Ed McDonald, P.Eng, MBa

CEO & Founder

Base: St. Albert, Alberta

Training/Education:

• BSc. Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta
• Masters in Business Administration - University of Alberta
• Instrument Procedure Design - MDA Aviation and US FAA

JetPro Experience: Ed founded JetPro in 1996 while doing consulting work with Canadian Airlines on integrating satellite based flight managment systems (FMS) onboard their Boeing 737-200 aircraft. He expanded JetPro into instrument procedure design which has been the focus since. Ed no longer designs, but keeps a keen eye on changes to criteria and advances in the procedure design world in addition to running JetPro from the business administration side. It is rumoured that he will resume flight checking duties in the near future as well!

Aviation Career:

• Flight Instructor CT-144 Tutor Jet - RCAF
• Captian C130 Herc and CC138 Twin Otter - RCAF
• First Officer B737 - Canadian Airlines
• First Officer A330, A340, B777 - Air Canada
• Captain (Retired) B767 and B787 - Air Canada

Ed is now retired from Air Canada, he still flies - mainly to go explore the places he flew to as a pilot. Nowadays he spends his time cycling the bike trails in the Edmonton area in addition to flying a Nanchang (CJ6A) Warbird.

ed.mcdonald@jetpro.ca

Dave Miller

Chief Instrument Flight Procedure Designer & Quality Manager

Base: Comox, British Columbia

Training/Education:

• Instrument Procedure Design - RCAF and US FAA
• Instrument Procedure Design Instructor - Transport Canada and DND

JetPro Experience: Dave joined JetPro in 2006 while still serving in the Canadian Armed Forces while based in Cold Lake. His knowledge and software skills were immediately put to good use developing and refining JetPro's design tool. While Dave did plenty of designs, he is now focused on design tool improvements and updates keeping up with the ever changing design criteria in addition to managing the Quality Assurance (QA) process at JetPro.

Aviation Career:

• Air Traffic Controller (ATC) - RCAF
• Squadron ATC Officer & Flight Safety Officer - RCAFli>
• Senior Instructor ATC School, Cornwall - RCAF
• Deputy Operations Officer - Canadian Aviation Battalion, Afghanistan
• Pilot and Flight Instructor

Dave is now retired from the DND and enjoys the outdoors life out in Comox, BC. He currently owns and flys a beautiful IFR capable Ryan Navion he keeps out on the coast.

dave.miller@jetpro.ca

Henry Graham, E.I.T.

Procedure Designer

Base: Comox, British Columbia

Training/Education:

• Bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering - RMC Kingston
• Instrument Procedure Design - MDA Aviation and US FAA

JetPro Experience: Henry joined JetPro as a designer in 2013 after completing his initial design training course ran by the FAA. Previously he had assisted with flight checks and surveying while completing flying training and studying at Royal Military College (RMC) with Canadian Armed Forces. He has worked for JetPro during his career in the forces which took him from Comox, Trenton, and even as far as Kuwait on deployment. He currently resides in Comox working as a Reservist Pilot and Operations Officer in addition to being a qualified A330 First Officer with Air Canada.

Aviation Career:

• Training Pilot CC115 Buffalo - RCAF
• Standards/Check Pilot/Tanker Commander CC-150 (A310) Polaris - RCAF
• Instrument Check Pilot (ICP) - RCAF
• First Officer A330 - Air Canada

Henry lives just outside Comox with his young family while working for the Canadian Armed Forces. He enjoys mountain biking, enjoying the west coast lifestyle, and flying whenever he gets the chance.

henry.graham@jetpro.ca

Jeremy Bouchard

Procedure Designer

Base: Comox, British Columbia

Training/Education:

• Bachelors in Applied Mathematics - RMC Kingston
• Instrument Procedure Design - MDA Aviation and US FAA

JetPro Experience: Jeremy joined JetPro in 2019 after completing his initial design training at the US FAA facility in Oklahoma City. Jeremy and Henry were classmates at RMC and Jeremy showed a keen interest in instrument procedure design during his time as a Training Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Aviation Career:

• Training Captain/Tanker Commander CC-150 (A310) Polaris - RCAF
• Flight Instructor CT-156 Harvard II (Texan II) - RCAF
• First Officer A320 - Air Canada

Jeremy actually lives down the street from Henry outside of Comox. He also enjoys the BC outdoors by mountain biking and doing some drone photography. He also secretly enjoys his secret library of almost 1000 sci-fi books!

jeremy.bouchard@jetpro.ca

David "Dave" Scott

Procedure Designer & GIS Specialist

Base: St. Albert, Alberta

Training/Education:

• Instrument Procedure Design - MDA Aviation and US FAA
• Geographic Information Systems Technology Certificate - NAIT

JetPro Experience: Dave joined JetPro as a designer in 2008 while he was serving in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Flight Commander based in Edmonton flying the Bell CH-146 Griffon. Dave currently balances working as a rotary wing MedEvac pilot for Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) in addition to JetPro. Dave has been our defacto GIS expert for years assisting with runway surveys, digital map generating, and now he runs our procedure maintenance software system.

Aviation Career:

• Bell CH-146 Griffon, CH-139 Jet Ranger Pilot - RCAF
• Flight Commander 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron - RCAF
• Aviation Liason Officer, Task Force Mali - RCAF
• Helicopter Pilot: Eurocopter BK117, AgustaWestland AW139, Airbus H145 - STARS

Dave currently lives in St. Albert when not on rotating deployment with STARS to places like Grand Prarie, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg. During his downtime he enjoys working on his drone, motorcycle, and playing around with new GIS solutions.

dave.scott@jetpro.ca

Jim Runyon

Flight Validation Pilot

Base: St. Albert, Alberta

Training/Education:

• BSc. Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta

JetPro Experience: Jim joined JetPro in 2016 to take over flight validation department from our previous manager in addition to assisting and mentoring Austen as he went through his training and time building as a junior pilot. Jim has been an invaluable member of the JetPro team for those reasons in addition to his prudence and decades of experience flying.

Aviation Career:

• First Officer Convair 580 - Echo Bay Mines
• Second Officer C130 - Pacific Western Airlines (PWA)
• First Officer and Captain B737, A320 - Canadian Airlines/Air Canada
• Corporate Pilot PA32 Navajo, Citation CJ2, DHC-8 - Noralta Aviation

Jim enjoys retirement in St. Albert golfing and performing the occasional flight validation or Angel Flight Alberta trip with Austen. He is an avid motorcycle enthusiast in additon to someone who embodies the true meaning of the word Aviator.

jim.runyon@jetpro.ca

Ben Rotem

(Future) Procedure Designer & Flight Validation Pilot

Base: Vancouver, British Columbia

Training/Education:

• Hon. Bachelor of Aviation Technology - Seneca College

JetPro Experience: Ben is the newest member of the JetPro team - he and Austen are classmates and coworkers at Air Canada Express (Jazz Aviation LP). Ben is undertaking procedure design courses and qualifications in the near future, but in the meantime has filled in with assisting Austen with Flight Validation and runway survey jobs across Canada.

Aviation Career:

• Flight Standards Intern - Air Canada Flight Ops
• First Officer DHC-8-400 (Dash-8 Q400) - Jazz Aviation LP (Air Canada Express)
• Ground School Professor - Seneca College

Ben is a Toronto transplant that currently lives in the Vancouver, so naturally he spends most of his time exploring the wonders of Western Canada from a C172 when he is not flying for Jazz or working for JetPro.

ben.rotem@jetpro.ca

Austen McDonald, E.I.T.

Procedure Designer, Flight Validation Pilot & GIS Specialist

Base: Edmonton, Alberta

Training/Education:

• Instrument Procedure Design - MDA Aviation and US FAA
• BSc. Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta
• Airline Pilot Flight Operations Cert. - Seneca College

JetPro Experience: Austen has been working in some form or another for JetPro since he was too young to walk. Early work was in the form of letter opening and office mess making as a toddler to eventually assisting with runway surveys and flight validations with his father, Ed. Austen got his design qualifications back in 2013 from the US FAA - at the time being the youngest person to have completed and been qualified in procedure design globally at the age of 17. Since then, he runs the flight validation department, runway survey department, and the digital map and charting systems at JetPro.

Aviation Career:

• First Officer DHC-8-400 (Dash-8 Q400) - Jazz Aviation LP (Air Canada Express)

Austen lives in Edmonton and a stones throw away from the JetPro "HQ". He enjoys spending time around the hangar working on and flying the CJ6A Nanachang with Ed in addition to losing about 6 golf balls every week golfing!

austen.mcdonald@jetpro.ca