The 2013 Crystal Cabin Award members of the Judging Panel in alphabetical order:

Vern Alg

Peter Bishop

Kent D. Craver

Tony Dixon

Kevin Dudley

Michael Eggenschwiler

Dr Holger Friehmelt

Adam Gavine

Prof Werner Granzeier

Peter Hardie

Kirby J. Harrison

Dr Dierk Hickmann

Andrew Hoad

Michael Kaye

Rachel Khong

Patrick Lutz

Melissa Raudebaugh

Dr Joachim Schneider

Rolf Dieter Sellge

Fernando Ponzo de Siqueira

Martin Sperber

Russ Summers

Paul Sweeney

Prof Peter Vink

Ingo Wuggetzer

Independent Consultant in Aircraft Interiors Project Management

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Managing Director Bishop GmbH

Peter Bishop is a Chartered Aeronautical Engineer, he is founder and Managing Director of Bishop GmbH - Aeronautical Engineers, and AFCS - Aircraft Fuel Cell Systems GmbH. Mr. Bishop possesses nearly 30 years aeronautical experience. He is the holder of several patents, including in the field of cabin interior.

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Director Passenger Satisfaction & Revenue, The Boeing Company

Kent D. Craver has been working in the commercial airline industry for 20 years: 15 years at Continental Airlines with responsibility for the onboard passenger experience and 5 years at Boeing Commercial Airplanes as an interiors specialist influencing the cabin interiors philosophy. 

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Editor Airliner World Magazine

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General Manager Cabin Product & Maintenance, Virgin Atlantic Airways

An MBA Graduate from the University of Sussex, England and a Licensed Aircraft Engineer of more than 30 years, Kevin has held senior management positions at airlines in the Middle and Far East, West Africa and the Caribbean including Director of Maintenance and COO. He is now responsible for all cabin engineering and maintenance for the Virgin Atlantic fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft. Working closely with his colleagues in the Design and Customer Experience teams he also manages aircraft interior definition and customisation for new aircraft introductions such as the B787.

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CEO, Hamburg Airport

Michael Eggenschwiler is CEO at Hamburg Airport. He is a business graduate from the university of St. Gallen/Swizerland and has assumed this role in March 2005 after two years as Managing Director of Hamburg Airport. Starting his professional carrier at Crossair in various management positions, he took over a senior management role at Swissair. Michael Eggenschwiler was Member of the Executive Board at Swissair, last being responsible for sales & marketing in Swissair's home market Switzerland.

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Director Engineering, Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas Inc.

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Editor, Aircraft Interiors International Magazine

Adam Gavine is the editor of Aircraft Interiors International, published by UKIP Media&Events, the founder of Aircraft Interiors Expo. The magazine is the industry's leading publication, providing its 12,000+ readers with the latest information on the most important new innovations, products, technologies and airline case studies, via its beautifully illustrated pages and sharply written articles. Adam is also editor of sister titles Airline Entertainment International and Airline Catering International. 

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Hamburg University of Applied Sciences HAW

Prof. Granzeier works in the european aerospace industry since 1974, MBB, VFW-FOKKER and AIRBUS Industrie. Since 1984 he is a consultant for transportation industrial design for e.g. BOEING, FACC, DASELL Cabin interior, AIRBUS and DIEHL. Furthermore he is a member of german parlamentary group-Aviation and Space Group in the Bundestag/FORUM e.V. in Berlin.

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Aviation Consultant

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Senior Editor Aviation International News

Kirby Harrison has been a writer, editor and news photographer since 1965 when he was in the U.S. Navy and assigned to the public affairs office on the USS Springfield, homeported in Villefranche, France. Following retirement, he returned to school and was graduated with honors in 1991 from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Photojournalism. Mr. Harrison has been employed by Aviation International News for many years and one of his annual assignments is the aircraft interiors completion and refurbishment special report, which he has been writing for nine years. He has covered the Aircraft Interiors Expo since it began in Cannes, France.

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CEO Engineering Office Dierk Hickmann

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Senior Vice President – Engineering Support Services, Emirates Airline

Andrew has over 20 years commercial airline experience. He has held senior positions in both Emirates Airline and Cathay Pacific Airways. Andrew has been intimately involved with the introduction of many of the cabin product innovations on the Emirates fleet including those found on the flag ship A380 aircraft and long range 777-300ERs . Currently he is responsible for all of the technical support for the Emirates rapidly expanding fleet. 

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Technical Director Germanwings

Michael Kaye is Technical Director of Germanwings with two areas of responsability, nominated Postholder Maintainance of the CAMO since February 2007 and accountable Manager for the EASA145 Organization, which has started in May 2008.

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Manager, Premium Product, Cathay Pacific

Rachel leads the teams that manage the onboard and ground passenger experience. The onboard and ground teams have direct responsibility for managing the customer proposition, setting service standards and developing new product innovations for the First Class and Business Class cabins and lounges across the Cathay Pacific network. 

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Head of Audit Programme at Aviation Quality Services

Patrick Lutz, Head of Audit Program at the Aviation Quality Services GmbH (AQS), is responsible for the worldwide coordination of 55 aviation safety inspectors, so called IOSA auditors. Amongst other issues the IOSA program requires in depth auditing of the airline’s cabin management. Complying with the IOSA standard is mandatory for airlines wishing to become or stay IATA members.

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General Manager – Aircraft Experience, Delta Air Lines

Melissa Raudebaugh is a member of Delta Air Lines’ Customer Experience team and currently serves as General Manager – Aircraft Experience. In her role, Melissa leads the team responsible for defining and developing new products directly related to the cabin interior. During her 14 years at Delta, Melissa has held positions in Supply Chain, Interiors Engineering, Fleet Strategy and Aircraft Acquisitions. She has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Business Administration from Georgia State University. Prior to joining Delta, Melissa served as a test engineer at Rocketdyne.  

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Vice President Product Management, Lufthansa German Airlines

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Aviation Consultant

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Senior Manager Interiors Engineering Embraer

Fernando Antônio Ponzo de Siqueira graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 (Brazil). He has been working for Embraer since 1984. Throughout this period of time, he has worked in the following teams: Structures, Interiors, Programs, Marketing Intelligence, Customer Services. Currently he is leading the Interiors Area for new developments.

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Head of team aviation at TUV Rheinland automotive GmbH

Martin Sperber is head of the team aviation at TUV Rheinland automotive GmbH in Cologne, Germany since 1988. His main activities and responsibilities are project management, planning, supervision and realization in the fields: management of complex and large national and international projects, aviation passive safety, development of energy absorption elements in vehicles, biomechanics, child restraint systems and advisory assistance to manufactures of vehicles and components.

He is an expert for different European working groups in the field of passive safety. Furthermore he has got knowledge and experiences in the field of noise measurements of propeller driven aircrafts and of aviation regulation in airworthiness and operation (National, EASA (JAA), FAA).

Martin Sperber won the O.S.T.I.V- Prize 1999 for the outstanding work on crashworthiness adding to improved cockpit design.
 

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Senior Manager Aircraft Acquisitions and Retirements, Alaska Airlines

Russell “Russ” Summers is the Senior Manager of Aircraft Acquisitions and Retirements for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. He is also responsible for aircraft configuration change management, including new product design and offer-ability on Boeing 737 aircraft, business cases and contracts, and fleet planning. Russ has 27 years in maintenance and engineering, the last 15 years of which he has been accepting airplanes, and facilitating internal, cross-divisional reviews of aircraft configuration opportunities. Russ holds a BS of Professional Aeronautics and Aviation and Aerospace Safety from Embry-Riddle, and FAA A&P and pilots ratings. He is attending the University of Washington’s MBA College. 

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Program Manager Aircraft Design & Projects, Qantas Airways
 

Paul Sweeney is currently the Program Manager for the Aircraft design & Projects Group at Qantas Airways managing the project management group responsible for new aircraft line fit cabin development and aircraft reconfigurations. Paul has 15 years’ experience in the aviation industry working across aircraft seating, cabin design and IFE. Paul’s background as an engineer has seen him participate in the development of leading edge technologies both technically and commercially. 

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Head Department Environmental Design, TNO

Peter Vink is research manager at TNO, the second largest applied scientific research organisation in Europe. At TNO he motivates 42 researchers and designers in the field of environments, comfort, productivity and health. He is also professor at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, where he teaches, guides students (PhD and MSc) and conducts research. He has more than 200 publications in the field of participative design and comfort. 

Peter Vink is also Chairman of the Crystal Cabin Award Judging Panel since October 2011. 

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Ingo Wuggetzer, Vice President Cabin Innovation & Design, Airbus Operations GmbH

Ingo Wuggetzer, Vice President Cabin Innovation & Design, is responsible for innovations and design of future Airbus Cabins. After studying aeronautical engineering and business administration, Ingo Wuggetzer worked for a top international management consultancy. He then became the General Manager Cabin Development and Product Innovation for Lufthansa’s in-flight-products. Furthermore, he held various roles within this airline, such as Leader of Aircraft Asset Management Group and Senior Manager in the Corporate Strategy Department, being responsible for fleet strategy decisions and business cycle management.

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