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Market Cap:$16.0M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$25.4M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Aerosonic has supplied precision flight products for commercial, business and military aircraft for over half a century. An industry leader, Aerosonic continues to focus on researching and developing the next generation of high technology aircraft products for global markets.

President, CEO & Director
Doug Hillman
Number of Employees 279
Contact Information

1212 N Hercules Ave

PO Box 4627

Clearwater, Florida 33765-1920

aerosonic.com

(727) 461-3000

NAICS Code Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing: 334511

Recent Events

  • DLA Aviation and Missile Command Contracts With Aerosonic for Flight Instruments

    11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Aerosonic Reports Second Quarter Results

    9/15/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Aerosonic Reports First Quarter Results

    6/15/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

aerosonic corp. and st. petersburg times - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Doug Hillman President, CEO & Director
Douglas Hillman President, CEO and Director
Charles Pope Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Gary Colbert Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kevin J. Purcell Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Cason Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Wright Thomas Executive Vice President, Coo
Carmelo Russo Executive Vice President
P. Mark Perkins Executive Vice President & Director
Sharon Boles Manager, HR
Jeffery Hummel Controller

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Thomas E. Whytas Chairman
Donald Russell Board of Directors
Jack Rafferty Board of Directors
Robert J. McGill Board of Directors
Roy Robinson Board of Directors

Douglas Hillman , age 53, joined the Company in April, 2008 as our President and Chief Executive Officer. He also began serving as our Acting Chief Financial Officer in September 2008. Mr. Hillman has held various executive and management positions within the Aerospace industry for over 25 years. He joined Aerosonic from Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation, a manufacturer of precision guidance components, where he served as Vice President/General Manager since 2005. From 2001 through 2005, he worked for Bird Technologies Group, a designer/manufacturer of telecommunication devices, holding positions ranging from Vice President/General Manager to Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Bird Technologies Group, he held numerous management positions of increasing responsibility at Moog Inc. Mr. Hillman received MBA and BSEE degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He currently serves on the Dean s Council for the University s School of Engineering.

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation President, CEO & Director Current
Bird Technologies Group Inc. Former
State University of New York at Buffalo MBA Former
State University of New York at Buffalo Bsee Degrees Former

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation President, CEO and Director Current
Bird Technologies Group Inc. Former
State University of New York at Buffalo MBA Former
State University of New York at Buffalo Bsee Degrees Former
State University of New York at Buffalo Degrees Former

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Kowabunga! Technologies Board of Directors Current
UTEK Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current

Thomas Cason , age 54, has served as the Company s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since August 2008. Mr. Cason has held a number of senior operations roles, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of DeMorgan Communities, an affordable housing developer, from 2006 through 2008. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Operations Director at Honeywell Aerospace, a provider of cabin management systems for the private corporate jet industry. He holds MBA, MS and BS degrees from Virginia Tech.

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Current
Honeywell Aerospace Operations Director Former
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University MS Former
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University BS Degrees Former

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Executive Vice President, Coo Current

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Executive Vice President Current

P. Mark Perkins , age 52, joined the Company as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 1998 and has been a director since 1997. Mr. Perkins has over 19 years of experience in various segments of the aviation industry, most recently serving as Vice President of Marketing at Gulf Aerospace, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Executive Vice President & Director Current
Aerosonic Corporation Board of Directors Current
Aerosonic Corporation Interim President and Chief Executive Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Manager, HR Current

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Controller Current

Thomas E. Whytas, age 43, has been a director since May, 2004. Mr. Whytas, a U.S. veteran, has 22 years of experience in the aerospace industry. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Medical Education Technologies Inc. (METI), the industry leader in medical simulation technology and a subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corporation. Prior to METI, he served 15 years at CAE USA Inc. in positions of increasing responsibility up through the position of Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director of CAE s U.S. operations. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Whytas also holds a Master s Degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

Organization Position Status
Medical Education Technologies, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Aerosonic Corporation Chairman Current
University of South Florida Masters Degree In Accounting Former

Don Russell is Managing Director of CEA. He has been Chairman of the Investment Committee for CEA Capital Partners USA, L.P., a $150 million equity fund since its inception in February 1997. Don has also been a member of the Investment Committee of Seaport Capital Partners II, LP, a $262 million equity fund since its inception in February 2000. Both of these funds are focused on the entertainment, media, telecommunications and information technology industries and are operated by CEA through its subsidiary, CEA Capital Advisors, LLC. Don is currently a director of two public companies, eTrials Worldwide, Inc. and Aerosonic Corporation, and one private company, Fuzzie Buddies LLC. From October 2004 through February 2006, Don was Vice Chairman of the Board for CEA Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded Specified Purpose Acquisition Corporation ("SPAC"), which raised $24,150,000 in February 2004. From July 1987 to June 1994, Don was President of CEA's New York affiliate, CEA, Inc. and was responsible for overseeing CEA's mergers, acquisitions and corporate financing businesses in the cable television and broadcasting industries. Before joining CEA in 1978, he was employed by the National Westminster Bank, USA and was responsible for media and communications lending. Don was a Director of Colonial Cablevison Corporation; River City Broadcasting; the International Radio and Television Society Foundation; Visual Services, Inc.; Cablesoft; Strategic Publications, LLC; and BioCentrex, LLC. Don received a B.A. degree in Economics from Colgate University. He was also elected to the Society of International Business Fellows in 2000.

Organization Position Status
Cea Capital Advisors, LLC Managing Director Current
Cea, Llp Managing Director Current
Communications Equity Associates, LLC CEA Acquisition Corporation Current
Etrials, Inc. Chair Current
Communications Equity Associates, LLC Vice Chairman Current
Biocentrex, LLC Director Current
Etrials, Inc. Director Current
Strategic Publications, LLC Director Current
etrials Worldwide, Inc. Director Current
Aerosonic Corporation Board of Directors Current
National Westminster Bank PLC media and communications lending Former
International Radio & Television Society Foundation, Inc Former
Colgate University B.A. Degree In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Aerosonic Corporation Board of Directors Current
ELDEC Corporation President Former
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     AIM $4.30 -0.01 (-0.12% )
Average Volume 10,690
Shares Outstanding 3.73M
Market Cap 16.0M
Year High 7.44
Year Low 0.2415
Earnings Per Share -0.83
P/E Ratio -5.18
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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