Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Cessna Aircraft tapped Ron Alberti, senior v-p of integrated supply chain, to assume a new role responsible for the previously announced relocation of work from Columbus, Ga., and Wichita to Cessna’s facility in Mexico. He will also be responsible for overseeing Skycatcher production in China. Eric Cardinali, currently president of sister company Bell Helicopter Canada, will succeed Alberti in the supply-chain role. Meanwhile, long-time Cessna CFO Mike Shonka retired as of the beginning of this month; Eric Salander, the executive director of financial planning and analysis at parent company Textron, takes his place.

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Cessna Aircraft tapped Ron Alberti, senior v-p of integrated supply chain, to assume a new role responsible for the previously announced relocation of work

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