XCelar Names Bing Director of Government Programs

Geoff Bing has been selected by XCelar as Director of Government Programs and will bring his twenty-plus years of experience in non-federal aviation programs, specifically weather related, to the Minnesota company. According to Cheri Haynes, Director of Training and Quality Management Programs, Bing, as part of his responsibilities, will focus on how non-fed programs will impact NextGen and how NextGen will impact non-fed programs.

The FAA has contracted with XCelar to provide consultation services on NextGen. According to Haynes, Bing started on May 23rd and will anchor the company’s office in Washington D.C. Bing was most recently with Vaisala Inc. as a Regional Market Manager for Airports.

XCELAR places industry leaders with the highest level of expertise at the forefront of their customer’s projects and employs advanced technologies to help them effectively meet financial and regulatory goals. Company literature says XCelar’s focus is on high-value results and true return on investment for every customer which includes the airlines, airports and other users of the national airspace system as well as all aspects of general aviation. For more information on XCelar visit http://www.xcelar.com/About_Xcelar/Executive_Management/

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.