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Kim Olson is Senior Vice President, Helicopters, Energy and Engineering. In these leadership roles, Olson is responsible for the success of StandardAero’s Helicopters and Energy sector in addition to the company’s technology development, engineering, quality and environmental functions. He is a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team.

StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company with nearly $1.4 billion in annual revenue, specializes in engine maintenance, repair and overhaul, and nose-to-tail services that include airframe, interior refurbishments and paint for business and general aviation, air transport, and military aircraft. The company, part of the DAE Engineering division, forms a global services network of 12 primary facilities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Singapore and Australia, with an additional 14 regionally located service and support locations.

Olson joined Standard Aero in 1988 as a Service Engineer. He progressed through a number of engineering roles. In 1994 Olson was assigned responsibility for the Quality function as Director of Corporate Quality, where he successfully led the company through implementation of ISO standards and the development of the a corporate Continuous Improvement process.

In September 2001, Olson was selected to lead the CF 34 Program implementation involving construction of the new facility and implementation of the business unit operating system. In 2003, as Director of Technology Advancement and he led Component Re-manufacturing Strategy development. In late 2006, his team launched a technology venture, StandardAero Technology Services to develop reliability-based tools for fleet modeling and developing interactive electronic technical manuals.

Olson holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Manitoba.