Leaders. Mentors. Friends.
Meet Our Team
Paul Stewart
President/CEO
A well known consultant in the Aviation Aftermarket Industry with over 20 years in business operations and software technology, Paul has a knack for innovative approaches to solving daily business problems. Paul founded Ambry Hill Technologies (AHT) because of a deep-seated belief that the Aviation Aftermarket Industry is ready for a simplified, user friendly and intuitive business software solution that helps solve one essential problem: An unmanageable volume of requests for quote (RFQs) caused by decentralized and non-standardized inventory marketing platforms. Based on this insight, he believes the industry is in desperate need of a software provider who can solve this logistical roadblock, and is genuinely interested in customer success. As CEO of Ambry Hill Technologies, and as a cheerleader for Aviation Aftermarket Industry innovation, he is the driving force behind the disruptive and cutting-edge software solutions that AHT offers.
Cole Davisson
Vice President of Software Innovation
Originally educated in Biology and Petroleum Exploration Geology, the oil industry downturn in the
early 1990s prompted Cole’s shift to a 30 year long career in software. For a stretch in the 90s, he
worked in Federal Government Accounting software systems, before joining a major Aerospace ERP
company in 2000. For the next 18 years he held many technical roles in that company, culminating
in a multi-year stint as CTO. In those years, he became known in the Parts Trading and MRO
Software community. He was pivotal in the introduction of a new online aftermarket inventory listing
service to the marketplace; one which upped the ante with respect to how tightly such services could
be integrated to back-end inventory software systems. He further helped ERP software owners
maximize the value of their software investments, by providing tools to easily interact with services like Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with the Spec2000 standard, and offering modular, turn-key web portal systems which allow ERP owners to publish information directly to their customers via the Web.
In the years immediately prior to joining Ambry Hill, Cole worked in an academic informatics
leadership role at a major pubilc research university. This allowed him to further explore cuttingedge methodologies and technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the application of blockchain technology for solving real world problems in data privacy and security.
In his role at Ambry Hill, Cole brings his creativity and many years of experience in the Aerospace
ERP arena to bear on the Parts Trading/MRO industry’s perennial challenges. He is also excited to
have the opportunity to apply powerful current technologies, like Deep Learning in Convolutional
Neural Networks, and Smart Contracts on next-generation Blockchains, to design the future of
technology in Aerospace business systems leadership will continue to have a positive impact on the offerings from Ambry Hill to the Aviation Aftermarket community.
Richard Frisk
Vice President of Sales
With over 20 years of experience working in the Aviation Business Software Industry, Richard has
become a well-known expert. His journey began as a Sales Representative for a Parts Distribution
Company at just 20 years of age. With knowledge of the industry under his belt, he then joined an
Aviation Software Company. Starting out in Technical Support, he eagerly worked his way into sales
ultimately becoming their Director of Sales. Over his extensive career in Aviation, he has earned the
respect of his colleagues while working with major OEMs, Airlines, MROs and Parts Trading
Companies
Upon joining Ambry Hill Technologies, Richard is leading the Sales and Software Adoption Teams to
bring the most cutting-edge Ambry Hill solutions to the marketplace. Having a thorough
understanding of the customers’ business models, details of the industry and the specifics of daily
business transactions is critical to successfully deploying solutions within the marketplace.
His leadership and forward-thinking vision help to propel our software solution forward in Ambry Hill’s
overall goal of helping our customers operate their business more efficiently and cost-effectively.
Tripp Biggers
Regional Sales Manager
Tripp comes to AHT with 19 years of experience in the aviation industry as a Sales Director for one of the world’s largest Web-Based parts locator companies. Prior to that, Tripp had 15 years of sales and management experience in the automotive and industrial market places. He is a highly accomplished sales and management professional with extensive experience in developing new markets, B2B consultative sales, account management and delivering the highest level of customer service. Tripp possesses a strong ability to forge solid business relationships and build consensus across multiple levels of an organization. Strong communication skills, tactical business planning, customer relationships & loyalty, as well as extensive Major Account management are some of his strongest skills. In addition to working with hundreds of small independent companies, Tripp has also worked with some of the world’s largest aviation OEM’s, distributors, MRO facilities and aftermarket providers, specializing in Market Intelligence and Data Analytics solutions. Tripp thrives in situations where an “out of the box” mindset is crucial in solving customers’ needs at multiple levels. Tripp came to AHT because he recognized the unique and powerful impact Vista Quote can offer aviation companies, as well as the extensive and versatile suite of solutions AHT provides to the aviation marketplace.
Neil Prodger
Director of European Technical Sales
After finishing university, Neil started his career in aviation at a renowned aviation company in the United Kingdom. Starting in sales and repairs he then became involved in the implementation of their ERP system and decided that technology was the career for him. For the last 19 years Neil has been implementing, training, and supporting MROs, stockists, and distributors globally on an aviation specific ERP system and is dedicated to promoting best practice and lean processing. Neil has a passion for aviation and always works hard with his customers to leverage technology and create harmonious integrated processes which not only deliver on workflow efficiency but on all aspects of quality. Neil is excited to join Ambry Hill with their exciting range of products and their philosophy and approach to building software - that everything is built with the user experience in mind and efficiency and quality at the forefront.
Malkesh Mangukiya
Director of Software Technology
As a leading .Net developer, Malkesh comes to Ambry Hill Technologies with a rich background. He earned a Bachelors in Computer Applications in 2004 and Masters in Business Administration in 2006. He has dedicated his career to mastering Microsoft technologies in a hosted environment including Visual Basic 6, C# and .Net as well as MS SQL, MySQL and other leading database architectures. His accomplishments include the creation of complete CRM solutions to dynamic multi-thread web technologies and now the ground breaking technology of VistaQuote. Malkesh is the key technology driver and architect behind the cutting edge Aviation Software called VistaQuote. His expertise and leadership will continue to have a positive impact on the offerings from Ambry Hill to the Aviation Aftermarket community.
Jim Johnson
Director of Information Technology
Jim Johnson brings to the Ambry Hill Technologies team over 20 years in the field of IT. Starting with an Associates of Applied Science degree in Electronics – Telecommunications in ’93 he started his career as a desktop support specialist and progressing through the years into server, network administration and into the virtual side with VMWare and Citrix as an IT Systems Engineer. At the same time serving as a member of the Army National Guard starting in ’88 until being honorably retired in ’05. Jims dedication, expertise, professional and personal drive are key assets in helping Ambry Hill Technologies grow and maintain high margins of profitability in todays fast pace marketplace.
Stephen Powell
Customer Service
Best known for his boring jokes and managing StockMarket.aero, Stephen Powell has been providing training for half a dozen industry specific software systems and touched the aviation industry in a myriad of ways. Stephen has dedicated his career to helping people find and use a software solution to fit their need and has rarely done it without one of his signature bowties on.
Stephen brings a decade of aviation industry experience and over 15 years of software training experience.
Because of Ambry Hill Technologies’ cutting-edge software Stephen will educate and prepare the Aviation industry to work smarter and become more successful.
Jason Harders
Manager of Customer Relations
Jason has 20 years experience in the IT field and has dedicated his career to assisting businesses and their users in getting the most out of their IT platforms, applications and services.
A San Diego State School of Business alumnus, Jason started his journey in the IT world working for a B2B technology company assisting apparel manufactures in automating their sales order processing. As a member of a small startup, where resources were scarce at times, Jason took the initiative to
wear multiple hats, giving him the opportunity to learn almost every aspect of running the day-today business operations.
During the company’s acquisition in 2006, Jason’s experience as a project leader ensured that the business resources and clients transitioned seamlessly to the new company’s environments. That success led to a position where he spent 12 years with CenterStone Technologies as a Technical Account Manager working with some of the largest Apparel and Sporting Goods brands in the World.
Jason brings to the table unprecedented commitment to user support, backed by technical knowledge and the patience to help, and ensure the success of, the most challenging customers. His demeanor in difficult situations and positive outlook mean that he is recognized as a force driving customer satisfaction and client success through diverse environments.
Eric Schech
Product Brand Manager
Eric’s professional expertise is in marketing, integrated communications, and customer service. Most
of his professional experience comes from nearly 12 years with the largest quick service chicken chain
in the U.S.- Chick-fil-A, where he held both operations manager and marketing director roles.
He earned a BA from Southeastern Louisiana University in Integrated Marketing Communications and
is an entrepreneur who has started three different business of his own. Eric is increasingly fascinated
by the possibility of achieving that which seems impossible. He enjoys learning more about topics
complementary to his current pursuits like website coding and design, graphic design, photography,
and video production.
Jeanie Webb
Manager of Customer Success
Jeanie brings 20 plus years of Software Implementation, Training and Support experience to Ambry Hill Technologies. Jeanie began her career in the Healthcare Industry working her way up to manage a multi-facility, multi-physician medical practice. This opportunity lead to a position to begin software training with Practice Management Software. Jeanie took a couple of years and trained Independent Insurance Agency Management Software and began learning Implementation. After returning to the Healthcare IT arena Jeanie trained and implemented multiple Electronic Health Record Systems in the Carolinas as an employee of a major healthcare organization in the area and across the United States in a consultant role. While working in Healthcare IT Jeanie has had the opportunity to train in a classroom setting, provide onsite one on one training with Physicians and staff, work in Telemedicine, provide At The Elbow Support during Go Live, provide software, hardware and technical support, and work with several ancillary products including signature capture, credit cards, scanners both document and bar code, and palm scanners. The past several years, Jeanie has been with a pharmaceutical software company managing multiple implementation projects simultaneously, working within State and Federal Guidelines to get the pharmacy live on new software in a timely manner.
