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Elizabeth Cheng
QUALIFICATION • Supervisory and leadership experience, overseeing dozens of
HIGHLIGHTS employees and millions of dollars worth of aircraft and equipment.
• Vendor negotiation experience, establishing favorable contracts with
suppliers resulting in substantial annual cost savings.
• Detail and technical oriented individual; excels in highly precise and
mission critical work.
• Deep experience working within government regulations, performing
compliance audits, and maintaining accurate records.
• Project management experience; ensured production schedules are
met while maintaining spotless safety and compliance record.

PROFESSIONAL Advanced Air Systems, Boston, MA

EXPERIENCE Exclusive fractional provider of the Piaggio Avanti P.180 aircraft and is the
only publicly traded stand-alone fractional operator in the industry.

Manager of Quality Assurance, April 2007 – Present

• Responsible for managing maintenance department and fixed base of
operation (FBO) department, offering aircraft fuel, oil, parking, storage,
deicing, and ground services.
• Oversee maintenance department (up to 6 aircraft worth $6 million)
and FBO department (aircraft ranging from $300,000 Cessna 172 to
$20 million Cessna Citation 10).
• Negotiated favorable contracts terms with vendors by establishing an
aggressive pricing strategy and maintaining close relationships with
key suppliers – saving the company a substantial amount of money.
• Performed a variety of quality assurance (QA) functions, including
compliance with FAR’s, performing audits and surveillance of Avantair
maintenance operations, assist in third party vendor audits, and
auditing aircraft records and logbook entry for accuracy and
completeness.
• Trained and oversaw new maintenance and FBO employees, ensuring
proper and safe handling of aircraft.
• Met production schedules through active coordination with team
members and management.
• Submitted purchase order requests for parts and outside services,
keeping track of lead times and turn around times in order to meet
completion schedule.
• Maintain extraordinary safety record by ensuring all safety precautions
were taken and that available protection devices are properly used at
all times.

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 Boeing Air Solutions, Boston, MA
Production Coordinator, April 2003 – April 2007
• Responsible for overall planning of aircraft maintenance for 10 aircraft
valued at $8 million.
• Trained and oversaw four new production coordinators and 20
technicians.
• Submitted and tracked ordered aircraft parts for King Air, Hawker,
Beechjet, Citation, and Challenger Jets.
• Developed work guides and time lines via MS Project to track
maintenance project progress, maximize resource allocation, and
ensure tasks were completed on schedule.
• Worked closely with management to implement new maintenance
tactics, including six sigma and lean production processes.

Pilot Solutions, Boston, MA

Avionics Technician, June 2002 – March 2003
• Responsible for removing and installing avionics instruments; oversaw
inventory control for spare parts department.

RAE Ltd., Boston, MA

Line Service, March 2002 – Feb 2003
• Responsible for fueling and providing ramp service for aircraft.

Peter Smith Aeronautical University, Boston, MA

A&P Technician, Aug 2000 – Aug 2002
• Maintained single engine Cessna and twin-engine BE-76 aircrafts.

TECHNICAL • AS400 • Document Control

SKILLS • CAMP (aviation maintenance • Quality control
database software)

EDUCATION Peter Smith Aeronautical University, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics, 2002
• Minor in Business Administration

Marianne College, Boston, MA

Airframe and Powerplant Certificate, 2000

ADDITIONAL • Fluent in English and Korean

SKILLS

References available upon request

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