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Ryan Goertzen is VP Maintenance Workforce Development, AAR (NYSE: AIR), a leading aviation services provider to commercial airlines and governments
worldwide. He is also the President of Choose Aerospace, whose purpose is to unite the aerospace industry to implement solutions to the workforce shortage.
Ryan began his career as a pilot instructor for Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation where he was responsible for Air Wisconsin's first learning management system and elearning content used in recurrent pilot training. In 2005 he transitioned to the maintenance side of the airline as Air Wisconsin’s Manager of Maintenance Training and ASAP Manager. He started with Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology in 2011, holding the positions of VP of education, president of Spartan's Tulsa campuses and corporate officer. He spent three
years at AAR Corp managing the training and ASAP programs in Oklahoma City. He oversees currently AAR’s various workforce based initiatives and was responsible for the development the EAGLE Career Pathway Program.
Ryan was ATEC president from 2014-2018. He holds a B.S. in Aviation and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
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