SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Airport Management and Systems Experience Summary

Overall responsibility as senior airport manager at four different air carrier airports over the past 25 years; also former Alaska Statewide Aviation Director for the Alaska Department of Transportation, responsible for coordinating Airport Development and Master Planning, Leasing, Regulatory Compliance, Operations, Security, and Capital Equipment functions for 259 state operated airports, development of statewide regulations, airport standards and certification issues, and implementation of system-wide facility maintenance standards. Mr. Bowers is an Accredited Airport Executive (AAE), a Certified Airport Executive (CAE), and Adjunct University Instructor for Airport, Aviation and Transportation Management, Operations, Airport and Facilities Planning, Financial Management and System Operations.

Project Construction /Management Experience includes direct responsibility for tens of millions of dollars of airport construction, from new terminal construction to remodels, to multiple runway, taxiway, and other airfield projects and multiple Airport Master Plans, all in compliance with requisite state and federal regulations.

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

2003-2009 Aviation Consultant, Anchorage, Alaska:

Projects include Airports and Cargo System Analysis, Airport Fueling Systems, Regulatory Litigation, Airport Lighting, and ADS-B Technology applications.

1995-2003 Director of Statewide Aviation, Alaska Department of Transportation, Anchorage, Alaska:

Responsible for Airport Capital Development and Airport Master Planning Program, Leasing and Security Policies for 259 State owned/operated airports. Administered ~$142 million annual airport improvement program. Also served as Interim Fairbanks Airport Manager, Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska, while Statewide Aviation Director, focusing on coordination and regulatory compliance with of new federal security rules.

1978-1994 Airport Management Experience as Airport Director/Manager:

• Responsible for overall planning and administration and all airfield operations and maintenance, airport leasing, contracts, financial management, capital improvement planning and development, and federal regulatory compliance.
• Completed major renovation of terminal facility, built new ATCT and new ARFF facilities, expanded Air Cargo facilities, completed multiple and substantial airfield AOA infrastructure expansions.
• Developed all financial planning and revenue bond issues for new 'green field' terminal complex and related airfield infrastructure.

Analyzed airline and other aeronautic enterprise and agreements for legal and regulatory compliance.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Air Commerce degree, Florida Tech University, Melbourne, FL;
• Master of Business Administration degree, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO.

• Current U.S. government "Secret" Clearance;

• A.A.E. (Accredited Airport Executive), 1984, by American Association of Airport Executives;

• C.A.E. (Certified Airport Executive), 1984, by California Association of Airport Executives;

• Recognized as "Airport Executive of the Year, 2001" by Northwest Chapter of AAAE;

• AAAE Board of Directors, May 1996 to May 2002, American Association of Airport Executives;

• Alaska Aviation Coordination Council, Charter Chairman (1998 - 2000);

• Co-recipient, National Aeronautics Association Collier Trophy for the development of ADS-B (2007;

• FAA Capstone program "Founder";

• Presented multiple Airport Management and Development Seminars in the Russian Far East (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Yakutia), as well as in USA for RFE airport officials;

• Adjunct College Instructor in multiple Aviation and Airport Management Curricula, all part time, from 1986 to 2005, at the University of Alaska - Anchorage (UAA) and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC).