ARINC CEO ready for growth

Oct. 22, 2012
John Belcher is not an international man of mystery. The ARINC Inc. CEO leads a firm that makes travel easier for many. And while many Annapolitans might be unsure of what goes on at ARINC's Riva Road campus, Belcher says most people have used the firm's technology without ever realizing it. ARINC, in fact, is just about everywhere. That ticket kiosk at the airport? Good chance ARINC's software runs it. Been on a train in America? ARINC's control system tracks about 60 percent of the nation's rail traffic.

John Belcher is not an international man of mystery.

The ARINC Inc. CEO leads a firm that makes travel easier for many. And while many Annapolitans might be unsure of what goes on at ARINC's Riva Road campus, Belcher says most people have used the firm's technology without ever realizing it.

ARINC, in fact, is just about everywhere. That ticket kiosk at the airport? Good chance ARINC's software runs it. Been on a train in America? ARINC's control system tracks about 60 percent of the nation's rail traffic.

Vacation at Disney World resorts? ARINC is there, too. Disney's Magical Express system allows users to check out of the hotel and check in with their airline.

Belcher is charting ARINC's next moves, which will be primarily aimed at the commercial travel industry. On Tuesday, ARINC's parent company, The Carlyle Group, agreed to sell ARINC's Defense Systems Engineering and Support division to Booz Allen Hamilton for $154 million.

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