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SkyHook JHL-40

The JHL-40, or Jess Heavy Lifter, is named after Pete Jess, the President and Chief operating officer of SkyHook International, the company that owns the patent for the aircraft.


Alexander Kummant

Upon his resignation, Amtrak COO William Crosbie assumed the role of interim CEO, but was succeeded on November 25 by former FRA administrator Joseph H. Boardman.

Bahwan CyberTek

Its senior executive management team consists of Hind S. Bahwan (Chairperson), S. Durgaprasad (Director & Global CEO), Mike Muralidharan (Global COO), Balaji Sundaram (CSO), R. Chandran (CIO), Karthik Sundararaman (CFO).

Bellum Entertainment Group

key people = Mary Carole McDonnell
(Founder and President)
Boyd McDonnell
(Vice President and Executive Producer)
Peter McDonnell
(Head of Production and Executive Producer)
Rebecca Walker
(Executive Vice President of Development)|

David E. Orton

After the announced merger of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) with ATI on July 24, 2006, as ATI Technologies became a subsidiary of AMD, Orton became an executive vice-president of AMD, reporting to AMD CEO Hector Ruiz and COO Dirk Meyer.

David Maisel

IN 2004, Avi Arad introduced Maisel to Isaac Perlmutter who hired Maisel as Marvel Studios Chief Operating Officer do to his idea for Marvel to create their own film studio.

Debra L. Lee

In March 1996, Lee became President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of BET Holdings, Inc., replacing departing network founder, Robert L. Johnson.

Jeffrey Beard

Most recently, Beard worked as division president and chief operating officer Seeds for Syngenta AG, a Swiss agribusiness based in Basel.

Jérôme Valcke

From 2002 until 2003 Valcke worked for the sports rights agency Sportfive at their headquarters in Genf as Chief Operating Officer.

Lynx Aviation

Former Western Airlines pilot and Chief Operating Officer of ATA Airlines Inc., Bill Beal; former Sun Country Airlines and Great Lakes Airlines executive Nick Wangler, and, Steven Westberg, former chief financial officer of Midway Airlines and a former vice president of Continental Airlines are trying to raise $40 million to buy Lynx Aviation and rename it Fly Smart.

Magnus Mandersson

Preceding his work at Ericsson, he has held management positions within the Swedish conglomerate Kinnevik, as both COO of Millicom SA and CEO of Tele2 Europe.

Mark Jung

When the company was acquired by NewsCorp, Jung served as Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media (FIM) where he was responsible for all of its internet properties including MySpace, IGN Entertainment, FoxSports.com, AmericanIdol.com, and Scout Media.

Obsidian Entertainment

Obsidian continues to operate under the management of its founding officers: Feargus Urquhart (CEO), Chris Parker (COO), Darren Monahan (CIO), Chris Avellone (CCO) and Chris Jones (CTO).

Paul J. Kern

Paul John Kern (born June 16, 1945) became President and Chief Operating Officer of AM General LLC on August 1, 2008.

Persistent Systems


Mritunjay Singh COO

Dr. R. Venkateswaran, CTO

T. M Vijayaraman, Head, Persistent Labs

Rohit Kamat, CFO

Vivek Sadhale, Company Secretary and Head - Legal and Investor Relations

Sameer Bendre, Chief People Officer

Ranga Puranik, President, Persistent Systems Inc

Robert J. Kelly

In March 1999, Kelly became the President and Chief Operating Officer of Energetics, Inc., an energy consulting company and wholly owned subsidiary of the VSE Corporation.

Thoratec

On September 11, 2001, Tom Burnett (COO of Thoratec) and other passengers aboard overpowered the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93, forcing the terrorists to bank and crash into an open field, killing everyone on board.

Unanue family

Andy Unanue, current Managing Partner of AUA Private Equity Partners and former Chief Operating Officer of Goya Foods since 1999 after his brother Joseph died.


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2008 Aéreo Ruta Maya crash

Dan Liljenquist (president and chief operating officer of Focus Services of Roy, Utah a company that handles customer service calls for other companies).

Avocet ProJet

Avocet was headed by David Tait, OBE, the former head of Virgin Atlantic Airways, in the role of Chief Executive Officer, and Mark Biagetti, a senior executive from Pratt & Whitney and McDonnell Douglas, as Chief Operating Officer.

Bill Nojay

He later served as Chief Operating Officer of Detroit’s transportation system under Detroit Mayor Dave Bing.

Bill Reilly

Reilly left Macmillan in 1990, following the firm's purchase by Robert Maxwell's Maxwell Communications, and was succeeded by David Shaffer as the company's president and chief operating officer.

Card Walker

After Walt Disney died in 1966, Walker became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Clay Johnson III

Johnson was previously President of Horchow Mail Order and President of Neiman Marcus Mail Order, the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Museum of Art, and held positions at Frito-Lay and Wilson Sporting Goods.

Cornell Law Review

Bob DuPuy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball.

Dalton Philips

He then joined the Weston family retail operation as CEO of upmarket Irish department store group Brown Thomas in 2007, and then becoming Chief Operating Officer of Canadian retailer Loblaw in January 2007, under Allan Leighton.

East West Bank

The current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is Dominic Ng and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Julia S. Gouw.

Ellen Hancock

In September 1995 she started with National Semiconductor as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), after being lured from IBM by Gil Amelio.

EQAL

In May 2012, after recruiting sought-after media executive Robert Weiss to take over as Chief Operating Officer, Paras transitioned to the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development.

Gunnar S. Overstrom, Jr.

was a vice chairman of FleetBoston Financial (now a part of Bank of America) and the former president and chief operating officer of the Shawmut National Corporation.

Gus Lee

He was a drill sergeant, paratrooper, corporate whistle blower, Senior Executive for the State Bar of California and a corporate VP, EVP and chief operating officer.

Hal Kvisle

Chief operating officer Russ Girling assumed the new position of president and CEO on July 1, 2010.

Harvey E. Johnson, Jr.

Mr. Johnson was the former Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Hector Ruiz

Ruiz worked at Texas Instruments for six years and Motorola for 22 years, rising to become president of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector before being recruited in 2000 by AMD founder Jerry Sanders to serve as AMD's president and chief operating officer, and to become heir apparent to lead the company upon Sanders' retirement.

Howard M. Radzely

Howard Marc Radzely was the Deputy Secretary of Labor, the chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Labor, a Cabinet agency with over 15,000 employees and an annual budget of over $50 billion, from December 19, 2007, through February 2, 2009.

International Center for Research on Women

Degnan Kambou served for two years as ICRW’s chief operating officer (COO) under former president Geeta Rao Gupta, and then as interim president and COO after Rao Gupta stepped down in April 2010.

InZero Systems

InZero Systems is headed by Chairman and Manager Gerald E. O’Shaughnessy, an Executive Chairman/co-founder of GEOPARK Holdings, and CEO Louis R. Hughes, formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Lockheed Martin.

Jane Usher

She is the widow of Harry Usher, also a lawyer and the chief operating officer of the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Jim Cantalupo

Charlie Bell, the company's president and chief operating officer, was chosen to succeed Cantalupo as CEO but stepped down the following November 22 to seek treatment for colon cancer, being succeeded by vice chairman Jim Skinner as CEO and by Michael Roberts as president.

John Degnan

John J. Degnan, former Attorney General of New Jersey, vice chairman and chief operating officer of The Chubb Corporation

JT Storage

It was founded in 1994 by "Jugi" Tandon—the inventor of the double-sided floppy disk drive and founder of Tandon Corporation—and Tom Mitchell, a co-founder of Seagate and former president and Chief Operating Officer of both Seagate and Conner Peripherals.

Kenneth L. Gile

Kenneth "Ken" Gile (born 1947) is the Chief Operating Officer of Flydubai, the low-cost carrier owned by the Dubai government.

Kim Capri

Kim Capri was also the Chief Operating Officer of the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

KLBU

Ken Christensen, chief operating officer of Blu Ventures based in Fort Myers, Florida, was looking to buy a Santa Fe radio station.

Laurence Tosi

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Tosi held a number of senior positions at Merrill Lynch & Co. including chief operating officer of Merrill's trading and investment banking division.

Lotz

Michael J. Lotz, President and Chief Operating Officer of Mesa Air Group

Mathias Entenmann

He then became Vice President International of eBay's PayPal subsidiary in Europe and Asia, advanced to being Chief Products and Services Officer at Betfair Ltd in London before he finally joined Loyalty Partner, a vendor of Loyalty programs in June 2011 as Chief Operating Officer.

Michael Arrington

His other entrepreneurial endeavors include co-founding Zip.ca and Pool.com, acting as chief operating officer for Razorgator, and founding Edgeio.

Michael H. Herson

Other leadership of ADI includes Van Hipp, Jr, who serves as Chairman, and George Phillips, who serves as Chief Operating Officer.

Michael J. Lotz

Michael J. Lotz is President and Chief Operating Officer of Mesa Air Group, joining the Company in July 1998.

Pat Gelsinger

Prior to becoming CEO of VMware he was President and Chief Operating Officer, EMC Information Infrastructure Products at EMC.

Pete Clifton

Clifton replaced Richard Deverell in the role, who had moved to become chief operating officer of CBBC.

Pete Power

Power worked as the Financial Systems Manager for Concern Worldwide until 2009 when he became Chief Operating Officer at Prosperity Initiative, a private sector development NGO based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Peter Monroe

Peter Monroe earlier had served with United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp as the Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

Ralf Speth

In 2002 he joined The Linde Group and served as Head of Global Operations and as Vice President of Operations, and also Chief Operating Officer and Member of Executive Board at its subsidiary KION Group GmbH.

Ray R. Irani

Prior to working for Occidental, he was president and chief operating officer of Olin Corporation, a chemicals and metals company.

Richard Deverell

In March 2009 Deverell was named chief operating officer of the BBC's new broadcasting and production centre in Salford Quays.

Robert Sherwin

A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Zenger Folkman.

Roger Ream

In 1991, he joined The Fund for American Studies as executive vice president and was named president and chief operating officer in 1998.

Sherri W. Goodman

John Goodman is Chief Operating Officer of Accenture Federal, a global management consulting, technology service and outsourcing company.

Stephen Wolf

He joined Pan American World Airways as a senior vice president in 1981 and became president and chief operating officer of Continental Airlines in 1982.

Thomas C. Ferguson

From 1984 to 1987 Mr. Ferguson was Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, DC.

Vivek Paul

The following day, Wipro announced that Paul was leaving and that Dr A L Rao, would become the chief operating officer.

Willard C. Butcher

After a short tenure as Chase’s vice chairman in charge of worldwide planning, expansion and diversification, Butcher was named president and chief operating officer of the bank in 1972, reporting to David Rockefeller, then chairman and CEO.

York Community High School

Ken Paulson is the president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum, Newseum and Diversity Institute; he is the former editor and senior vice president/news of USA Today and USATODAY.com.