PEOPLE
Larry Alexandre has
taken over as CEO of
Sagem Avionics. He
was previously COO
of Turbomeca. In
addition to developing
new markets, Alexandre’s goals for Sagem
will focus on “improving the availability
of components and parts to support our
operators. It’s one thing to have a great
product, but you want to have great
support, to keep your operators flying.”
Alexandre notes that 2010 “is defi-
nitely going to be a flat year, kind of a
refocus or tighten-your-belt year, but
tighten your belt without jeopardizing
the future.” However, he continues, “even
though the market is flat right now, it will
pick back up, and we think we have great
growth opportunity,” adding that a down
market “doesn’t mean you stop spending,
preparing for the future. There will be an
upswing, we’re hoping that’s it’s going to be
early 2011.” Internally, Alexandre says that
Sagem needs to look at ways to sharpen
its customer focus. “That is something we
have to imprint in our mind: Day-in, day-out—we’re here to serve the customer,” he
says. —By Andrew D. Parker
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California Shock Trauma Air Rescue
(CALSTAR) has named Mark Vincen-
zini chief financial officer. He was previ-
ously CFO for Intl Business Systems of
Folsom, Calif. Vincenzini succeeds Lynn
Malmstrom, who assumed the role of
CEO on April 1 from current chief execu-
tive Joseph Cook, who has retired.
coming events
April 7–10: Aircraft Electronics Association Convention, Orlando,
Fla. Contact AEA, phone 1-816-347-8400 or visit www.aea.net
April 14–17: Army Aviation Association of America (Quad-A)
Annual Convention, Fort Worth, Texas. Contact Quad-A, phone
1-203-268-2450 or visit www.quad-a.org
April 21–22: Search and Rescue 2010, Aberdeen, Scotland. Contact
Shepherd Group, phone + 44 0 1753 727015 or visit www.shepherd.
co.uk/events/44/search-and-rescue-2010/
May 3–6: 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas.
Contact Offshore Technology Conference, phone 1-972-952-9494 or
visit www.otcnet.org/2010/
May 4–6: European Business Aviation Association and NBAA’s
EBACE 2010, Geneva, Switzerland. Contact EBAA, phone + 32 2 766
0073 or visit www.ebaa.org
May 11–13: American Helicopter Society International 66th
Annual Forum and Technology Display, Phoenix, Ariz. Contact AHS
Intl, phone 1-703-684-6777 or visit www.vtol.org
May 11–13: 55th Annual Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar
(CASS), Tucson, Ariz. Contact Flight Safety Foundation, phone
1-703-739-6700 or visit www.flightsafety.org
May 20–22: Intl Helicopter Industry Exhibition, Moscow, Russia.
Contact HeliRussia, + 7 495 958 9490 or visit www.helirussia.ru
May 25–27: Helitech Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Contact Reed
Exhibitions Ltd., phone + 44 (0) 20 8271 2155 or visit www.
helitechevents.com/brasil/
June 8–9: Safety and Training Summit,
presented by Rotor & Wing, Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver, Colo. Contact
Rotor & Wing, phone 1-301-354-1813, e-mail jheinold@accessintel.com or visit
www.aviationtoday.com/sats/
May 25–27: Heli-Pacific, Queensland, Australia. Contact Shepherd
Group, phone + 44 0 1753 727015 or visit www.shepherd.co.uk/
events/40/heli-pacific-2010/
July 19–25: Farnborough Intl Airshow 2010, Farnborough, England.
Contact FIA, phone + 44 0 1252 532800 or visit www.farnborough.com
July 14–17: Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) Annual
Conference, Tucson, Ariz. Contact ALEA, phone 1-301-631-2406 or
visit www.alea.org
Aug. 21–23: National Guard Association of the United States
(NGAUS) 132nd General Conference, Austin, Texas. Contact
NGAUS, phone 1-202-789-0031 or visit www.ngaus.org
Sept. 7–9: 36th European Rotorcraft Forum 2010, Paris, France.
Contact ERF, phone + 33 15 664 1235 or visit www.erf2010.org
Oct. 5–10: Helitech Europe 2010, Estoril, Portugal. Contact Reed
Exhibitions, phone + 44 0 208 271 2155 or visit www.helitecheurope.
com
Oct. 5–10: FAI 104th General Conference, Dublin, Ireland. Contact
FAI, phone +4121 345 1070 or visit www.fai.org
Oct. 11–13: AAMS Air Medical Transport Conference (AM TC),
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Contact Association of Air Medical Services,,
phone 1-703-836-8732 or visit www.aams.org
Oct. 19–21: National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 63rd
Annual Meeting & Convention, Atlanta, Ga. Contact NBAA, phone
1-202-783-9000 or visit www.nbaa.org
Oct. 25–27: Association of the U. S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting,
Washington, D. C. Contact AUSA, phone 1-703-841-4300, toll free
1-800-336-4570 or visit www.ausa.org
Nov. 1–3: AHS International Meeting on Advanced Rotorcraft
Technology and Safety Operations (Heli Japan), Ohmiya, Japan.
Contact AHS Intl, 1-703-684-6777 or visit www.vtol.org
