Bernd EWERS

Director of OEM Sales & Marketing in Europe/ME/India. • Lead bid and proposal activities in coordination with UTAS-SIS headquarters and global sites. • Develop strategic relationship with key accounts: Airbus, Dassault, BAeS, and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL). Director of Business Development and Program Management of UTAS-SIS operations in France:

- responsible for all OEM marketing and sales in Europe - lead major bid and proposal activities in coordination with US sites - manage the European Business Development Team (12 persons at 4 sites) - develop strategic relationship with key accounts (Airbus, Eurocopter, BAe-Systems, Rolls Royce, SAFRAN etc.) - coordinate program development support (A380, A4400M, NH90 etc.) and contracts management - Site Manager of the Toulouse Office (5 persons) - Certification as Lean Practitioner

Airbus General Engineering, Systems Department - managed new aircraft system specification in coordination with Airlines, Airbus Chief Engineer and trans-national Centers of Excellence (France, Germany and UK). - provided engineering expertise for aircraft sales and marketing campaigns. - coordinated A340-500/600, A320 braking system development. - developed new ice detection/protection strategy and represented Airbus as member of the EUROCAE ice protection working group (equivalent of SAE in Europe).

- managed a 3 year research project - developed, implemented and validated a new anti-skid braking control system for the A320 aircraft.

Airline Business, Aerospace Business

Aerodynamics, Flight Physics and Flight Control Engineering