In inverse chronological order:
Speaker Organization Affiliation Topic Download Meeting Notice Download Audio Download Slides, Photos, and Videos
David Harlow President
ITC-Diligence, Inc.“Tariff Impacts are Navigated with Advantages of Foreign Trade Zones” May 21, 2025
Santa Clarita Valley Chapter Happy Hour! April 17, 2025
Peter J. Wabl Director of Contract Business Development
Adept Fasteners Tour of Adept Fasteners March 11, 2025 Not recorded. Wabl - Slides
Aaron Valencia
Laura EvansExecutive Director and Founder
Lost Angels Career Center
Director-Job Development
Lost Angels Career Center “A Solution to Your Entry Level Workforce Needs” February 25, 2025 Event rescheduled.
Santa Clarita Valley Chapter Happy Hour! January 30, 2025 Not recorded.
Vignesh Palanivel
Mike Mills
Christian Hubbard
Business Director ASC LA
Operations Manager ASC LA
Production Supervisor ASC LA
Site Tour of PPG Aerospace Application Support Center
November 4, 2024 Not recorded. Palanivel - Slides
Aaron Valencia
Laura Evans
Executive Director and Founder
Lost Angels Career Center
Director-Job Development
Lost Angels Career Center
"A Solution to Your Entry Level Workforce Needs" August 13, 2024 Only video recorded. Valencia and Evans - Video
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Harriet Happel
Justin Wallace
Dean of Career Education, Integrative Learning and
the Employment Center
College of the Canyons
Director, Business Partnerships & Workforce Engagement
College of the Canyons
Tour of Advanced Technology Center June 25, 2024 Not recorded. Happel and Wallace - Slides
Ivan Alcala Executive Director of Operations & Site Leader
ITT Aerospace
Site Tour of ITT Aerospace April 16, 2024 Not recorded. Not recorded.
Barton Webb
Eric D. Jensen
President
Janas Corporation
Managing Director
Janas Associates
“What You Should Know to Maximize the Value of Your Business in Today’s A&D and M&A Environment”
March 19, 2024 Webb & Jensen - Audio Webb & Jensen - Slides
Webb & Jensen - Video
Starr Ginn Advanced Air Mobility Lead Strategist
NASA
“Community Integration Considerations for Advanced Air Mobility Operations”
February 20, 2024 Ginn - Audio Ginn - Slides
Ginn - Video
Jessica S. Westcott, Esq. Hackler Flynn & Associates, APC “Employment Law 2024 Update: What Employers Should Know.”
January 16, 2024 Only video recording made. Westcott - Slides
Westcott - Video
Yocelyne Gomez General Manager
Aero TMF
“Presentation and Tour of Aero TMF” October 26, 2023 Gomez - Audio Gomez - Slides
Jacob Horne Chief Security Evangelist
Summit 7 Systems“Cybersecurity Update for Small and Mid-Size (SME) Defense Contractors” August 15, 2023 Horne - Audio Horne - Slides
Horne - Video
Dennis Suedkamp CEO “Presentation and Tour of Aircraft Component Repair, Inc.” June 20, 2023 Not recorded. Suedkamp - Slides
David Richardson X-59 Program Director,
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company"The X-59 – Pioneering Quiet Supersonic Flight" May 16, 2023 Richardson - Audio Richardson - Slides
Tim Mickael
Chris Grapsas
CEO
FMI Aerostructures
VP of Business Development
FMI Aerostructures
“Presentation and Tour of FMI Aerostructures” April 25, 2023 Not recorded. FMI Aerostructures - Slides
Agustin Garcia Sr Manager Business Development
Motivo“How Accelerated Product Development can lead to cost-effective Innovation and move a company forward” March 21, 2023 Garcia - Audio Garcia - Slides
Congressman Mike Garcia California 27th District “Opportunities for the SCV Aerospace & Defense Industry – a Washington Update” February 21, 2023 Garcia - Audio Garcia - Video
-- -- Presentation and Tour of Sunvair Aerospace September 23, 2022 None recorded None used.
Gary Saenger
Kimberly Antillón
Deborah Wagner
Moderator: Eric D. Jensen
Founder and President
Saenger Associates
Director, H.R. Business Partner
ITT Aerospace Controls, Valencia CA
Sr. Director, Business Development
PEAK Technical Staffing USA
President
Jensen Next Level“Recruiting the Needed Talent in 2022;
How Do We Meet the New Challenges?”March 17, 2022 Recruiting Needed Talent - Audio No slides used.
Recruiting Needed Talent - Video
Paul Single
Katie McDowellManaging Director, Senior Economist,
City National Rochdale
Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager, Aerospace and Defense
City National Bank“An economic outlook for 2022 and the possible impacts on the Aerospace and Defense Industry" January 20, 2022 Single and McDowell - Audio Single and McDowell - Slides
Single and McDowell - Video
Jillian Foerster
Brent Harrison
Country Manager, West Africa
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Country Manager, Indo-Pacific
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
“USTDA 101: USG tools to support U.S. exporters" October 21, 2021 Foerster and Harrrison - Audio Foerster and Harrrison - Slides
Foerster and Harrrison - Video
Doug Shane General Manager
Ampaire, Inc.
"Ampaire - a Trusted, Practical, and Compelling Provider of Electrified Aircraft" September 16, 2021 Shane - Audio Shane - Slides
Shane - Video
Jens Flottau Executive Editor, Commercial Aviation
Aviation Week Network"The Future of the Wide Body"
A Joint Meeting of the Santa Clarita Valley and San Fernando Valley ChaptersJuly 15, 2021 Flottau - Audio Flottau - Slides
Flottau - Video
Paul Croci
Scott DragicevichHead of A&D Investment Banking, New York
Wells Fargo Bank
Director, Southern California Investment Banking, Los Angeles
Wells Fargo Bank"M&A Trends in the Aerospace Industry and Guidance for Small to Medium Sized companies and How to be Prepared"
Joint Meeting of the Santa Clarita Valley and South Bay Chapters June 9, 2021 Croci & Dragicevich - Audio Croci & Dragicevich - Slides
Croci & Dragicevich - Video
Daniel Wierman
Jeffrey Forrest
Tracy DiFilippis
Apprenticeship Coordinator
Goodwill Southern California and
The Strong Workforce Apprenticeship Group
Vice-President of Economic Development
College of the Canyons
Sector Strategies Implementation Manager
Goodwill of Southern California
"How does Apprenticeship Help With Workforce Problems?"
Joint meeting of the Santa Clarita Valley and San Fernando Valley Chapters
April 15, 2021 Apprenticeships - Audio Apprenticeships - Slides
Apprenticeships - Video
Jacob Horne Cybersecurity Consultant
DefCERT"Reading Between the Lines: Leveraging the Assumptions Behind CMMC to Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity"
Joint meeting of Santa Clarita Valley and Orange County ChaptersMarch 4, 2021 Horne - Audio Horne - Slides
Horne - Video
USAF Chief, Major Joseph R. Dechert In-Space Propulsion Branch
Air Force Research Lab"Future of Space Propulsion for U.S. Space Force" November 24, 2020 Dechert - Audio Dechert - Slides
Dechert- Video
Brian Williams
Michael Alfred
Eric Jensen CEO
Avantus Aerospace
President
Crissair Inc.
Vice President
Fralock Inc."Facing COVID-19 and Industry Disruption: An Interactive Discussion with A&D Santa Clarita Businesses" September 24, 2020 Facing COVID-19 and Industry Disruption - Audio Facing COVID-19 and Industry Disruption - Slides
Facing COVID-19 and Industry Disruption - Video
Jacob Horne Sr. Cybersecurity Consultant,
California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC)"Set Up to Fail? Cybersecurity Compliance in the Last Mile of the DoD Supply Chain" July 16, 2020 Horne - Audio Horne - 20 06 16 Slides
Horne - Video
Brian Muirhead Mars Sample Return Campaign Chief Architect
NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory"Take Risk, Don't Fail,
The Power of Leadership, Innovation and Collaboration"June 18, 2020 Not recorded. Npt available.
Carlos Chavez Director
Crean & Associates
"Is Real-Time Improvement
Disrupting Continuous Improvement?"May 21, 2020 Chavez - Audio Chavez - Slides
Chavez - Video
Larry O'Toole Founder
Yosemite Associates "COVID-19 -
Enabling or Disabling Company Value"
Virtual MeetingApril 24, 2020 O'Toole - Audio O'Toole - Slides
O'Toole - Video
Larry O'Toole Founder
Yosemite Associates "Technological Trends -
Moving from Awareness to Preparedness"March 19, 2020 Meeting cancelled. N/A
Mercina Tillemann-Dick Chief Operating Officer
Global Blockchain Business Council"Secure Global Supply Chains" February 20, 2020 Tillermann-Dick - Audio Tillermann-Dick - Slides
Capt. (Ret) Scott Tait U.S. Navy (Ret) "Professional Paranoia:
Leadership & Management Lessons from the USS Zumwalt"
January 16, 2020 Tait - Audio Tait - Slides
Carol Marinello
President
TA AerospaceTour of TA Aerospace December 5, 2019 Not recorded. None used.
Brian Williams (panel moderator)
Nicholas Janneck
Steve Perry
Erik Choy
CEO
Shimtech Industries
Principal
Vance Street Capital
Founding Partner, Managing Director
Janes Capital Partners
Director
Keystone Capital Markets
LLC"The Pulse of Aerospace M&A in Southern California" October 17, 2019 IB Panel - Audio None used.
Humphrey (Hoppy) Price Mars Program Chief Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory"Human Exploration:
From the Moon to Mars"September 19, 2019 Price - Audio Price - Slides