Press Release
Sinex Strengthens Executive Team with
Significant Hires
Critical leadership in Product Engineering
and Sales are named to support company’s continued growth.
DULUTH, MN, June 21, 2004
– Sinex Aviation Technologies, a leading provider of
software solutions for the management of aircraft maintenance
functions, today announced the appointment of Dinakara Nagalla
as Vice President of Technology and John Hillman as Vice President
of Sales.
Dinakara Nagalla joins Sinex following
a successful 12 year career in information technology management
in the transportation industry. Nagalla has most recently
served as an independent consultant to a variety of airline
industry entities including American Airlines and other major
airlines in the areas of product and process development.
Prior to that he was the Lead Technologist/Chief Architect
for EDS Industry’s Airline Solutions subsidiary. 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.
As a consultant to Sinex prior to accepting the Vice President
of Technology post, Mr. Nagalla led the further development
of its product architecture and content management systems
while at the same time participating in several industry efforts
to standardize Java related specifications. He also worked
as a Research Engineer in India Institute of Technology Bombay,
India at the start of his career.
John Hillman joins Sinex with over 20 years of experience
in selling and managing sales efforts for a variety of application
software companies. Most recently, Hillman served as President
and CEO of The Advisory Group, a Minnetonka, MN consultancy
organization that assists start-up to mid-size technology
companies in the formulation of effective sales and marketing
plans and sales processes. Prior to that, Hillman was Vice
President, Sales & Marketing for International Decision Systems,
a global leader in application software for the banking and
equipment leasing market. From 1995 to 2002 Mr. Hillman held
a variety of increasingly responsible sales and sales management
positions with Minneapolis-based Lawson Software. He was personally
involved in revenue contributions of over $48 million and
managed a team of sales professionals that established Lawson
Software as the dominant software application set in the healthcare
marketplace and was a member of Lawson’s Presidents Club for
5 years.
“To effectively respond to the growing market opportunity
for automated maintenance solutions that create the efficiencies
that are re-shaping the global airline industry, we have added
two individuals who bring an industry and market-driven strength
and expertise to the table”, said CEO John Miller. “Dinakara
Nagalla has been a highly respected and sought after resource
in airline IT since he first started working in the air transport
industry seven years ago. John Hillman has a proven track
record of building and managing sales organizations and sales
processes that deliver bottom line results. We are delighted
to have them join our team and help us achieve the next level
of success at Sinex.”
About EmpowerMX
EmpowerMX is an industry leader in aviation
maintenance software solutions and consulting services. The
company’s FleetCycle® Suite of Maintenance Solutions
for airline operators, MRO’s and OEM’s provides
management with real-time, globally available intelligence
on maintenance activity, reliability and fleet status. FleetCycle®
Production Manager is the premier execution tool for heavy
maintenance operations, having been selected by six major
airline organizations. The company’s Consulting Services
empower maintenance operations to maximize their efficiency
by optimizing maintenance programs, training personnel, establishing
best practices and improving processes. EmpowerMX also provides
a full range of customer services including information technology
consulting, system implementation, integration, training and
24/7 support. For more details, visit www.empowermx.com.
For more information contact:
Stan Melling
Vice President, Consulting and Business Development
218.723.7887
stan.melling@empowermx.com
