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In the role of Vice President, Technical Services, David Seymour oversees US Airways' maintenance production operations, which includes both line maintenance and base maintenance, and ground support equipment. Seymour also has direct responsibility for maintenance planning, supply chain, engineering, quality assurance and aircraft acquisitions.
Prior to his current position, he was vice president, operations control and planning, a position he held from December 2002 to April 2008. In that capacity, his responsibilities included managing the system operations control group, the crew resource planning activity, as well as the crew scheduling department.
Seymour served as senior director of materials and planning from 2000 to 2002. During that time, Seymour was responsible for overseeing all aircraft material requirements, including the forecasting and planning function; material handling and warehousing; and the management of all repair and overhaul vendors. In addition, he had responsibility for the technical operations planning activity which forecasts, plans and schedules all maintenance requirements for the airline’s fleet.
Seymour began his career at America West in 1999 as the director of materials. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing all aircraft material requirements, including the forecasting and planning function; material handling and warehousing; and the management of all repair and overhaul vendors.
Prior to joining America West, Seymour was an area vice president for Corporate Express Delivery Systems based in the Phoenix area. Before joining them, he held numerous management positions in the areas of purchasing, inventory management, physical distribution and finance with Chicago-based McMaster-Carr Supply Company. Seymour began his career as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army.
Seymour holds a master's of management in marketing and transportation from Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematical science of operations research from U.S. Military Academy. | 