Speaker Bio

Mr. Ratcliffe is an experienced operational specialist (46 years) in Air Traffic Management (ATM), Air Traffic Flow Management and Collaborative Decision Making (ATFM/CDM). He has international experience in a variety of regions across the globe, namely: USA, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia, Middle East, China, and Latin America.
Mr. Ratcliffe is part of the Aireon team working as Product Manager for AireonFLOW and as a subject matter expert on ATFM/CDM. He has been in this role for 3 years. Prior to this position he was a ATFM SME with Metron Aviation. Mr. Ratcliffe is an advisor to the CANSO ATFMACDM Work Group, in this role he is part of the ICAO ATFMOPS ATFM SG who are completing a rewrite of ICAO Doc9971 and is a contributor to the multiple CANSO documents on ATFM/CDM. In addition, he represents CANSO as an ATFM/CDM subject matter expert in the APAC, Middle East and African regions.
Mr. Ratcliffe has had extensive experience in developing and presenting ATFM/CDM training courses in many of the countries mentioned above.
Prior to his specialization in ATFM he was an active Air Traffic Controller (Tower, Approach and En-route – radar/procedural) for 25 years, holding positions of acting ATC Center management and Area/Approach/Tower managerial positions at an international airport. Mr. Ratcliffe has completed a Senior Management Program at the University of Stellenbosch Graduate School of Business