Jeff Mains has been the President and CEO of ANPC since March 2000. Mr. Mains has also served on the Board of Directors of the company since 2000 and was named Chairman in 2003. Previously, Mr. Mains held senior management positions at upstart network software provider LANQuest. Mr. Mains was the founding Business Development Manager for the interactive technology business at Electronics for Imaging which has now been successfully spun out into Luidia Corporation. At Standard Microsystems Corporation, Mr. Mains led the North American Channel group. Mr. Mains received his BA in Management Science from UC San Diego and earned his MBA from Santa Clara University .

Dr. von Flotow, who holds a PhD in aerospace engineering from Stanford University, is an accomplished research entrepreneur in multiple disciplines of science and technology, specifically aeronautical and space applications as well as other technologies. Among Dr. von Flotow’s accomplishments are as author or co-author of more than 100 published papers, 25 patents and the successful supervision of 7 PhD students while teaching at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. von Flotow was a founder and principal at Insitu prior to its acquisition by Boeing; is involved in numerous business and investment interests; and is President and Chairman at Hood Technology in Hood River, Oregon, a company he founded in 1993.

Will Ris serves on the Federal Aviation Administration’s 13-member Management Advisory Council (MAC). The MAC advises the FAA’s senior management on policy, spending, long-range planning, and regulatory matters. Mr. Ris retired from American Airlines where he served as their principal government affairs executive since July 1996, and was responsible for directing all activities with Congress, the administration, and a broad range of federal agencies. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of American Airlines. Prior to joining American, Mr. Ris was the Executive Vice President of the Wexler Group, a Washington DC-based government relations firm. Will is on the boards of directors for two other organizations; The Airport Research and Development Foundation and The Green Door, Inc. Mr. Ris holds degrees from Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Denver College of Law, and Georgetown University College of Law.