Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Biography
Jason Starke is the Director of Safety and product Development for Baldwin Safety & Compliance and instructor for BaldwinVirtualTraining.com. Before joining Baldwin, he was the Operations Manager for the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC). He joined IBAC from Universal Weather and Aviation, where he led efforts to develop an SMS solution comprising software and classroom training for client flight departments.
Before Universal, Jason was both a pilot for and Director of Safety at Priester Aviation in Chicago, where he developed the company’s SMS and implemented its FOQA program. He has also been a part-time simulator instructor for Flight Safety International in the CL-601 and HS-800XP training programs. He has an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and is rated in the CE-500, CL-600, and HS-125. He had been a charter and EMS pilot for R&M Aviation before joining Priester.
Jason started his career as a satellite systems operator in the U.S. Air Force and has a B.S. in Meteorology from Northern Illinois University, a Master of Aviation Science from Everglades University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership and Behavior from Northcentral University. Jason has served on the Safety Management and Flight Operations panels at ICAO and the NBAA Safety Committee since 2013.