15 Dec David Tamir
Mr. David Tamir has over three decades of experience as a systems engineer and senior project manager leading innovative technology applications to improve business processes at over 26 airports mostly throughout the United States as well as the Space Shuttle Program. Through his expertise he has developed an efficient and practical gap/risk analysis methodology for identifying and prioritizing airport improvement projects. The methodology includes: identifying and grading airport functions, systems, assets, etc., defining respective criticalities, calculating consequent risks, identifying dependencies and finally developing a five-year phased funding plan based on priorities derived previously. To achieve success with airport improvement projects, Mr. Tamir diagrams the old “as-is” airport business processes in order to design the new “to-be” improved processes. He has improved hundreds of airport business processes spanning Finance & Procurement, Planning, Engineering & Construction, Facilities Management, Operations, Properties & Leasing, IT, Human Resources, Legal, and more. Mr. Tamir has extensive skills in systems project/program management, systems planning, systems design-build and systems commissioning.
Mr. Tamir has managed multiple high profile technology projects at various airports throughout the world including Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Calgary International Airport, Los Angeles World Airports, and with the Israel Airports Authority. Mr. Tamir has supported Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s Technology Program Management Office (T-PMO) and developed a needs/risk assessment on over 400 of their airport systems which resulted in a five-year IT road map masterplan. At Calgary International Airport, Mr. Tamir developed an Airport GIS/BIM needs assessment and implementation plan. He developed an updated enterprise IT/GIS needs assessment and implementation plan that includes a technology applications roadmap, change management plan and business processes, procedures, QC/QA and metrics plan for the Los Angeles World Airports. Additionally, Mr. Tamir has developed an enterprise IT/GIS recommended approach and mobilization plan based on airport industry best practices for the Israel Airports Authority. Along with the projects at these specific airports, Mr. Tamir has developed, for x-Spatial, an enterprise IT/GIS system architecture for airports, a white paper on airport 3D spatial applications for Skyline Software Systems and a study on airport training requirements for various aspects of FAA compliance for Britannica Knowledge Systems.
Previously, Mr. Tamir was Vice President at DMJM Aviation/AECOM Technology Corporation. In that capacity he assembled and managed the Airport IT Systems department consisting of 35 specialized professionals. He also developed the IT Master Plan for Chicago O’Hare’s International Airport in support of a multi-billion dollar Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Additionally, he founded and chaired the Airports Consultants Council (ACC) IT & Systems National Committee, the Airport IT & Systems Guidelines for Planning, Design, Construction and Commissioning, and the American Association of Airport Executives’ (AAAE) Spatial Airport Assessment Management System (SAAMS) Cloud Computing Solution. Finally, Mr. Tamir managed the development and implementation of various integrated IT systems at over two dozen airports throughout the United States, including but not limited to Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, and Denver.
Prior to that, Mr. Tamir served as Vice President for Carter & Burgess/Jacobs Corporation where he focused on IT/GIS technology. During his five years at the company, Mr. Tamir published the first technical paper regarding electronic Airport Layout Plans (eALP), leveraging IT/GIS technology, which was later adopted by the FAA as a new standard. Before that, Mr. Tamir managed the Airport Information Management System (AIMS) IT/GIS program for Los Angeles’s airports: LAX, ONT, VNY and PMD and launched and supported enterprise IT/GIS Programs for Silicon Valley’s San Jose’s International Airport, Houston Airport System and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
Additionally, Mr. Tamir worked as a Senior Project Manager at Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (1996-2000) and as a Lead Design Engineer/Project Manager at Rockwell International/Boeing (1984-1996). In the former, Mr. Tamir developed a fast-track airport improvement plan that included various airport areas including ground transportation, parking and passenger and baggage processing terminals, while in the latter, developed a computer automated electro-fluid-mechanical solution to reduce time and cost in processing the Space Shuttle fleet, while still upholding flight safety and produced NASA required engineering documentation and safety analysis, among other tasks.
Mr. Tamir has a M.Sc in Systems Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and a B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University. He also received a specialized certification in airport systems from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. He has been a member of the Airport Council International (ACI) Business Information Technology (BIT) Committee, and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) and former member of the FAA National Airspace System (NAS) Information Architecture Committee.