AIRCRAFT MRO: VENDOR JOB CARD
VENDOR JOB CARD: COMPLY365
Tom Samuel offers us an insight into the innovative and customer-focused ethos that is at the heart of Comply365’s enduring success Tom Samuel has spent all of his career in aviation software and, since 2015, has led Comply365 through significant product innovation, operational maturity, and business growth. He believes in great teams who deliver unique solutions to critical market problems and has positioned Comply365 to continuously innovate in the operational document management space. Tom holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University with a focus on Applied Statistics. He also holds an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University. Aircraft IT: Your name, your job, and the name of the business? Tom Samuel: Tom Samuel, CEO, Comply365 Aircraft IT: How did Comply365 get started? TS: The business had its start delivering digital documents in the aviation industry. Just after the iPad came out in 2010, the aviation industry went through a significant transition from distributing flight operations manuals in physical pilot flight bags to delivering them in digital form. Comply365 worked with several US carriers and the FAA to build and deliver one of the industry’s first electronic flight bag solutions.
Aircraft IT: What is the guiding business principle that drives the business? TS: We are continuously leveraging the latest technology to make our customers’ lives easier. It
requires us to be disruptive in our thinking, and willing to always be open to the possibility that the way business will be done in the future is very different than the way business is currently done.
“…the aviation industry went through a significant transition from distributing flight operations manuals in physical pilot flight bags to delivering them in digital form. Comply365 worked with several US carriers and the FAA to build and deliver one of the industry’s first electronic flight bag solutions.” AIRCRAFT IT MRO • JULY-AUGUST 2021 • 46
