Aircraft Maintenance Technology

APR 2017

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INDUSTRY OUTLOOK 60 APRIL 2017 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY HOW MANY OF YOU RECALL THE DAYS when we would open a hard copy manu- al, or page through a parts catalog with dirty finger prints? I do. As time flew by, paper manuals gave way to microfiche, which gave way to PDF manuals on a computer, which gave way to … well we all know the story. Information Technology (IT) moves at a rapid pace and maintenance data can be accessed in the cloud at any time, from most any location, on most any device. Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) is one company with a long history of lever- aging IT to help the industry evolve by transforming the way maintainers access and manage maintenance-related content. Over the past year and a half, I've had the pleasure of getting to know the new CEO Charles Picasso. Charles has exten- sive experience as an executive who has led global enterprise software, internet services, and business information service providers. Recently I asked Charles a few ques- tions regarding the maintenance informa- tion business. AMT: Charles, thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule. I'd like to begin by asking if you would give our readers a brief history lesson on ATP. I believe ATP started in the early 1970s as a provider of basic maintenance librar- ies for the general aviation maintenance shops — correct? CP: That's right. ATP was founded to help maintenance providers and owner/ operators manage the flood of constantly changing technical, operating, and regula- tory content. We've leveraged that tech- nology to help the industry evolve more efficiently. Today, our unified cloud solu- tion helps seamlessly manage all of their end-to-end maintenance processes from maintenance and compliance tracking, to diagnostics, troubleshooting, and fault detection to inventory management. And because we've cultivated close relation- ships with our customers — as well as aircraft manufacturers and regulatory agencies worldwide — we're positioned at the hub of this unique constellation of collaborative partnerships. AMT: And today, ATP provides complete aircraft maintenance information solu- tions to virtually all segments of the industr y. Can you describe some of them? CP: Our goal is to help our customers work smarter and faster through IT, whether general, business, or commercial aviation. In recent years, ATP has invested a lot into creating this unified cloud platform to interconnect data, workflows, and pro- ATP CEO Charles Picasso reflects on the industry and ATP's role By Ronald Donner CHARLES PICASSO AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL PUBLISHERS

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