Paul A. Manos

QUALIFICATIONS:

Mr. Manos has 21 years experience in the areas of mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and project management. As a principal of ASE, Mr. Manos is directly responsible for all corporate sales including both domestic and international regions. He is also responsible for new and existing gate system planning and design functions with a particular emphasis on aircraft parking planning and passenger boarding bridge related projects. Mr. Manos is also directly involved with gate system project scope conception and specification development, project management, construction management, contract administration, and ASE project pier reviews.

Prior to merging with ASE, Mr. Manos was the President and Principal officer of AeroTech Gate Systems, Inc., based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Manos started AeroTech Gate Systems after observing a market opportunity for specialized consulting services in the secondary passenger boarding bridge market. Mr. Manos= successful business was founded on two basic principals: first, to cost effectively raise the level of quality of services that the airline and municipal market were accustomed to, and secondly, to always present his services in an unbiased manner so as to achieve the true best interest of the client.

Prior to starting AeroTech Gate Systems, Mr. Manos worked for FMC/Jetway Systems, Inc., where he was initially responsible for Astart to finish@ turnkey passenger boarding bridge related project management functions. Following demonstrated success as a Project Manager, Mr. Manos was quickly promoted to Regional Sales Manager for the western half of North America where he directed strategic marketing efforts to identify, target and satisfy airport/airline customer requirements for new passenger boarding bridge systems. In this position, Mr. Manos successfully secured in excess of $32.75 million in equipment sales.

Mr. Manos= extensive airport project design experience in the aviation markets, includes project design and/or construction involvement at virtually every major international, national, and regional airport in the domestic United States.