DARIO P. MANFREDI of Glen Head, NY, is President of ASR. He is an accomplished financial executive who, along with his brother and sister, inherited the patent estate for the life-saving ASR TriChute Landing System. The former Senior Auditor and Senior Accountant in Controller’s Department of Empire Savings Bank in New York, and Fortune 500 J.P. Stevens and Company, formed Aviation Safety Resources in 2000 to commercialize the system. Manfredi has been actively involved in designing ASR technology while also leading the effort to obtain and upgrade the1991 patent. Currently, he leads the ASR Innovation Team assembled to fast-track FAA certification. He is a graduate of St. John’s University in Queens, NY, where he also earned his MBA.
GEORGE GALLOWAY, a commercial pilot and expert in parachute design, manufacturing and drop testing, founded Precision Aerodynamics in 1981. He is an FAA certified Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representative and Master Parachute Rigger. As a member of the US Parachute Association, he has held numerous leadership positions over 35 years. He also participated as a member of various FAA committees including technical, rigging and parachute certification standards. Galloway is an experienced parachutist and holds an expert parachutist rating from FAI/United States Parachute Association with more than 3,000 parachute jumps since 1972.
THOMAS MORGAN, Chief Engineer and FAA certification consultant, complements the ASR team with experience advancing FAA certification for E-10A Surveillance Aircraft (767-400ER) and Boeing and Seattle ACO certification training. Morgan earned a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Parks College of Aeronautical Technology in Illinois. He also completed courses in Airplane Flight Dynamics, Open and Closed Loop and FAA Functions leading to certification from the University of Kansas. This FAA Designated Engineering Representative also has worked with other teams to achieve FAA certification for system safety and cargo bay flammability.
BOB LA FRANCE was vice president of programs and business development at Scot Incorporated, a pyrotechnic company located in Downers Grove, IL., which focuses on escape system components for aircraft, tactical missiles, launch vehicles and spacecraft. He has over 20 years experience in crew escape systems and survival equipment. La France also has worked at Pacific Scientific and has held commercial pilot certification since 1979 with more than 1,400 hours as pilot in command. He now works in the military business development department for Goodrich Interiors, located in Colorado.
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