Tuesday, Sept 9 | 9:30 AM
Ascending Together:
Partnering for New Altitudes in Aviation
Phil is an aviation and airports specialist, focusing on engaging with the Envirosuite customer base from initial contact through contract execution, into the project and service deliver phase. Phil works with the clients to understand their workflow process to help them better assess their needs and to provide solutions.
Christian has dedicated more than 26 years to balance the roar of aviation with the peace of communities below. He began his career at Oakland International Airport (OAK) as a noise specialist, using the ANOMS system to track noise complaints and flag operations that didn’t comply with the airport’s noise abatement program. For the past 16 years, he’s been with L&B’s Environmental Division, leading noise analysis, modeling, and providing top-tier support for airport noise management programs. Outside the office, Christian is either working on his golf swing or cheering loudly for his son at travel baseball games—proof that not all noise is a bad thing.
Scott Tatro has 33 years of environmental experience in the public and private sectors. Since May of 2024 he has served as a strategic advisor and technical expert for ESA’s airports practice. Prior to ESA, he spent 30 years at Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) overseeing the noise programs at LAX, VNY, and ONT airports where he performed extensive work characterizing, presenting, modeling, contextualizing, and addressing civil aviation noise, as well as developing new tools, researching, and implementing innovative ways to address aviation impacts both formally and informally.
Vincent Ma is a Senior Consultant with HMMH based in Anaheim, California. At HMMH, Vincent regularly conducts noise measurements, data analysis, and modeling for aviation, rail/transit, highway, construction, and residential sound insulation projects across the country. He specializes in noise modeling utilizing the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT). Vincent has also worked directly with Envirosuite as a service delivery technician, providing preventative maintenance and support services for several airport noise monitoring systems throughout the Western United States.
Mike McKee has over 30 years’ experience with airport operations and noise management at general aviation and large hub airports, serving the last 25 years as the Noise Abatement Manager for Denver International Airport (DEN). In this role, Mike oversaw the noise program, including the noise monitoring system, community outreach, stakeholder engagement and noise litigation support. Mike also served as DEN’s representative in two different Performance-Based Navigation projects, and was a member of the federal-level PBN Implementation Working Group. Prior to Denver, Mike worked in Operations at Centennial Airport. Mike joined BridgeNet International in 2021, focused on Fly Quiet Programs and community outreach for the FAA.
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