Having joined Thales in 1999, Forrest Colliver is currently the Director of Marketing and Business Development for the Thales Air Transport Avionics (ATA) strategic business unit. In this capacity, he manages the product specialist team responsible for definition of feature/function product strategy, management of avionics product business plans, development of new business opportunities and partnerships, and support for the Thales ATA sales staff during key customer marketing campaigns. During this period, Forrest represented Thales as a board member of the joint venture company Aeronautical Communication International LLC.
Prior to joining Thales, Forrest spent 7 years with Sofréavia, a French aerospace consultancy company, acting as project manager for several European Air Traffic Management (ATM) research and development projects on Sofréavia’s behalf, and managing the development and initial deployment of the Sofréavia ProATN Router product line. During this period, Forrest represented the French Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC) on ICAO matters concerning aeronautical telecommunications.
Forrest has been active in the aerospace industry since joining the MITRE Corporation in 1986 as a communication networking specialist for the US FAA. In his capacity at MITRE, he initiated the definition and formal standardisation of the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN), representing the FAA in ICAO, RTCA/EUROCAE and AEEC forums.
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