IAS Alum’NewsS2 - 2018

#1

Connecting International Aerospace Professionals Together !

From October the 15th to the 24th, Valérie Barthe, Head of Business Development and Adeline Verdier, Key Account Manager, went to China for a follow-up and prospective mission. Meetings in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai with our customers and prospects allowed them to work on new training projects.On that occasion, they had the chance also to share a nice dinner with three Alumni members : Mr WANG Minghao, Risk Management Dept (IAS - 2013) Mr TENG Hanting, DGM Risk Management Dept. (IAS - 2014) and Mr ZHU Jian, Risk Control Manager (IAS - 2016) all of them working for AVIC International leasing in Shanghai.This friendly event was once again the demonstration of strong and sincere links with the members !

Editorial

To all IAS Alumni members: thank you!

As an introduction to this 1st edition, I would like to express my sincere thanks!First of all, thanks to all of you who have registered online the brand new platform, we have now a real dedicated tool, that I hope will be very useful!As member of this great community gathering international aerospace professionals, each one of you is important. As far as I can say, each new development has been the proof that the work done is worth! Every step we take and all the improvements that we have done are welcome with much enthusiasm! It is wonderful for me to animate such an important and great network, and on each meeting or exchange with you, I find positive, reactive and innovative people.That’s why I would like to dedicate this first editorial to you members. I wish to focus on the great and continuous feedback I get. I count on your ongoing contributions and ideas to make this half-yearly newsletter a real success !And of course, the IAS team will always be there to answer you, and to welcome you should you visit IAS, or Toulouse. Don't forget IAS is your second home...

Amanda BOSCUSIAS Alumni Network Manager

Your network’s life

Dinner in China with IAS Alumni members

On September 20th of this year, 28 participants of the 2017-2018 IAS Annual Master Program received the prestigious French Aeronautic & Space Industry Award.During the ceremony, 11 participants representing all the companies of the laureates: Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Aeromexico, Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation, Civil Aeronautic Administration, China Academy of Space Technology, Peruvian Space Agency CONIDA, Malaysian Armed Forces and National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology delivered very touching speeches in front of the numerous guests. Invitees from the Consulate of Mexico in Toulouse, representatives of the French industry and of

Your network’s life

Congratulations to the participants of the 2017-2018 Annual Master Program !

institutional partners attended the event.As the past 3 years now, 6 Alumni members sent their video congratulations messages. Mr GAO Lei, Director of HR Department at CAST (IAS-2017) from China, Mr Naresh Chandra SHARMA, Head Business Development - Defence at TATA Advanced Materials (IAS-1987) from India, Mr Eduardo CALVARIO, Mobile Repair Teams Manager at Pratt & Whitney Canada CSC Europe (IAS-2016) from Mexico, Mr Li-Wei YU, Research Assistant Navigation & Communication at NCSIST (IAS-2017) from Taiwan, Mr Trevor RAMAN, President & CEO of SAAB Grintek Defence (IAS-2001) from South Africa and Mr XU Fengnan, Senior Manager Customer Support AVIC (IAS-2017) from China, thank you all for your participation !In the end, Mr Patrick FARDEAU, Vice President Global Sales and Market Development, Aerospace & Defence at Dassault Systèmes, and Sponsor of this promotion represented by Mr Alexandre FIGUIERE has sent his congratulations to the participants, and Mr Frederic POCHET-REYNES, IAS President, has closed the ceremony.

Mrs Reyhaneh SAYFI, Manager, Airbus Programs - Bombardier

In this year 2018, where women hit the headlines on an international level, it appeared to me this first portrait of a member had to be one of a woman.

Meeting up with a member

The lady I chose is Mrs Reyhaneh Sayfi (IAS-2004) from Iran. She has lived her childhood in Teheran, daughter of a two children girls family. After long studies both in Iran and in France, she has been selected to follow the ENAC Master in Aircraft Airworthiness Aviation Safety through the IAS Annual Master Program in 2003-2004. She completed this step successfully, ensuring an internship mission at the DGAC - GSAC dealing with the development of a POE (Production Organization Exposition) Scheme taking into account EN 9100 requirements.Her career path led her to many places from Teheran where she started working at the local civil aviation, then to Toulouse, Montreal, Belfast and eventually Toulouse where she landed again in 2017. Since 2007 working for Bombardier, she is now in charge of Airbus Programs, Bombardier Aerostructure and Engineering (BAES) Representative for various BAES works packages with AI on the A320 Neo and A220. She has a multi sectorial experience working at different levels in engineering, flight safety & airworthiness, strategy and marketing, cost and pricing, contract & negotiations, as well as commercial & program management.But all the more, she is a human oriented person, and a humanitarian. She has worked as volunteer in the Canadian red-cross - Haiti Operation and orphanages in Douala - Cameroun. When you ask her what is the most important thing in her life, that’s her answer: “I have passion for people. And I feel the joy in working with them, empowering them to believe their highest potentials.”

SPACE: In 2018, CFOSAT (China-France Oceanography SATellite) was placed into Earth orbit to study ocean surface winds and waves. These data will enable more reliable sea-state forecasts and yield new insights into ocean-atmosphere interactions.[Source: https://cfosat.cnes.fr/en/CFOSAT/index.htm]

AIRCRAFT: Airbus A330-800 makes first flightAirbus A330-800 development aircraft MSN1888 completed a successsful four-hour first flight on 6th November. The A330-800 is the smaller of the two members of the A330neo family, which also includes the A330-900.[Source: http://www.aircosmosinternational.com/airbus-a330-800-makes-first-flight-116989]

Aerospace Corner

zone limite pour article «the latest from IAS»

HELICOPTERS: Royal Thai Air Force receives two more H225MsThe Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has taken delivery of its seventh and eighth Airbus Helicopters H225M (previously known as EC725) multirole utility helicopters.[Source: : http://www.aircosmosinternational.com/royal-thai-air-force-receives-two-more-h225ms-116455]

DEFENCE: Four IAF Sukhoi Su-30 Fighter Jets Delivered To AngolaFour Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets, formerly flown by the Indian Air Force and returned to Russia in the early part of this decade, have been upgraded to Su-30KN standard and delivered to Angola in October this year.[Source:http://defencenews.in/article/Four-IAF-Sukhoi-Su-30-Fighter-Jets-Delivered-To-Angola-581670]

Below is a quick presentation of a few members’ achievements. Please find more on the IAS Alumni platform.

Your latest achievements

CENTRAL & LATIN AMERICA

Mr Hugo Sandoval(IAS - 1998) from Colombia working in the United States, has been appointed Senior Deputy Fleet Chief 787 at Boeing Company.

Mr Robert Quiroga (IAS - 2012) from Colombia has been promoted Jefe Aplicaciones Espaciales at Colombian Air Force.

EUROPE

Mr Panagiotis Drakopoulos (IAS - 2005) from Greece has been appointed Civil-Military Co-operation & Disaster Relief Units Coordinator at the Hellenic National Defense General Staff.

Mr Sergey Nemtsov(IAS - 2000) from Uzbekistan has been hired as Flight Service Engineer Global 7000/8000 at Bombardier in Canada.

AFRICA

Mr Obert Chakarisa (IAS - 2001) from South Africa has taken a new job as Head of Compliance at Flysafair & Safair Operations (Pty) Ltd.

ASIA

Mr R. Madhavan(IAS - 2014) from India has been appointed Chairman & Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

Mr Eddy Setiawan(IAS - 1999) from Indonesia has been appointed Co-Chairman of High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS SG IICF).

Mr Yuichi Takayama(IAS - 2014) from Japan has been nominated CEO of Alton Aviation Consultancy.

MIDDLE EAST

Mr Hani Alharbi(IAS - 2009) from Saudi Arabia has been promoted General Manager Sales & Distribution Strategy at Saudia.

IAS Alumni Network

Publication editor: Amanda BoscusGraphic design: IAS#TheSmartNetwork

Institut Aéronautique & Spatial23 avenue Edouard BelinCS 4401331028 Toulouse Cedex 4 - France+33 (0)5 62 17 33 33www.iasalumni.org

The Institut Aéronautique & Spatial’s worldwide community gathers more than 3,700 aerospace professionals from more than 100 countries.

INDIA 20-24 Feb. 2019

The main Aerospace International Airshows in the next six months

COUNTRY DATESEXHIBITION

Aero India

FRANCE 02-03 Mar. 2019

17-23 Jun. 2019

Paris Space Week

The latest from IAS

On November the 21st, all the IAS team gathered to celebrate the 30th work anniversary of Anne-Marie Pons, Executive Assistant at IAS, that many of you know.The occasion for her to come back on her great career at IAS :«What most striking evolution would you point out in 30 years ?»In my case, working on an administrative level, the most obvious evolution is digitalization. Means of communication have developped so fast, and part of the IAS mission, which is the creation and development of a network, has become much easier thanks to the arrival of

BANGALORE

MALAYSIA 12-14 Mar. 2019LIMA’19 LANGKAWI

TOWN

PARIS

FRANCEInternational Paris Airshow PARIS LE BOURGET

The IAS team celebrates a 30th work birthday !

communication tools, not only smartphones or Internet, but also social media, messaging devices or applications.«Working in a multi cultural environment, what would you remind as the most enriching?»In our daily work environment, we have the chance to deal almost exclusively with multi-cultural partners and customers. The first word that comes to me is openness, this is the most important asset to work in such an international environment, and this is also what is the most striking with the participants that follow IAS training solutions. Since 30 years, what people have shared together and what makes the link relevant in the end is this recognition of the interest in other cultures or foreign people, and from a personal point of view, this is the most enriching thing that I have been experiencing.«Could you tell us a short anecdote with IAS Alumni that stands out for you ?»It would be too simplistic to point out one specific story as I experienced so many! What I would like to focus about the Alumni members is this «family spirit». For example, I have worked for 27 years with Didier Feriol, IAS Alumni Network Manager untill 2015, whose involvement and way of working resulted in this sense of belonging to a community, to a family. The members not only come from the same sector or share the same passion, but also share values and receive some specific welcome and support from the IAS team. As for the main events I will always remember, I have to mention the professional part with the numerous FASIA ceremonies we organized, as well as the Christmas parties from a more personal point of view, which greatly contributed to the feeling of being part of the same family!

BRASIL 02-05 Apr. 2019LAAD 2019 RIO DE JANEIRO

UNITED STATES 06-09 May 2019Satellite 2019 WASHINGTON DCRUSSIA 16-18 May 2019Heli Russia 2019 MOSCOW