Avionics News May 2023 - 13

AEA
AEA ELECTS NEW
BOARD MEMBERS
Members of the Aircraft Electronics Association
recently elected new representatives to the board of
directors. The following individuals will serve a threeyear
term through March 2026.
* Gordon Cox, Avionics 2000
* Danny Santiago, Banyan Air Service
* Todd Winter, Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics
Gordon Cox begins his second term on the board
and represents the South Pacific region. He is the
general manager of Avionics 2000, an
avionics support company in Essendon
Fields, Victoria, Australia. Cox is in
charge of the day-to-day management
of Avionics 2000 and assists the
managing director with long-term
planning for the business.
As the company's CASA liaison,
he also has oversight of installations,
Gordon Cox
defect rectification and routine maintenance of aircraft.
Cox has 40 years of experience in the avionics stream
from business jets to small private aircraft, primarily
in the management sector. A non-active pilot, he is also
CASA licenced on a multitude of aircraft and types.
Danny Santiago of Banyan Air Service in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, begins his first term on the board. He
began his aviation career at Broward College in pursuit of
an A&P license. He attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University and received his bachelor's
degree in aviation maintenance and
management.
After his tenure with Southeast
Danny Santiago
Turbines, Santiago moved to Banyan Air
Service to take advantage of his aircraft
maintenance license. Starting as an
A&P technician, he was then made crew
Todd Winter begins his second term on the board of
directors after previously serving from 2000 to 2002. He
is the president and CEO of Mid-Continent Instruments
and Avionics, a leader in the aviation support industry,
with customers in 52 countries. He is CEO of True
Blue Power, the first company in the world to develop
and TSO certify a safe, reliable, lithium-ion main ship
aerospace battery - now an industry standard.
Winter's commitment to the AEA and its members
is reflected in his receiving the
prestigious Member of the Year Award
(2019) and Mid-Continent Instruments
and Avionics receiving the Associate
Member of the Year Award (2001,
2012). His leadership and industry
experience offers invaluable insight
into the general, business, commercial,
defense, special mission, UAV, allTodd
Winter
electric, hybrid-electric and eVTOL markets.
Founded in 1964, Mid-Continent Instruments and
Avionics is an FAA/EASA authorized repair station
and AS9100D-certified manufacturing facility.
The company specializes in the manufacturing,
maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft instruments
and avionics. True Blue Power specializes in the
design and manufacturing of electrical power systems,
including USB and wireless chargers, power conversion
products, emergency power supplies, and advanced
lithium-ion aircraft batteries. q
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leader, specifically the Falcon lead. Within three years,
Santiago secured the position of maintenance service
manager at Banyan. Santiago assumed the role of director
of avionics in January 2018. Recently, he has spearheaded
the ADS-B and connectivity projects at Banyan and is the
main liaison with GE and Gogo. Santiago is a member of
the Gogo dealer advisory board and an active member of
several business aviation organizations.
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