Ken Dufour
OVER 48 YEARS OF AVIATION EXPERIENCE
Kenneth M. Dufour brings a unique combination of flying, hands on aviation experience, and academic involvement to his consulting practice.
Mr. Dufour’s aviation career spans over 30 years of aviation involvement. He has held positions of increasing responsibility; including Regional Marketing Manager, Area Manager, Regional Vice-President, for Gulfstream Aerospace; Honey- well, BF Goodrich Aerospace, AlliedSignal, and Litton Aero Products.
He has been involved in several business expansions; corporate reengineering programs and has a leadership record of exceptional performance results. His contribution to these programs has been in the development and program management of key corporate initiatives (including Market Analysis and Forecast, New Product Introduction, Product-Line Expansion, Budgeting, Staffing, and Business Development Programs). He has been recognized for his excellence in Business Development, Customer Growth, Sales Achievement, and Customer Support throughout his career.
His portfolio includes a wealth of avionics experiences and knowledge on various Flight Deck Systems in numerous aircraft including Corporate, Air Transport, Regional Airline, and Military Applications.
Avionics experiences include Conceptual and Systems Design, Flight Operations, FAA Certification, and marketing/business development of these systems. These systems include Inertial, Omega, GPS Long-range Navigation System, Reactive and Forward Looking Windshear, TCAS I & II, CNI, ACARS, Satcom, as well as Flight Management Systems.
Mr. Dufour has been a full time, independent aircraft and aerospace asset appraiser providing valuations, audit, in- section services and portfolio manager for over 40 years for different segments within the aviation community and per- forms duties as an arbitrator and forensic appraiser.
These services include current and future value assessments for different aircraft as well as well Diminution of Value Assessments.
He is an Author of Aerospace Technical/Valuation Reports, a course developer, as well as a Consultant, Adjunct Professor, and Guest Lector for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has co-authored Chapter 14 “Aircraft Appraisal-Valuing Machinery and Equipment” of The Fundamentals of Appraising Machinery and Technical Assets”. Third Edition American Society of Appraisers and is a contributor to Chapter 8, “General Aviation and Appraisal, Aircraft Finance-Strategies for Managing Capital Cost in a Turbulent Industry and Prologue”
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF APPRAISERS ACCREDITED SENIOR APPRAISER
Mr. Dufour belongs to the American Society of Appraisers where he holds the designation of ASA**** (Accredited Senior Appraiser), an aviation course developer and instructor, and a member of the International MTS Committee. Additionally, he is a member of the Business Aviation Subcommittee under the Transportation Research Board.** He is a past (2003-2005) member of the Board of Directors of the National Aircraft Finance Association.
Mr. Dufour earned a Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics and Master of Aviation Management Degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University* in Daytona Beach, Florida. He is a licensed Airline Transport Pilot and a Certified Flight Instructor for Single-Engine, Multi-Engine, and Instruments. He is Chairman Trustee of the Student Life Committee and Alumni Advisory Council of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and he is also a Trustee, and Chair of the College Advancement for St. Anthony College of Nursing,***** and a member trustee of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
Mr. Dufour currently is an aerospace consultant for the Gerson Lehman Industrial Council and Vista Research (division of Standard & Poor’s), Round Table Group, and Guidepoint Global where he provides consulting on Aerospace/Aviation topics. Additionally, he is a founding member of JiET-A (Joint Institute of Engineering Technology Aerospace) College.******
In 1991 Mr. Dufour established Aviation Management Consulting, Inc. in Rockford, Illinois to furnish management, marketing/business development, valuation services, and technical needs for the aerospace marketplace.
*Embry-Riddle, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering and meets the needs of students and industry through its educational, training, research, and consulting activities. Embry-Riddle educates more than 40,000 students annually through the master level at residential campuses in Prescott, Arizona and Daytona Beach, Florida, through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 teaching centers in the United States and Europe, and worldwide through distance learning. Mr. Dufour is the Chairman of Student Affairs Committee, a member of the Executive Committee, Flight Safety and Institutional Advancement Committees. He has been a Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Board of Trustee member for over 10 years.
** The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a unit of the National Research Council, a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. The Board’s mission is to promote innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating and conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and encouraging the implementation of research results.
TRB fulfills this mission through the work of its standing technical committees and task forces addressing all modes and aspects of transportation; publication and dissemination of reports and peer-reviewed technical papers on research findings; administration of two contract research programs; conduct of special studies on transportation policy issues at the request of the U.S. Congress and government agencies.
*** The National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) was established to promote the general welfare of those persons and organizations who provide financing/leasing for the purchase of aircraft or who make loans secured by aircraft; to improve such industry’s service to the public; to cooperate with government officials in furthering the national welfare; and to carry out other activities recognized as lawful and beneficial for such type of organization.
**** The American Society of Appraisers is an organization of appraisal professionals and others interested in the appraisal profession. International in structure, it is self-supporting and independent. The oldest and only major appraisal organization representing all of the disciplines of appraisal specialists, the society originated in 1936 and incorporated in 1952. ASA's headquarters is in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.
The society is dedicated to the benefit of the appraisal profession. It is one of eight major appraisal societies that, in 1987, founded the Appraisal Foundation, a national nonprofit organization created to establish uniform criteria for professional appraisers. Since 1989 The Appraisal Foundation has been recognized by the U.S. Congress as the source for the development and promulgation of appraisal standards and qualifications.
Mr. Dufour has been officially recognized by ASA (2002-2003) for his exemplary service, dedication, and untiring efforts in the development, coordination, and implementation of the Technical Management Professional Valuation Specialty degree program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the aviation specific MTS courses for the American Society of Appraisers.
In August 2008, Mr. Dufour received the Jerry F. Larkins Award from the ASA recognizing his exceptional volunteer service and leadership on the part of an ASA member.
*****St. Anthony College of Nursing: The Mission of Saint Anthony College of Nursing , a private, Catholic college, is to provide quality undergraduate and graduate nursing education. This education, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, is provided in an environment that encourages open inquiry and lifelong learning in order to serve persons with the greatest care and love.
******JiET-A is an innovative, community-based initiative to significantly increase our own aerospace talent pipeline. It combines higher education with real-world experience at leading aerospace companies in the Rockford, IL area. Students enrolled in JiET- A higher education institution are selected by a participating aerospace company for internships, matched with a mentor and may apply for scholarships. Participating colleges and Universities are Northern Illinois University, Rock Valley College, Rockford College, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Internships are available at B/E Aerospace, Comply365, United Technologies Aerospace Systems, Kaney Aerospace and Woodward, Inc.