Leadership Profiles

Dinakara Nagalla - President and Chief Executive Officer - Dinakara Nagalla joined EmpowerMX in 2004 and previously held the title of Chief Technology Officer. During his first years with the company, he led product development, implementation, maintenance and support, and customer service efforts. He served as a consultant to EmpowerMX prior to 2004 and led the further development of its product architecture and content management systems while at the same time participating in several industry efforts to standardize aviation and information technology best practices. Mr. Nagalla has a highly-developed and highly-respected expertise in information-based subject matters for airlines including Enterprise Work Flow, Maintenance Document Authoring/Tracking, Maintenance Planning, Configuration Management, Line Maintenance, Production Control and Non-Routine Management.

Prior to joining EmpowerMX, Mr. Nagalla served a 12 year career in information technology management. His experience includes serving as an independent consultant to a variety of airline industry entities, including major airlines, in the areas of product and process development. Previously, he held key positions at EDS Industry’s Airline Solutions subsidiary. He also worked as a Research Engineer in India Institute of Technology in Bombay, India at the start of his career.


Stan I. Melling - Vice President, Consulting and Business Development - Stan Melling, a twenty-year aviation industry veteran, joined EmpowerMX in early 2000, after spending 14 years at Northwest Airlines.  Starting as a line mechanic, Mr. Melling moved quickly through the ranks at Northwest Airlines, achieving the position of senior manager of base operations. He has in-depth knowledge of all aspects of aircraft maintenance operations including the technology supporting work at hangar floor and line stations.  His outstanding aircraft maintenance industry background also stems from various positions held at Elliot Beechcraft, Aerovation and the American Aviation Company.


 

 
 
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