Doug most recently held executive positions at BBA Aviation, as Vice President, Aviation/Regulatory Affairs & Contract Administration as well as Vice President, Operations Planning with Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG).
STAMFORD, CONN. – PASSUR Aerospace, Inc., a business intelligence, predictive analytics, and big data company, announced that Douglas (Doug) Hofsass has joined the Company to lead PASSUR's Airport and Business Aviation programs. This is a new position within the company, created to build on PASSUR's strong airport market share and accelerate the growth of PASSUR's air traffic optimization solutions to the airport market.
Doug most recently held executive positions at BBA Aviation, as Vice President, Aviation/Regulatory Affairs & Contract Administration as well as Vice President, Operations Planning with Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG). Doug was responsible for the leadership and oversight of key relationships with airports and airlines across ASIG's commercial network. He worked closely with airport and airline executives on developing collaborative solutions and innovative strategies to respond to operational and financial challenges. As the Vice President of Operations Planning for ASIG, Doug's responsibilities included leadership of ASIG's system labor planning/performance, operational performance measurements, revenue/pricing methodologies, customer marketing strategies and organizational change initiatives.
As Assistant Administrator of Risk Based Security, Deputy Assistant Administrator of Security Policy & Industry Engagement and General Manager of Commercial Aviation at the US Department of Homeland Security – TSA, Doug was responsible for building and maintaining strong security networks and working strategically and collaboratively with industry stakeholders to develop security policies, programs, and practices that improved security, created efficiencies, and reduced impacts to the aviation industry nationwide. Doug also served as TSA's principal executive liaison for commercial aviation operators and commercial aviation associations nationwide. He served as the Federal Security Director for DHS-TSA in New York City for several years before his leadership roles at headquarters.
Prior to his executive roles at BBA Aviation and the Department of Homeland Security, Doug worked for United Airlines for nearly 10 years and held a number of operational, sales and field leadership positions, where he focused on airport operations performance and service delivery.
"Doug is a disciplined, competent, high-energy business and aviation leader with a great reputation in our industry – with deep knowledge of PASSUR because every organization he has worked with has been a PASSUR customer," said Jim Barry, PASSUR President and CEO. "Doug's leadership of our airport and business aviation group will provide even more services to our existing customers and will broaden our reach with airports to further improve the financial and operational performance of those airports and the airlines they serve."
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