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ESL News AVISTA Promotes Bragg to Vice President
PLATTEVILLE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVISTA Incorporated®, a leader in critical
systems software engineering services, announces the promotion of Thomas
M. Bragg to vice president of Operations. In this new role, Bragg will
be involved in a number of strategic business, technology and service
initiatives to support AVISTA’s growing client
base.
Bragg brings more than fifteen years of experience in aerospace
engineering and business management to this role. He first joined AVISTA’s
management team in 2004, with responsibility for managing AVISTA’s
back-office operations and spearheading process improvement initiatives
throughout the organization. Bragg will maintain his responsibilities
for AVISTA’s finance, IT, contracts and
security functions while assuming management of the quality assurance,
sales and marketing operations. Bragg will also focus on establishing
strategic partnerships and corporate development programs to support the
company’s continued growth.
“Tom came to us shortly after we joined the
Esterline family and he has done a great job helping to make the
transition seamless for both customers and employees,”
says James T. Schneller, president of AVISTA, Incorporated. “We
are extremely fortunate to have someone with his experience and track
record in performance improvement and business management join the
AVISTA executive team. His extensive background will help us to build on
the significant business growth that AVISTA experienced over the past
two years, and we expect that his appointment will help lead us to new
heights in expanding our client and partner relationships.”
Bragg joined AVISTA from a regional manufacturing company, Panltek, LLC,
where he held the position of general manager. Prior to Panltek, he
worked in a variety of engineering, business and quality management
roles for a number of companies, including Parker-Hannifin and Delavan.
Bragg started his career as an engineer at Allied-Signal, now part of
Honeywell. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in
aerospace engineering from Iowa State University, and an MBA from the
University of Dubuque.
About AVISTA
AVISTA Incorporated®, a subsidiary of
Esterline Technologies Corporation (NYSE:ESL), is a full-lifecycle
software engineering services company, specializing in critical systems
development projects for avionics and medical device applications. With
more than two million project hours completed, AVISTA fields the
strongest, most stable, and most capable DO-178B experienced software
development team in the industry. The company has completed more than
700 client projects in systems design, requirements capture and
analysis, software design and implementation, and software verification
and validation. AVISTA, headquartered in Platteville, Wisconsin, is a
SEI CMMI Maturity Level 3 rated company, and an ISO 9001:2000 certified
company. www.avistainc.com
