Mr.
William Loh, Managing Director
Deutsche
Morgan Grenfell, London, England,
1996 - 1998.
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, 1991 - 1996.
Associate Director/Senior Aviation Analyst Responsible,
within Structured Finance, for maintaining a global overview of
the airline industry including manufacturers, lessors and financiers.
Prepared reports and made recommendations concerning the creditworthiness
of current and potential airline clients, as well as appraisals
of the current asset values and future competitive outlook for the
aircraft being financed. Also advised Deutsche's Credit Committee,
other divisions and worldwide branches of the bank, up to Management
Board level, on aircraft-related investment issues, airline/airport/aerospace
projects, or the aerospace industry in general. Developed
an internal airline transaction credit scoring system also reflecting
the support offered by estimated asset values. On behalf of Deutsche,
advised Daimler-Benz/DASA during the extensive deliberations over
their Fokker investment. Advised the CEO of debis (now AerCap)
during their initial narrowbody fleet planning process. Advised
Monarch regarding their selection of the A330. Promoted to
Associate Director in April 1995, and qualified in London as an
FSA Registered Securities Representative in November 1997.
PROS Strategic Solutions, Houston, Texas,
1989 - 1991.
Account Executive Based in Frankfurt, Germany
as company representative at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, responsible
for the successful implementation of their first computerized yield
management system. Duties included coordination, testing and
debugging of system upgrades and modifications, user training, and
conducting software demonstrations for the management and staff
of Lufthansa, as well as other potential airline clients.
The project was successful and PROS is still in use at Lufthansa
and a growing list of major airlines.
MCI/WorldCom, Boca Raton, Florida, 1988 - 1989.
Senior Marketing Analyst Recommended appropriate
special pricing proposals to the Executive Pricing Committee for
high volume T-1 and T-3 digital communications products. Developed
software which automated the optimization of network circuit routing
which minimized overall costs and greatly increased the department's
productivity.
Florida
Express Airlines, Orlando, Florida, 1986 - 1988.
Corporate Planning Analyst Responsible for the
preparation of business forecasts of the airline's financial and
operational performance; and conducted various special analysis
projects for the senior officers of the company. These included
optimization of the reservations function, yield management processes,
and fleet planning. Also developed software which automated
many procedures in reservations control.
American
Aeronautics Group, Winter Park, Florida, 1984 - 1985.
Aviation Analyst Assisted ISTAT co-founder Jim
Matthews with research and analysis of data concerning various business
and transport aircraft for feasibility studies, appraisals and other
special projects. Responsible for management of the computer
systems, assisted in the development of the first ISTAT appraiser
examinations, and constructed spreadsheet models for the analysis
of various business proposals.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics, University of
Florida,
Gainesville, April 1984. Also attended Rollins College, Winter
Park, Florida from 1979 - 1982 and played Varsity Basketball.
Language
Skills
Fluent in German.
Licenses
and Ratings
Airplane Single-Engine Land
Glider
Simulators: Boeing 737-300, 747-400, 707-320, F/A-18, Grumman E-2C/D,
Lockheed Martin F-16, F-22, F-35, T-50, Republic A-10, Northrop
F-5, and Boeing AH-64 Apache, Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, Bell OH-58/JetRanger
helicopters.
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Dr. Guru Prasad, Director of Information Technology
Dr. Prasad is CEO of Aximetric, a technology company
located in the Research Park at the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Prasad holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, and a
Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from the
University of Central Florida, and is an expert in simulation, network
architecture, distributed systems and systems modeling. He
has developed innovative modeling and advanced visualization techniques
suitable for real time distributed simulation and web-based architectures.
Prior
to co-founding Aximetric, Dr. Prasad was a research scientist at
the Institute for Simulation and Training at U.C.F. He has
published several papers in distributed simulation and physics-based
modeling, taught advanced simulation courses at U.C.F., and served
as a consultant in the M&S industry.
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