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Terry has over 40 years of experience in the aviation industry, and is currently responsible for auditing quality and standardization, and ensuring all training provided by ARGUS PROS meets IATA standards. He sees to the oversight of all ARGUS audits and has first-hand knowledge of airline and business aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) practices. His experience spans supervision and participation in business operator audits, with an emphasis in the area of SMS.

Terry’s balanced experience in business aviation and air carrier operations creates an impressive compilation. Terry has a military background with the U.S. Coast Guard and Air National Guard and was an instructor for United Airlines and instructed B-737 systems for flight crews and Safety Orientation for new employees. Also while at United Airlines, he was a Flight Safety Investigator and developed and managed the codeshare auditing programs for United Express and the Star Alliance before assisting in the development of the IATA Operational Safety Audit and eventual accreditation as an IATA Audit Organization. He has instructed and coached SMS principles worldwide and provides instruction in the IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) Lead Auditor Training Course and the ARGUS PROs Aviation Lead Auditor Training Course.

As a member of the Canadian Armed Forces from 1978 to 1998, he was employed as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer. Experience was acquired on helicopter models B205, S61, B412, aircraft CT114, and Lockheed P3C Orion. For a period of six years as a flight engineer on helicopters, he was assigned to different Search and Rescue units throughout Canada.
In 1998 he started his commercial career and joined Air Transat as a flight engineer/mechanic on the Lockheed L1011 and completed the AME  Aircraft Mechanic license). From October 2001 to June 2002, he worked as a helicopter mechanic with Canadian Helicopters and in October 2002, accepted the position of production manager/lead mechanic with Helicopter Transport Services (Canada Inc.). In 2005, he was appointed as the  Director of Maintenance and during that time, implemented a Maintenance Policy Manual, a Maintenance Control Manual, and a Quality Assurance Policy. Also, during that period, he participated in the implementation of the Safety Management System for the organization all the while pursuing his A&P mechanic certification. In October 2012, he joined as a member of SGS Aviation Compliance as an Aviation Advisor performing aviation safety assessments and audits. Since then, he completed the ISO9001:2008 lead auditor qualification and BARS Audit lead/auditor provided by Flight Safety Foundation holding Operations / Maintenance qualifications as well as an IS-BAO Auditor accreditation with Operations / Maintenance for Fixed / Rotary wing qualifications.

In his career, he gained extensive experience with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. He currently holds a Canadian AME M2 license, a flight engineer license, and an American A&P license. And has gained experience and understanding of aviation operations in the commercial helicopter and business aviation environment as part of the management team.  Since working as an Advisor he has conducted more than 350 assessments/audits/inspections in charter, business and commercial aviation.