Robert Homan began his civilian career as an Avionics Liaison Engineer at Wilcox Electric in Kansas City , Missouri after completing 10 years with the United States Navy as an Avionics Technician and Instructor. He rapidly rose to Manager of Airborne Products Assembly at Wilcox Electric. At Wilcox Electric Mr. Homan was in charge of approximately 50 technicians and 200 assembly workers.
He later joined Torotel Incorporated as Production Manager of the Electronic Filter Group. Torotel Inc. manufactured sophisticated electronic filters, transformers, and inductors.
Mr. Homan then directed his career path toward the field of Quality Assurance when he joined one of the world's largest producers of avionics, King Radio Corporation in Olathe KS . King Radio manufactured virtually everything in aircraft avionics from Radios and VORs through Transponders, DMEs, RNAVs, to HSIs and Attitude Indicators. He started with King Radio as Manager of Inspection. Mr. Homan handled all of the inspection and conformity activities for the corporation's 5 manufacturing facilities.
While he was at King Radio, he became very active in the American Society of Quality Control (ASQC) where he served as the Chairman of the Kansas City Section of the Society. He also attained the highly regarded Certification as a Quality Engineer (CQE) from the Society. Mr. Homan was promoted to Manager of Piper Field Support and relocated to Lakeland , FL where he trained Field Engineers and Technicians to man FAA Repair Stations in Lakeland and Vero Beach in order to support Piper Aircraft's increasing dependence on King Radio products.
After eight years with King Radio, Mr. Homan joined the Quality Assurance team at Piper Aircraft Corporation's Lakeland Florida facility as the Director of Quality Assurance. He was in charge of Quality Assurance for the Piper Navajos and Cheyenne 's. He also trained and supervised a Quality Assurance team of over 70 individuals. Mr. Homan also served as Production Test Pilot for Piper Corporation on various aircraft including the high performance Cheyenne 400 propjet aircraft. He advanced rapidly to Vice President of Quality Assurance overseeing all of Piper Aircraft production after Piper consolidated all of its aircraft production activities in Vero Beach , Florida .
Mr. Homan joined the worldwide recognized Fairchild Aircraft Corporation as Vice President of Quality Assurance in October of 1991. During his tenure at Fairchild Corporation he was in charge of all Quality Assurance activities and, aided by his experience, knowledge and assistance, the company completed the FAA Certification program for the advanced high performance Metro 23 commuter airliner.
He came to Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation, San Antonio Texas in October 1995 as Vice President, developing, directing and overseeing all of the Quality Assurance programs for the new high speed, long range SJ30-2 Corporate twinjet aircraft. Mr. Homan has put in place and leads a very impressive team of over 40 professionals, a staff of professional managers and Quality Engineers as well as a very sophisticated program to maintain conformity control aimed at achieving FAA certification of the new SJ30-2 twin jet.
Robert Homan is a FAA Certified Commercial Pilot and he has advanced instrument and multi-engine Pilot ratings. He is also a FAA Certified Flight Instructor with Instrument and Multi-engine Privileges. As mentioned, he also has a high number of hours as a Production Test Pilot at Piper Aircraft Corporation. Robert loves to fly and he enjoys golf and makes it one of his favorite recreational sports. |
