Paul Varghese
Chairman International Division

Paul Varghese - South India. The Varghese family own or joint venture in businesses that include banking, farming, gold ornament, textile, wood furniture and tile manufacturing.

Paul is a former Managing Director of a division of the family business with an education in engineering.

His international experience encompasses; leading a seven-member delegation team comprised of significant American, Taiwan and Indonesian company officials including a former Under Secretary of US to meet with the President of Indonesia and other Cabinet Ministers for the purpose of constructing a 61 kilometer-long water pipe line.

Chief Administrator of a consortium of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Hanoi, Vietnam, and Ford Bacon & Davis, USA, and a Vietnam Government Company named Song Da for constructing a refinery project in Vietnam.

Team leader for delegations conducted at Lioaning Province in China for different types of project developments including Environmental protection programs and Municipal Waste Management.

Negotiating with China, Cambodia and India to use a new technology for tire recycling. Consulting with the Taiwan Government to supply equipment for clearing UXO job works.

Contact Paul Varghese Cochin, India 82030 Phone: +91 93888 88488

Robert F. Christian
Sr. Vice President Aviation Activity Project Team Leader / Director

Mr. Christian holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration. His specialty is in the organization, design and preparation of turnkey solutions for flight training programs, airline operations, aircraft maintenance and repair operations and airport certification.

Mr. Christian has a proven track record implementing these programs in the international arena including operations in Holland, Poland, Turkey, Iraq, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, China, Korea and Japan.

A former Vietnam helicopter pilot, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University instructor, airline chief pilot and director of flight operations, Bob founded Pacific Island Aviation (PIA), Saipan, Mariana Islands in 1988. A U.S. flag carrier (14CFR Part 121) international airline, PIA became a Pacific Island success establishing code-sharing agreements with Continental and Northwest Airlines.

In 1999, with financial assistance from Lockheed Martin and OPIC - Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Bob became the principal architect and eventual CEO of Caucasus Airlines, located in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.

He has been a featured speaker at aviation events including the Japanese Regional Airline Conference in Tokyo, the ASEAN Aviation Conference in Phuket Thailand, Euro money Conference in Moscow and the International Economic Forum at Stanford University.

Richard Fortner President

Richard is a former Army officer and helicopter pilot. He has over 20 years of military and civil aviation experience and is licensed as an an Airline Transport Pilot for helicopters and airplanes.

During his military service, he was awarded the American Spirit Honor Medal by the Citizens Committee for the Army, Navy and Air Force. While flying helicopters in Vietnam, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and the Air Medal with 28 Oak Leaf Clusters. Prior to entering military service, Mr. Fortner attended college in Pensacola, Florida.

Fort Lauderdale and Saint Petersburg, Florida.

Phone: (954) 603-7844 (954) 359-9855

Mobile (727) 502-7475

Fax: (954) 839-6430
rfortner@aei-online.com

Andrew Harkuscha
Vice President Sales - Russian Federation

Andrew lives in New York, providing AEI with marketing and sales support for the Russian speaking market.

For over 30 years Andrew has been providing products and services for friends and colleagues in Russia, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine

He provides assistance in matters relating to aircraft selection, pre-purchase inspection, interior and exterior refurbish, engine overhauls, and often required equipment upgrades to our Russian customers who desire to purchase pre-owned aircraft.

Andrew can be reached at: (917) 496-0299

Paz Pabalinas
Sr. Vice President International Finance

Ms. Pabalinas is a board certified public accountant (CPA). She has served as the VP and Chief Financial Officer of a US Flag Air Carrier (14 CFR 121) and as the Deputy Director of a state appointed Flag Carrier in the Republic of Georgia.

She headed the financial team responsible for developing and subsequently obtaining aircraft and project financing from Bank of of America, Lockheed Martin and the US Government Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC). Paz has extensive experience working on international aviation project financing, having worked in Turkey, Poland, Ukraine, Holland, The Philippines, Korea and Japan. She has worked with ABN-AMRO, IFC, AIG, the World Bank, US EXIM Bank and EBRD.

Manny Nunez
Aeromedical EMS Training and Certification

Mr. Nunez is a Vietnam War, Navy airborne veteran. He owns and operates Medical AirXpress an Aeromedical EMS training and certification company providing ICAO certified EMS training for the Latin American market.

Medical AirXpress was the natural outgrowth of a program developed by Mr. Nunez in 1982 at the request of the United States Army to train Army combat medics and his military medivac experience.

The focus of Medical AirXpress is to provide standards based airborne EMS training and equipment certification to the Latin America market. Courses are taught primarily in Spanish, on site and during various domestic and international trade events.

Entities obtaining certification include the Mexican State Police, the Government of the Mexican State of Chihuahua, Ecuadorian Aeropolicia, Colombian Army and Anti narcotics Police, the Chilean and Bolivian DGAC and the Venezuelan SAR/INAC.

AEI and Medical AirXpress provide turnkey airborne EMS solutions to Medical AirXpress customers seeking solutions for their airborne EMS needs.

Contact Manny Nunez: (562) 746-9442