Bartolotta Named COO at CHC Helicopter

Canada-based CHC Helicopter has hired Peter Bartolotta to serve as its chief operating officer and president of the company's Helicopter Services unit.

Until last week, Bartolotta was senior vice president, Global Services, at Lenovo Corp., directing a growing part of the $ 30 billion personal-computing company. His career includes management positions at AlliedSignal's Honeywell subsidiary, where he led operations for the aerospace electronics division, as well as NCR Corp. and IBM. CHC Helicopter provides skilled, secure transportation to offshore oil and gas platforms and other sea-based installations, civilian search-and-rescue services, and helicopter maintenance repair and overhaul. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, and operates more than 250 aircraft in about 30 countries around the world.