Stayne D. Hoff
Los Angeles ̶ Seattle
+1 805.402.7364 stayne@staynehoff.com
Proven leader for the technical development and business development of a diverse set of aerospace technical
products and services for commercial and military customers, land sea air and space. 20 years of aerospace
management experience, 30 years of aerospace engineering experience.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
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Captured $500M in aerospace contracts to date
Led 300+ proposal efforts
Built & maintain a global network of key aerospace industry relationships and contacts
Successes built upon an engineering and PM foundation
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
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Technical product development & certification
Program turnarounds / rescues
Corporate process improvements
EXPERIENCE
Director, Business Development  Robotics & Automation
MDA US Systems  Space Systems/Loral  MDA Corporation, September 2014 – present
Vice-President, Business Development
Systems Technology, Inc., January 2014 – September 2014
Director, International Business Development - Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Group
AeroVironment, Inc., September 2004 – December 2013
Development Manager - Aeroscraft
Worldwide Aeros Corp., April 2004 – September 2004
Consultant, June 2003 – July 2004
Vice-President, Engineering & Information Technology
G&H Technology Inc., January 1998 – May 2003
General Manager
Prototype Technologies, May 1994 – December 1997
Vice-President and Co-Founder
Modelwerks Inc., December 1992 – January 1994
Lead Sr. Engineer
Learjet Inc. / Bombardier Aerospace, May 1989 – February 1993
Engineer
Beech Aircraft, August 1988 – May 1989
Chief of Operations
UW Aeronautical Laboratory (UWAL / Kirsten Wind Tunnel), November 1984 – August 1988
EDUCATION
BS Physics (minor, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering), University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
CADAM 2D modeling, Wichita, KS
Unigraphics CAD modeling & surface lofting, Wichita, KS
Surfcam CNC programming, Brea, CA
Lockheed Martin LM21 Lean Manufacturing, Camarillo, CA
Waldman Proposal Strategy - Creation - Evaluation, Simi Valley, CA
Shipley Pricing To Win, Ojai, CA
SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVELS
US DoD SECRET.
NATO SECRET.
COMMITTEES & SOCIETIES
Creator/Manager, UAV Industry Group (16,000+ members from 135+ countries), LinkedIn.com .
UAV subject matter expert, "Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century", by P. W.
Singer (Foreign Policy senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington DC), 2009.
UAV subject matter expert, "Shadow Maker", by James R. Hannibal, 2015.
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI):
 Member, 2005 – present.
 Committee Member, Board of Directors Nominating Committee, 2012.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA):
 Senior Member, 1984 – present.
 Member, Space Automation & Robotics Technical Committee (SARTC), 2015 – present.
Member, Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE), Avionics Systems Division:
 AS-1B1: Miniature Munitions Stores Interface [now MIL-STD-3016] Task Group, 1999 – 2004 (completion).
 AS-1B2: MIL-STD-1760 User’s Group, 2000 - present.
 AS-4: Unmanned Systems, 2004 (start) – present.
Member, Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) Working Group, 2004 – present.
Member, Association of the United States Army (AUSA), 2005 - present.
Member, Planetary Society, 2015 – present.