Managing Director - Ing. Vladislav Hofman
Mr. Hofman is a distinguised veteran of the aviation industry having held positions with Czech Airlines, a board member with Čechofracht and a controller with the Czech Air Force.
A veteran of the Iraq war Mr. Hofman now holds a Masters in Air Traffic Management from the University of Defense and the position of Managing Director and member of ERA a.s. Board of Directors.
Director Corporate Strategy - Tim Quilter, CEng
Mr. Quilter has had a long career in the aviation industry having worked on radar and Electronic Warfare systems while at Racal Radar Defence Systems and in product management and ATM strategy at Roke Manor Research Ltd in the United Kingdom. Mr. Quilter is a Chartered Engineer with a degree from Brunel University and currently sits as Chairman of the EUROCAE WG51 SG4 ADS-B/WAM Composite Surveillance Systems committee.
Director Product Development - Ing. Pavel Štěrba, PMP
Mr. Sterba began his career in the radar industry as a radar technician for the Czechoslovak armed forces. He then moved on to the well known TESLA company where he, at various times, managed development and research for radar and microwave systems. Capitalizing on his wealth of knowledge and experience he now directs ERA's product development organization. Mr. Sterba holds a computer science degree from the University of Brno and PMP certification from the Project Management Institute.
Manager Quality Assurance - Jiří Jirout, DiS
Mr.Jirout began his career in Panasonic mobile and automotive industry as a quality engineer, custom product specification engineer and deputy customer service manager. He came to ERA as a project quality manager and later as a quality manager. He is skilled in assuring quality within the entire product life cycle from R&D to deployed system. Mr. Jirout graduated from Electrotechnical University with a focus on information technology, he is a certified quality manager by Czech Association for Quality and a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Director ATM Sales - Ing. Viktor Sotona, MBA
Mr. Sotona started his professional career in Czech Airlines as a Senior Project Manager in the Technical Division. During his tenure with ERA he has held several sales positions and currently serves as Commercial Director for our ATM Sector. He received a Master degree in Air Traffic Management from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Brno, Czech Republic and a MBA degree from Sheffield Business School, UK. Mr. Sotona is a member of several professional ATM working groups under EUROCAE and EUROCONTROL. He chaired WG-70 on the Wide Area MLAT standards and he is a member of the Supervisory Board of ERA.
Director Operations - Libor Urban
Director Military Sales - Ing. Ondřej Chlost, MBA
Finance - Ing. Miloslav Zavoral
Product Delivery - Ing. Michal Matiáš
ERA a.s. advanced passive surveillance listed in Czech Armed Forces equipment catalog
ERA a.s. growth drives need for increased product development space.
ERA a.s. has achieved extended MAK certification for the use of its equipment in Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) and Height Measurement (HMU) applications.
ERA a.s. announces that its Squidtm vehicle tracking system has been certified compliant with German Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) E1 requirements.
ERA a.s. announces operational status for the world’s largest wide area multilateration aircraft surveillance system.
ERA a.s. announces it has been selected as prime contractor for the supply of a complete A-SMGCS system to Heydar Aliyev international airport.
Czech Republic’s leading trading company acquires ERA’s market leading aircraft surveillance technology.