2018 AMT Next Gen 40 Under 40 Award Winners

Sept. 20, 2018
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the AMT Next Gen 40 Under 40 Awards. And also to those who recognized your achievements by nominating you.

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the AMT Next Gen 40 Under 40 Awards. And also to those who recognized your achievements by nominating you.

The attributes that make up this year’s winners all have a passion for aviation, whether it’s maintenance, education, executive management, general aviation, business aviation, antique aircraft, rotorcraft, military, MRO, or airline, they all love what they do and want to keep improving themselves and the industry.

There is no one path to success in aviation. Sometimes you grow in one company, other times it requires moving around to take advantage of what the industry offers or which direction your interest takes you. Take a look at this year’s winners to see the different paths that are available. And as always, share your story to encourage others to follow.

Aircraft Maintenance Technology is proud to recognize this year’s winners. Here is a list of the winners and the companies they represent:

Anthony Arispe, Airspeed & Attitude

Randall Arnold, Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services

Keilah Bias, StandardAero

Ronnie Rebecca Lee Booth, Satair USA Inc.

Kyle Bushman, The Ragwood Refactory

Catherine Chelimo, Garmin

Sam Collins, Aircraft Propeller Service LLC

Maarten de Haas, AFI KLM Engineering & Maintenance

Bruno DeSouza, Banyan Air Service

Simone Drakes, Avionica

Bartolome Ferriol, AAR Aircraft Services

Garret Fischer, West Star Aviation

Lambros Floros, Envoy Air Inc.

Greg Heine, Flightdocs Inc.

Joshua Hoskins, Cirrus Aircraft

Michael Janik, Exec Aero LLC

Kevin Ketterer, Via Airlines

Muhammad Usaid Khalid, Endeavor Air

Euan King, Vector Aerospace

Henry Locher, AAR Landing Gear

James Logue, Desert Jet Maintenance

Christian Ludwig, MTU Maintenance Canada

Candice McHargue, UPS

Peter Morelli, Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services

Travis Morse, Best Jets

Spencer Necessary, STS Mod Center

PV Supun Nirmal, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka

Shawn Petersen, Sky Quest

Adrian Rothrock, Aviation Institute of Maintenance (KC)

Stacey Rudser, STS Aviation Services

Judson Rupert, Lycoming Engines

Mark Saretsky, Aviation Technical Services

Eric Sorensen, Duncan Aviation

Julio Soza, PSA Airlines

John Coty Stiltner, StandardAero

Elizabeth (Eli) Tilden, Delta Air Lines

William Villanveva, Aviation Institute of Maintenance (Chesapeake)

Devin Watson, Plane Safe Aircraft Maintenance

Emmeline Watson, Duncan Aviation

Imran Zaveri, GE Aviation Systems, Rock Valley College