[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 22, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MARK VAN TINE

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 22, 2016

  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mark 
Van Tine, Vice President of Digital Aviation for The Boeing Company and 
Chief Executive Officer of Jeppesen, who is retiring after 35 years 
with the company. Mr. Van Tine is a true champion of the aviation 
industry and an inspiration to young people considering an aviation 
career.
  Since 1981, Mr. Van Tine has held numerous positions at Jeppesen, 
including serving as its Chief Information Officer, before being named 
CEO in 2002. In 2012, he added responsibilities as the leader of 
Boeing's new Digital Aviation organization. In recent years, Mr. Van 
Tine took on the tremendous challenge of overseeing Jeppesen's digital 
transformation, moving the entire global aviation industry to 
electronic charts. This process reduced from 2.5 billion sheets of 
navigational paper for the worldwide aviation and maritime industries 
annually to around 475 million sheets annually today. He leads more 
than 3,800 employees at Jeppesen, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, 
who serve four key customer markets--general, business, military, and 
commercial aviation--of which there are more than 100,000 customers. In 
his role with The Boeing Company, Mr. Van Tine oversees more than 4,400 
employees in developing and delivering cutting-edge information 
solutions.
  Mr. Van Tine is also an active contributor to the general aviation 
community. He sits on the boards of the General Aviation Manufacturers 
Association (GAMA) and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). In 
2009 he served as GAMA's Chairman and has since chaired the 
association's Security Issues Committee for five years. In this 
capacity, he skillfully testified before the House Homeland Security 
Committee's Transportation Security Subcommittee in 2011, offering the 
general aviation industry's perspectives on reauthorization of the 
Transportation Security Administration.
  His greatest passion, however, is instilling a love of aviation in 
young people and encouraging them to become the next generation of 
aviation leaders. A naturally gifted mentor, Mr. Van Tine devised a 
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) competition for high 
schoolers with an annual prize being a two-week build of a Glasair 
Sportsman airplane. This June marks the third year Mr. Van Tine will 
join students to assemble an aircraft in the GAMA/Build A Plane 
Aviation Design Challenge. He also chairs the Jeppesen Aviation 
Foundation, which honors the legacy of Captain Elrey B. Jeppesen by 
supporting educational institutions, organizations, and students in the 
aviation community. In addition, he helps to teach character, 
leadership, and life skills to urban youth as a Board member with 
Colorado UPLIFT, a non-profit youth service organization.
  I congratulate Mark Van Tine on his many accomplishments and years of 
outstanding service to the aviation community on this milestone 
occasion. He is truly an asset to the people of Colorado and to those 
millions of passengers around the globe who are safe in the skies and 
at sea each year through the use of his navigation services.

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