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30 airportbusiness November 2014 UNDER DID YOU KNOW? MEYER competes in triathlons. Jesse Meyer: Loves travel and building relationships As a young boy, Jesse Meyer laid on the grass watching the planes overhead and guessing where they were headed. Years later it became his job to not only know where the planes were headed but also their make and model. Meyer says he chose aviation as a career because of his love of travel and passion for building relationships, which are closely linked in the aviation industry. He channelled this love for airports into an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, during which time he interned at Vancouver International Airport as part of its Retail and Passenger Services team. From Vancouver, he moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta, to be part of the exciting growth taking place at Canada's oil sands with the Fort McMurray Airport Authority. As the commercial manager at Canada's fastest growing airport, Meyer leads development, implementation and delivery of revenue gen- erating activity, business development initiatives, air service devel- opment, concessions management, marketing communications and stakeholder relations. Meyer is also director with Fort McMurray Tourism and a member of Airports Council Interna- tional-North American and the American Association of Airport Executives. Manager, Marketing and Communications Fort McMurray Airport Authority Age: 29 Years in Aviation: 3 Guillio Minguillo: Leading the way in the aviation career race Assistant Airport Director Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport Age: 37 Years in Aviation: 14 Track and field champ, Guillio Minguillo knows a thing about running. In his career, he's gone from one finish line to the next in a race he clearly appears to be winning. Minguillo landed his first airport job at Tweed-New Haven Airport, where he learned all the facets of airport opera- tions, security and Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, and obtained his single-engine land, instru- ment and commercial pilot's license with more than 400 hours of flight time. In 2004, he landed a job at one of the busiest general aviation airports in the country—Teterboro Airport. He started there as an Airport Operations Coordinator, and worked his way up to Assistant Operations Manager in 2007. Later, Minguillo became interested in Quality Management System (QMS)/ISO 9001-2008 and became a certified internal quality auditor. In 2010 he was involved in the Safety Management System (SMs) pilot study at Teterboro Airport. He excelled in safety compliance with internal QMS and FAR Part 139 regulations, employee records, FBO fuel training compliance, FAA Advisory Circular interpretation and application, implementation of wildlife hazard management plan, construction safety plans, winter operations safety and airport security. Currently, he is the Assistant Airport Director at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz. DID YOU KNOW? MINGUILLO 's dog, Bessie, is a Dachshund/ Australian Shepherd mix.