Aviation Technical Services' Executive Chairman Raj Sharma Named Chief Executive Officer

July 1, 2010
Sharma brings more than 18 years of aviation MRO experience to ATS, with ten of those years as President of Rolls-Royce Engine Services – Oakland.

Everett, WA, June 30, 2010 - Aviation Technical Services (ATS) named Executive Chairman RajSharma to Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. This follows the earlier appointment of Matt Yerbic to President. Located in Everett, Washington, ATS is the largest third-party single-site transport aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider in North America.

Sharma brings more than 18 years of aviation MRO experience to ATS, with ten of those years as President of Rolls-Royce Engine Services – Oakland, where he managed four domestic and one international site and most recently as a senior advisor at Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. He was appointed Executive Chairman at ATS in January 2010.

"I'm thrilled to expand my role at ATS as CEO," says Sharma. “Matt and I will continue to work in partnership to position ATS as one of North America’s leading MROs, with a focus on customer relationships, our experienced workforce, safety and the quality and performance of our operations.”

Yerbic will expand the excellent contribution he’s made in growing the business by continuing to focus on customers and markets. Sharma has overall responsibility for ATS and will initially focus on operations and best practices.

“We are excited to leverage Raj’s experience, and his operational and financial expertise to implement best practices across ATS. I’m looking forward to partnering with Raj to strategically grow ATS into one of the leading aviation service providers in North America,” said Yerbic.

About Aviation Technical Services

As a provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for commercial and military transport jet aircraft, ATS list of certification achievements include: FAA Class IV Repair Station (HN6R593N); EASA Repair Station (145.4942); Bermuda DCA AMO DDA/AMO/201; CAAC (F00100532); Quality Management System AS 9110 and ISO 9001:2000. ATS services include airframe heavy & medium checks & structural modifications, complete component MRO, paint such as narrow & widebody / corporate / fleet campaigns, defense drop-in & depot level MRO, and business jet interior refurbishment. ATS also performs specialty services and projects such as 737-300 Classic extreme makeover, winglet installations on 737/757/767 aircraft, Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) interior installations and passenger to freighter conversions. www.atsmro.aero