Mark Van Tine, the long-time CEO of Jeppesen, is retiring on June 30 after more than 35 years with the Colorado company. In that time, he oversaw a transition from mountains of paper charts to the digital aviation avalanche that has largely supplanted it. Kevin Crowley, who has served as vice president of technology development at Jeppesen parent Boeing, will succeed him.
Van Tine took the job of CEO at Jeppesen in 2002 and has also has been actively involved in a variety of aviation issues, serving as a past chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and on the board of the Experimental Aircraft Association, as well as a participant in the Build A Plane program, which lets kids get hands-on aviation experience by building airplanes. Van Tine told Flying he will continue contributing to the aviation community after his retirement.
Crowley has served with Boeing since 1989, beginning as a software engineer. He has held a number of positions with Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Defense and Space engineering. Before becoming vice president of technology development, he was vice president of 787 partnering for success integration in the Boeing Commercial Airplanes supplier management organization.
