The Silicon Valley Business Journal has honored movers and shakers in its first checklist \u201cSilicon Valley Power 100.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The inaugural honorees have been chosen by the editorial workers of the Journal, which chosen people they outlined because the \u201cones whose words cause ripples on Wall Street and whose decisions affect tens of thousands.\u201d Included on that checklist is San Jos\u00e9 Mineta International Airport (SJC)\u00a0 Director of Aviation, John Aitken.<\/p>\n
Honorees within the inaugural checklist have been chosen based mostly on nominations assembly the next standards:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Influencers who’re both redefining what Silicon Valley is all about or enhancing what\u2019s already working properly within the area.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leaders which can be adeptly navigating their firms and organizations by means of challenges and capitalizing on rising alternatives.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visionaries who’ve distinctive insights concerning the future and are motivating others to observe them.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Game changers, individuals who 10 or 20 years from now we\u2019ll say, \u201cthey changed history.\u201d<\/p>\n
The checklist locations Aitken amongst Silicon Valley\u2019s elite leaders, together with CEOs of the three largest firms in Silicon Valley \u2014 Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations to John Aitken, under whose leadership San Jos\u00e9 Mineta International Airport became the nation\u2019s fastest growing airport and received global recognition for safety and use of technology,\u201d mentioned San Jos\u00e9 Mayor Matt Mahan. \u201cIt is great to work with a leader who combines deep technical expertise with a dogged commitment to quality service for the more than 11 million passengers served by SJC each year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of his position at SJC, Aitken says that he’s impressed by \u201cthe spirit of creativity and innovation here at the airport, at City Hall and in our Silicon Valley,\u201d main a crew of over 200 workers that he calls \u201cdedicated, creative, and forward-thinking employees.\u201d He will have fun 30 years at SJC this yr and has served as Airport Director since 2017.<\/p>\n
Aitken led the Airport\u2019s 2001 title change in honor of former San Jos\u00e9 Mayor, Norman Y. Mineta, as its namesake. Mineta\u2019s actions after 9\/11 as US Transportation Secretary cemented the nation\u2019s present Aviation security infrastructure and established the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Aitken\u2019s management additionally drove SJC\u2019s rise to distinction because the fastest-growing airport within the nation previous to COVID. The Airport emerged from the pandemic distinguished as the primary US Airport to obtain accreditation by the Global Bio-risk Advisory Council (GBAC) for its dedication to the very best ranges of security and cleanliness.<\/p>\n
Aitken and his tenure are additionally recognized to have pushed SJC to turn into a beacon for Airport innovation. The Airport was the primary within the US to introduce remedy animals in its terminals after 9\/11, and repeatedly infuses know-how with Customer Service, itemizing examples equivalent to automated wheelchairs and particular in-terminal companies for vacationers with disabilities, set up of recent applied sciences equivalent to self-sanitizing escalator handrails throughout COVID, and final yr being named Alaska Airlines\u2019 innovation hub.<\/p>\n
Aitken is an instrument-rated industrial pilot and holds a Bachelor of Science diploma from Florida Institute of Technology in Aviation Management and MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Aviation Management. He is an Accredited Airport Executive (A.A.E.) and is a Board Member of Joint Venture Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n
Aitken\u2019s nomination highlighted his management by means of devastating pandemic journey disruptions and his efforts to develop the airport\u2019s dimension, together with the addition of non permanent gates close to Terminal B, geared toward changing into everlasting gates in a brand new terminal. He can also be credited with the current rebranding of the Airport, which is the principle aerial gateway to Silicon Valley. SJC is a self-supporting division of the City of San Jos\u00e9 and isn’t funded by taxpayer {dollars}.<\/p>\n
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