Management Team
Jack Evans, CEO
Mr. Evans is co-owner of Total Airport Services, Inc. and is responsible for all airline service operations for the company. Mr. Evans was formerly President & Chief Operating Officer for Airport Group International, Inc. (AGI). In this capacity, he was responsible for all of AGI's operations in its many business lines. This included responsibility for all airline and airport service operations in the United States and Guam.
He also served as Managing Director of Airport Operations. In the latter position, Mr. Evans oversaw airport management activities for AGI at 16 airports on 4 continents including North and South America, Europe, and Australia. He also provided oversight of all human resource programs for the company worldwide. He joined his former company in June 1998 after serving 26 years with the United States Air Force. As a Command Pilot with over 3,500 hours of jet time, he managed Air Force bases in Panama and Georgia.
Denny Eichenbaum, Senior VP of Business Development
Mr. Eichenbaum is co-owner and an officer of Total Airport Services, Inc. Mr. Eichenbaum has successfully started, built and then sold two prior companies. First, he founded and managed a video production company, The Video Network. Then in 1986 he founded Coast to Coast Aviation Services, Inc. (CCAS) based in San Francisco, CA. CCAS quickly grew from a ground support refueling company with one customer to a multi-service, multi-million dollar company with 6 different lines of business and 57 customers. The company also grew financially having gone from a new-start with $100,000 in gross sales to a major company at San Francisco International Airport with 127 contracts and sales of over $4,000,000 with a net profit of $1,000,000. In December of 1999, Mr. Eichenbaum sold CCAS to AGI, where he went from a Location Manager to Regional Director to Senior Director for Business Development, as well as an officer for AGI. With TAS, his responsibilities include sales, marketing, GSE purchasing and financing, location startups, and writing and negotiating all IATA contracts.
Scott Offerdahl, Member-Board of Directors
TAS is pleased to announce that Mr. Scott Offerdahl has joined the TAS Board of Directors. Scott has a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and he has started a variety of companies. These include a technology consulting company (CompAdept), software companies (Innerstream Software, Zesty Games), and a handful of real estate partnerships ranging from apartment buildings to large single family home developments. He is also currently a principal in two companies (Velocity for Life, and Velocity for Business) where he speaks, coaches, and facilitates to make individuals and executive teams more effective. Scott is a former global board member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, a group of over 6,000 entrepreneurs whose businesses each earn more than $1 million annually.
Gerald Kolasch, COO
Gerald Kolasch, born in Linz, Austria, joined Total Airport Services, Inc. (TAS) in June of 2005, where he currently is COO Chief Operating Officer based in Huntsville, Alabama. Prior to joining TAS, Mr. Kolasch was with Panalpina, a worldwide transportation and logistics company based out of Basel, Switzerland. He began working Panalpina after completing his basic military training with the Austrian Army. He quickly advanced within the Panalpina organization and was transferred to the United States in 1992. His first assignment was in Nashville, Tennessee and in 1994 was transferred to Huntsville, AL, where he became responsible for all operational matters of their North American air cargo hub.
Besides managing Huntsville, Mr. Kolasch held key positions in many other projects, such as the successful startup of Panalpina's air cargo operations in Louisville, Kentucky; Hartford, Connecticut; and Ypsilanti, Michigan, as well as the design and implementation of a domestic ground network. He was also the Project Leader on the construction of Panalpina's all new Air Cargo Facility in Huntsville, completed in 2000.
Mr. Kolasch's final position before joining TAS was Head of Capacity Management for all cargo traffic from North America to Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Having had responsibility for a cargo team of 55 people, he knows how to manage people effectively.
Harry Hoge, Vice President
Mr. Hoge is a 22-year veteran of the airline services industry having held various management positions with such industry leaders as Gateway Freight Services, Cargo Service Center, Swissport Cargo Services and Airport Group International.
Hoge has managed operations in a number of airports throughout the United States including San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Boston (BOS), Columbus (LCK) and Hartford-Springfield (BDL).
Mr. Hoge's extensive background includes the areas of sales and marketing as well as operations that include management at both a local and regional level including development and overseeing of start-up locations
George Williams, Regional Director, Director of Fueling
George Williams is the Regional Director and the Director of Fueling for Total Airport Services and brings over 29 years of Into-Plane fueling, Regional and Location Management, Tank Farm Management, and Fuel System Maintenance and Operation experience to TAS. His career spans from Salt Lake City International Airport with Lockheed Air Terminal in 1982, where he was responsible for the management of Into-Plane Fueling services to over 10 airlines and 250 flights per day. While there, Mr. Williams became an integral part of what later became Airport Group International (AGI) and played a key role in the location winning the coveted Delta Airlines Golden Propeller award 3 years in a row.
In 2003 Mr. Williams relocated to Ontario California and achieved many successes including the addition of numerous into-plane fueling contracts, as well as ground handling, and cargo operations. He also managed the fuel facility for a consortium of 13 airlines. Mr. Williams currently manages the Fuel Hydrant System Maintenance & Operation at LAX, Fuel Facility at March Air Force Base in Riverside Ca., and Into-Plane Fueling Operations at San Francisco International Airport.
Ralph Eichenbaum, Director of Maintenance
Mr. Eichenbaum is the Director of Maintenance and has a career that has encompassed all phases of airport operations over 25 years. He managed multiple operations at San Francisco International Airport, San Jose International Airport, including Terminal Maintenance, Ramp Control Tower Operations, Ground Handling, Cargo Warehousing and Ground Support Equipment Refueling. Mr. Eichenbaum currently oversees the fleet maintenance of over 200 motorized and 500 non-motorized Ground Service Equipment pieces along with coordination of all aspects of Asset Management for Total Airport Services.
Jay Allbright, Director of Safety & Training
Jay Allbright is the Director of Safety & Training and has 35 years of experience in safety and training with the last 15 of those years dedicated to the Aviation Ground Handling and Warehousing Industry. He has managed a large aircraft ground handling operation of 30 aircraft daily as well as a HASP trucking operation of 100 + trucks daily. Prior to his tenure with Total Airport Services he was the Director of Safety and Training for a large Airline/Ground Handling Company and was subcontracted by several smaller Ground Handling Companies to write and produce training programs specific to their particular area of service. His goal is to ensure that Total Airport Services is an industry leader in the training field with safety, accuracy and efficiency being the top priority.