Chandler, AZ— 4/26/2017 — TurbineAero is pleased to announce and welcome Adam Gallo as its Chief Financial Officer. Gallo will lead all global aspects of Finance, IT and HR for TurbineAero which includes the company’s APU MRO facility, TurbineAero Repair, in Chandler, AZ, its component repair and specialty processes facilities in Tempe and Chandler, AZ, as well as TurbineAero Asia located in Chonburi, Thailand.
Gallo joins TurbineAero from Desser Holdings where he served as their CFO. As the CFO of Desser, Gallo led all financial aspects and IT for the global organization. Desser Holdings is a private equity owned aerospace parts distribution, wheel and brake repair and overhaul, and aircraft plastics manufacturing company. Desser Holdings has locations in Los Angeles, Memphis, and the UK.
Prior to Desser, Gallo was the Chief Financial Officer of Zodiac Aerospace’s US Seat division which produced over 100,000 seats yearly from three domestic and international locations. Prior to Zodiac, Gallo held several progressive financial management and product line CFO roles within Allied Signal and Honeywell Aerospace, including the financial leader of numerous electronic and mechanical product lines including the Finance Director for Honeywell’s propulsion engine business, as well as the Boeing business segment. Throughout his career, Gallo has focused on profitable growth, and positioning the organization for scalable success.
“I am pleased to join TurbineAero and the accomplished executive team at such an exciting time,” said Gallo. “As the world’s leading independent APU MRO services company, we are uniquely poised for growth and additional capability expansion, and I look forward to taking TurbineAero to the next level of financial success.”
Gallo began his aerospace career as a financial leader in Allied Signal’s aerospace electronic and mechanical LRU business, and also was a Managing Director at Accenture. Gallo’s experience includes both private and public industry experience including financial operations, M&A, private equity investors, and banking relationships.
Gallo has a BA in Economics as well as his MBA from the University of Arizona, and is six-sigma greenbelt certified. Gallo will be based at TurbineAero’s company headquarters in Chandler, AZ.
“We are honored to have Adam join us as our new Chief Financial Officer.” said Rob Higby, Chief Executive Officer at TurbineAero. “Adam’s track record of building financial excellence in several aerospace organizations including Honeywell Engines as well as his experience within private equity, perfectly positions him to accelerate TurbineAero’s global business to the best in the industry.”
