Columbia Air Services
Full Name
David Boyd Boyd
Job Title
Instructor
Company
Goldberg Aviation
Speaker Bio
Original founder of AMA Online, a dial up Internet Service Provider, David partnered with an investment company in 2000 and built one of the largest fixed wireless commercial Internet networks in the U.S.
While building his business, David started and managed a successful flying club with over 160 members, 12 airplanes, 15 flight instructors and four A&P mechanics.
David now serves clients as a contract pilot in aircraft ranging from a Piper Cheyenne to King Air 200s to Malibu JetProp to TBM 850.
As if that were not enough, David has over 1,000 hours in jump planes.
David is based in Amarillo, Texas.
While building his business, David started and managed a successful flying club with over 160 members, 12 airplanes, 15 flight instructors and four A&P mechanics.
David now serves clients as a contract pilot in aircraft ranging from a Piper Cheyenne to King Air 200s to Malibu JetProp to TBM 850.
As if that were not enough, David has over 1,000 hours in jump planes.
David is based in Amarillo, Texas.
Full Name
Chuck Shavit
Job Title
Director, Engineering
Company
ForeFlight (formerly CloudAhoy)
Speaker Bio
Chuck Shavit is an instrument rated pilot, a software engineer and an intrapreneur . He is the founder of CloudAhoy, building a product for data-driven post flight debrief and P-FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance). CloudAhoy was recently acquired by ForeFlight.
Full Name
Chris Bergman
Job Title
Director of Avionics
Company
Columbia Air Services
Speaker Bio
Chris joined the Columbia avionics department in January of 1993. He quickly proved himself to be a knowledgeable and dedicated professional. Over his 30-year career with Columbia, Chris has developed an impressive bank of expertise that has garnered him industry-wide recognition. As Avionics Director, Chris has established an avionics department that enjoys a reputation as experienced innovators, specializing in state-of-the-art installations and upgrades for all makes and models of general aviation aircraft.
Full Name
Paul Buza
Job Title
SAMI Owner
Company
Southern AeroMedical Institute
Full Name
Ron Guynn
Job Title
Customer and Network Care Manager
Company
Daher
Speaker Bio
41 years as an aircraft mechanic 17 of which have been exclusively on the TBM aircraft. I have worked various positions of maintenance on the aircraft which now help me as Tech Rep for the TBM community.
Full Name
Adam Stino
Job Title
Director of MX
Company
Columbia Air Services
Speaker Bio
Adam started with Columbia in November of 2001 as a talented greenhorn who quickly gained the respect and admiration of his fellow technicians. He was appointed to Director of Maint in the Spring of 2020. In his new role, Adam continues to be extremely successful in managing the resources of an extremely busy shop that maintains over 100 TBM’s. He continues to work hard to recruit new talent, ensuring the diversity and longevity of the shop. He has carried on Columbia’s stellar reputation for exceptional customer service. Adam’s experience and expertise has established him as both valuable resource for our customers, and a dedicated leader in Columbia’s organization.
Full Name
Adam Kudzin
Job Title
TBM Instructor
Company
Flythetbm.com
Speaker Bio
Adam Kudzin is a TBM Instructor with over 4300 hours in the Daher TBM series of aircraft. He produces videos, writes articles and creates training materials on his website, Flythetbm.com.
Full Name
Scott Dennstaedt
Job Title
Founder
Company
EZWxBrief
Speaker Bio
Founder of EZWxBrief, Scott is a nationally-known expert in aviation weather. He has worked as a meteorologist for the last 40 years and has a doctorate in Infrastructures and Environmental Systems from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC). With a background as a meteorologist, commercial pilot, and experienced CFI who has logged over 4000 hours over the last 25 years, he offers a unique approach to teaching general aviation pilots how to minimize their exposure to adverse weather. He is a widely published aviation author that includes his new book, The Skew-T log (p) and Me: A Primer for Pilots and is a contributing editor for FLYING magazine. He is also the co-author of Pilot Weather: From Solo to the Airlines. In his spare time Scott volunteers as EAA's subject matter expert on weather.
Full Name
Chet Fuller
Job Title
TBM Instructor
Company
SIMCOM
Speaker Bio
Charles “Chet” Fuller is a 40-year veteran of the Aerospace Industry and is an instructor for Simcom
Aviation Training. A long-time aviation enthusiast, Mr. Fuller has been a pilot for 43 years and was a US
Navy Pilot for 14 years. As a US Naval Aviator, he has more than 400 carrier landings, on 12 different
aircraft carriers. He maintains his Commercial pilot’s certificate and several Instructor certificates, and
has accumulated over 6,000 flight hours, flying more than 40 types of aircraft.
Aviation Training. A long-time aviation enthusiast, Mr. Fuller has been a pilot for 43 years and was a US
Navy Pilot for 14 years. As a US Naval Aviator, he has more than 400 carrier landings, on 12 different
aircraft carriers. He maintains his Commercial pilot’s certificate and several Instructor certificates, and
has accumulated over 6,000 flight hours, flying more than 40 types of aircraft.
Speaking At
Name
Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa
Full Address
625 N Rd
Groton, CT 06340
United States
Groton, CT 06340
United States
Phone
+1 860-446-2600
Website
Other Information
TBMOPA rate is $252 per night
