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10 FAA aircraft certification experts
These ten professionals have handled FAA aircraft certification work in their own roles, with titles such as certification manager, certification engineer and ODA project administrator. A reader can learn how certification teams work with the FAA to get aircraft designs and design changes approved.
Professionals to explore
01—10Fatima Farah
LinkedInExperience: ODA Project Administrator - 787 Production - FAA Appointed · Boeing
ODA Project Administrator - 787 Production - FAA Appointed at Boeing since 2017 and Senior Technical Lead - 767 777 787 Production - Regulatory Administration & Airworthiness at Boeing since 2024. Other Boeing roles include Manager - Regulatory Adminstration & Airworthiness - 777 767 747 Production Program (2022–2024). The profile describes certification leadership in regulatory administration and airworthiness for 787 production programs.
Guan Song
LinkedInExperience: Certification Engineer - Team Lead · Boeing
Certification Engineer - Team Lead at Boeing since 2025 and former Certification System Engineer there (2023–2025). The profile describes leading the Boeing Regulatory Administration International Validation Team, overseeing all 737 validation projects with international civil aviation authorities and acting as liaison with the FAA and international civil aviation authorities.
Jeanne Palmer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Engineer for Certification · GE Aerospace
Senior Staff Engineer for Certification at GE Aerospace since 2013, with other GE Aerospace roles including Senior Staff Engineer ESD&I (2011–2013) and Staff Engineer (2004–2011). The profile describes leading teams through the certification process with the FAA, communicating design changes to the FAA and working field issue closure with the FAA.
Joe Massimini
LinkedInExperience: Director of ODA Programs & ODA Site Administrator · Gulfstream Aerospace
Director of ODA Programs & ODA Site Administrator at Gulfstream Aerospace since 2023 and former ODA Project Administrator and Engineering Unit Member at Boeing (2020–2023). Other roles include Principal Certification Engineer and ODA Unit Member at 3S Engineering, LLC (2020) and Senior Certification Engineer there (2016–2020).
Karen Davis
LinkedInExperience: Certification Leader · GE Aerospace
Former Certification Leader at GE Aerospace (2011–2023). The profile describes responsibility for all aspects of certification for product designs requiring FAA certification, including Amended Type Certificates and Major Type Design Changes in hardware and software. It also refers to executing the FAA/EASA and GE Organization Designation Authorization (ODA).
Majid Kamalabad
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of FAA Regulatory Affairs & Certification Strategy · Airbus Americas Engineering
Senior Director of FAA Regulatory Affairs & Certification Strategy at Airbus Americas Engineering since August 2026, alongside a role as Head of Propulsion System Operations in US at Airbus listed since 2016. Other roles include Director of Engineering at Airbus (2010–2016) and Managing Director of Engineering at United Airlines (2005–2008).
Robert Murray
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Aircraft Certification · Garmin
Manager, Aircraft Certification at Garmin since 2006, alongside a role as ODA STC Unit Administrator at Garmin over the same period. Former Manager, Aircraft Certification at Honeywell Bendix/King (1998–2006) and Mechanical Engineer at Bendix/King (1992–1998).
Ryan Engel
LinkedInExperience: Certification Manager - 737MAX Development Programs · Boeing
Former Certification Manager - 737MAX Development Programs at Boeing (2017–2018) and Certification Manager - 747 767 777 Production Programs there (2014–2017), with a role as 777 Safety, Certification, & Performance Leader from 2018 to 2022. The profile describes responsibility for product integrity and safety of the 767 fleet, including serving as lead applicant with the FAA, EASA and Civil Aviation Authorities.
Sanket Shah
LinkedInExperience: Certification Manager & FAA DER - Electrical Systems · Collins Aerospace
Certification Manager & FAA DER - Electrical Systems at Collins Aerospace since 2016, alongside a role as Avionics Manager & FAA DER - Electrical Systems at Rockwell Collins listed since 2015. Other Rockwell Collins roles include Avionics Manager & Senior Avionics Engineer (2011–2015) and Project Engineer (2006–2011).
Timothy Geene
LinkedInExperience: ODA Project Administrator · Boeing
ODA Project Administrator at Boeing since 2020 and former ODA Certification Engineer there (2013–2020). Other Boeing roles include Systems Certification Integrator (2011–2013) and 787 Certification Engineer (2007–2011). The profile describes serving as an FAA appointed Project Administrator performing delegated functions on behalf of the FAA.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product and approval type to your project, since certifying a new airplane, an engine change or an avionics installation calls for different experience. Also decide whether you need someone who has run a delegated approval organization or someone who has worked certification on a single program.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build a certification plan that the FAA will accept early, and what usually changes once the program starts?
- 02Which parts of an FAA certification program most often cause schedule slips, and how do you keep them under control?
- 03How do you decide which compliance findings can be handled through delegation and which need direct FAA involvement?
Reaching FAA aircraft certification experts
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