along with pneumatics, hydraulics, electric control systems and the use of programmable controllers.
For the past 6 years he has worked on variable buoyancy and heavy lift in airships bringing in new ideas and now owns the IP and Patents in the USA and Europe with regard to the Varialift Airship.
Rob Huebert, PhD, University of Calgary, Calgary, Ab.
Rob Huebert is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is also the associate director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. He is currently a senior research fellow of the Canadian International Council and a fellow with Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. Dr. Huebert has taught at Memorial University, Dalhousie University, and the University of Manitoba. His area of research interests include: international relations, strategic studies, the Law of the Sea, maritime affairs, Canadian foreign and defence policy, and circumpolar relations. He publishes on the issue of Canadian Arctic Security, Maritime Security, and Canadian Defence. His work has appeared in International Journal; Canadian Foreign Policy; Isuma: Canadian Journal of Policy Research and Canadian Military Journal.. He was also a co-author of the Report To Secure a Nation: Canadian Defence and Security into the 21st Century; and co-editor of Commercial Satellite Imagery and United Nations Peacekeeping and Breaking Ice: Canadian Integrated Ocean Management in the Canadian North. He also comments on Canadian security and Arctic issues in both the Canadian and international media.
Paul D. Larson, PhD, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Paul is the CN Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba, Asper School of Business. He is Head of the SCM Department and Director of the Transport Institute. Dr. Larson earned BSB and MBA degrees at the University of Minnesota, and his Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma. In between BSB and MBA programs, from 1979 to 1981, he worked with the Ministry of Cooperatives in Fiji. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM), formerly the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM), funded Dr. Larson’s doctoral dissertation, which won the 1991 Academy of Marketing Science/ Alpha Kappa Psi award. From 1990 to 1996, he taught marketing and retailing at the University of Alberta, chairing several doctoral dissertations. After that, Professor Larson taught purchasing, logistics and SCM at the University of Nevada from 1996 to 2001 and at Iowa State University from 2001 to 2004. Paul has published nearly 50 articles in leading SCM journals, and has made numerous presentations at academic and practitioner conferences. He has consulted and conducted executive seminars, in Europe, North and South America, Australia, the Caribbean and China, on logistics, purchasing and SCM. Dr. Larson serves on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Supply Chain Management and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. He is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics. His current research interests include the analysis of transportation cost, service and sustainability; inland ports; supply chain risk management; not-for-profit (NFP) supply chains; and humanitarian logistics.
Kenneth Laubsch, Project Mgr & Chief Engineer, Boeing SkyHook, Philadelphia, Pa.
Kenneth is currently the Program Manager and Chief Engineer of the Skyhook HLV program currently being developed within Boeing's Phantom Work organization. Ken was principally responsible for establishing both the technical and business early stage relationships with a new customer that has resulted in a significant aircraft development contract. Upon contract award, Ken was responsible for growing the team from 3 to 35 people in the execution of the early design phases. Since joining Boeing in 2005, Ken has held management position in Systems Engineering and Composite Materials & Processes. These positions included the management of a team of engineers working various key Boeing projects including innovative composite repair and fiber placement techniques currently in use on the Boeing Commercial Airplanes 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Prior to joining Boeing, Ken has been a Program Manager or Chief Technologist with 20 years experience on a variety of developmental fixed wing aircraft, lighter than air and renewable energy programs.
David Limb, David Limb and Associates, Calgary Ab.
David Limb grew up in Nottingham, UK. He obtained a B.SC., in Chemical Engineering from UMIST (Manchester) in 1966. Since then he has worked as a process engineer and as a commissioning engineer in various countries from the former Eastern Europe, to the Middle East, North and South America. A significant portion of his experience has been in cryogenics and industrial gases, natural gas processing and in the hydrocarbons sector.
David has obtained patents relating to cryogenic separation processes and to helium purification, and presented or authored over 25 technical papers and articles. For the past 8 years, based in Alberta, he has worked mainly in the oil-sands and encountered the transport challenges facing people and industries in Northern Canada.
David is a Chartered Engineer in the UK, Eur.Ing., M.I.Chem.E., and a registered P.Eng. in Alberta. He is currently employed as Air Separation Process Engineer by Opti Canada, Calgary where he is also involved in work with Fluor on evaluating concepts for CO2 capture.
In recent years he became aware of challenges in access to the North of Canada, where there are significant natural resources and isolated local communities, but no permanent road (only ice roads). Airships seem a sensible complementary transport solution. Moreover, Canada does have some helium reserves - not yet being exploited.
Mr. Limb presented a paper at the 4th Airships to the Arctic symposium in Winnipeg in October 2007.
During his recent vacation in UK he spoke with a number of people active in either helium processing or airship developments and visited Gordon Taylor of HAV at Cardington. He is a member of the Airship Association in the UK.
Igor Pasternak, CEO, Worldwide Aeros, Montebello, Calif.
Igor Pasternak is founder and chief executive officer of Aeros Corp.
Under Pasternak’s direct supervision, Aeros has produced and received FAA type certificates for the Aeros 40B and Aeros 40D airships. He also managed the production of various advanced aerostat systems. Currently Pasternak is leading his company in construction of the new type of rigid variable buoyancy air vehicle called the Aeroscraft, the vehicle that will revolutionize military and commercial airlift.
Fred Petrie, Accountable Executive, First Nations Transport, Gimli, Mb.
Fred is a transportation economist, as well as a consultant and entrepreneur, practicing as Navigator Services. Fred is also the 'Accountable Executive' for First Nations Transportation Inc., a cargo airline serving the remote communities of northeast Manitoba and northwest Ontario. This assignment is to grow the company to a stable and profitable enterprise in order to transition it to aboriginal and employee ownership. Fred has been involved in FNT since its start-up in June 2003 and assumed General Management responsibility one year ago to implement this three year business plan. Fred is also closely involved with SASCO Ltd., a winter road trucking specialist. It is from the businessman's perspective, but with his forty year background in aviation and transportation policy, that Fred tackles the logistical challenges of northern freight transport every day.
Edward Pevzner, Business Development, Aeros Corp., Montebello, Calif.
Edward is a manager of business development, marketing and public relations at Aeros. For the past 5 years he closely participated in all company’s day to day government and commercial activities.
Albert Robbins, U. S. Navy (Retired) Indianapolis, Indiana
Albert H. Robbins CDR, USNR (Retired)
Education:
MSA (Research and Development Management) George Washington University
BSEE Purdue University
Diploma in Electronics Technology Purdue University
Experience:
Enlisted Aircrewman P2-V5, WV-2, and ZPG-2
Avionics Limited Duty Officer and one of original 100 Aeronautical Maintenance Engineering Duty Officers
Duty Assignments in Research, Development, Acquisition Management, Foreign Military Sales, Base Activation and Base Closure. Developmental specialist in maintenance processes and repair technology.
Two disappointingly short tours in Navy Lighter than Air.
Member:
Naval Airship Association; Airship Association, ISOPOLAR, U.S. Naval Institute, AMDO Association, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Indiana Inventors Association.
Personal
Alphabet soup duty assignments, in 30 years of Naval service I had two (partial) tour in squadrons VP-16, and ZP-1 and one shipboard tour; as the IOIC Maintenance Officer on the USS Saratoga (CVA-60). Responsible for maintaining the first deployed digital computer systems in the surface Navy. Also qualified as Officer of the Deck Underway and in Port and as permanent member of the Special Sea and Anchor Detail. (Lousy duty, meant that I had to be on the bridge for every replenishment exercise and whenever we entered or left port.)
Other assignments:
Naval Air Development Unit, South Weymouth
Navy Enlisted Advanced School Program, Navy Enlisted Science Education Program
Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit
Commander Fleet Air Jacksonville, Staff Avionics Officer
Naval Plant Representative Office Baltimore (Westinghouse Space and Defense Center)
Naval Air Systems Command
Stewart Russell, V. P. Business Development, BBE, Calgary, Ab.
Mr. Russell moved north to Yellowknife, NWT in the autumn of 1971 and began a 35 year career in the transportation and logistics field. His work included oversight of numerous unique frontier logistics projects and many years in the corporate world of international airlines.
He spent 15 years with Pacific Western Airlines, in Flight Operations, Hercules Operations and Contract and Charter and 14 years at Canadian Airlines International.
Since joining BBE in early 2001 Mr. Russell renewed his relationship with the north and used his skills to help expand the BHP Ekati diamond mine supply chain from Yellowknife to Edmonton.
Gordon Taylor, Dir. of Sales and Marketing, Hybrid Air Vehicles, United Kingdom
Gordon Taylor
Gordon Taylor is a Canadian citizen living and working in the UK. He has been overseas for more than 30 years.
Gordon has spent time in the Canadian Oil Patch, both in Northern Canada and, latterly, Western Siberia so is relatively familiar with some of the Northern transport problems. His career spans many facets of aerospace, having worked for a regional airline in Eastern Canada and helicopter operations in Northern Quebec.
Later, after joining De Havilland Aircraft in Toronto, Gordon was transferred to the Middle East with them and then on to the UK. He left De Havilland and worked in finance in the City of London for nearly 10 years before joining the Hybrid Air Vehicles Team in 1997.
He is currently responsible for the sales and marketing of the Company and is using his understanding of Canada to develop a programme specific to the Canadian North.
Brad Thompson, FWS Construction Ltd., Winnipeg, Mb.
Brad graduated from Lakehead University in 1982 with a B.Eng in Civil Engineering and joined FWS in 1995. He has 27 years of Design Engineer experience throughout Canada on a wide variety of projects including steel and concrete bridges, water treatment facilities and the Hibernia Gravity Base Structure. During his tenure with FWS, Brad has been lead designer on more than 40 slipformed concrete structures, making him one of the foremost experienced slipform structure designers in Canada.
Jim Thomson, Hybrid Aircraft Canada
Jim Thomson is President of HACC, which is a Canadian company that is developing a 70 ton helium assisted heavy lift aircraft. Jim has extensive experience in developing new projects and technologies, as well as business experience in transportation, energy, agriculture and mining. He is currently focused on developing a consortium of Canadian aerospace companies that could collaborate to design, build and operate the hybrid aircraft in Canada. He is also working with northern shippers to identify their unique transportation challenges develop our product Jim’s experience in the energy and transportation industries, gave HAC immediate credibility with a broad spectrum of industry and government leaders. He has also coauthored published papers on the use of airships for remote transportation needs.
Gennady Verba, President, RosAeroSystems, Russia
Gennady was born in Ukraine in 1966 and graduated from the Lvov Polytechnic Institute in 1990. Mr. Verba founded Aeros Company in 1987 with the group of LTA enthusiasts. It was one of the first private enterprises in Ukraine. At the present time, it is known as Worldwide Aeros Corporation (California, USA).
In 1997, Mr. Verba joined Augur Aeronautical Centre (Russia) and founded RosAeroSystems Company – the leading Russian LTA manufacturer. He is a member of Airship Association and the Russian Space Academy.
During the last 25 years, he has supervised several tethered aerostat developments from 400 to 12,000 cubic meters, and led the design, construction and certification of the first Russian certified airship – a two seat Au-12 – and the largest Russian blimp Au-30 (5,250 cu. m), which set the world distance record in September 2008.
Hiroyuki Watanabe, President, Nippon Airship Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Age: 52 Nationality : JPN Address : Yokohama City
Current Status : Representative Director, President Nippon Airship Corporation (NAC)
Career
1980 B.A. Keio Gijyuku Univ. Law Dept.
1980 Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL), Finance Dept.
1982 MOL, Sales & Marketing Dept. Nagoya branch.
1984 MOL, Planning Dept. Tokyo Head Office
1987 MOL, DGM of M.O.Airship
1990 MOL, Chief Cruise Director of MOPAS
MOPAS : Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line.
1992 MOPAS, Second Purser of M.S.Fuji Maru
1994 First Purser of M.S. Shin Sakura Maru
Around the world Cruise (\\\'94 Jan - April)
1996 Chief Instructor of Manila Training School for Pssg. ship crews, 6 times
1996 Chief Purser of M.S. Shin Sakura Maru
1997 Hotel Service Dept. Mgr Head Office of MOPAS
1998 Chief Purser of M.S. Fuji Maru
1999 Chief Purser of M.S. Shin Sakura Maru
Around the world Cruise (\\\'99 Jan - April)
2000 Chief Purser of M.S. Nippon Maru
Around the world Cruise (\\\'02 Jan - April)
2002 NAC, Director, Vice President
2002 Rep. Director, President of NAC
2004 Purchase Zeppelin NT
2005 Starting operation in Japan with Business Licence of JCAB
2007 Obtaining Air Transport Business Licence of JCAB
