With over 30 years of experience in senior roles for OEMs and MROs in the civil and military aerospace industries, Michael Fleischer is a true aerospace all-rounder with a wealth of international experience.

He has extensive interdisciplinary know-how in business development and sales as well as strategic planning. In the areas of program management, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), engineering and manufacturing in connection with the areas of certification, approvals and quality management, Mr. Fleischer has acquired valuable knowledge, also in an international environment. In addition, operational projects such as process improvement and change management were successfully performed and implemented.

Focus

• Management consulting in medium-sized companies in the aviation industry
• Project management in major international projects
• Support services for maintenance companies, manufacturers and service providers
• Sub-contractor management and auditing

Excerpt of professional experiences

• After graduating as a certified engineer at the University of Applied Science Cologne in 1985, Mr. Fleischer started his career with the company Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in Stuttgart. Among other things, he was responsible for adaption and customizing the Porsche PFM 3200 aircraft engine for various aircraft and helicopters.
• In 1988 he joined Deutsche Airbus, Aircraft service center Lemwerder. The total of 13 years with various assignments in engineering, in the product management for a freighter conversion P2F program up to the project management for the Antonov AN-7X program, forms the firm basis of Michael´s knowledge and experience. Mr. Fleischer left the company, now known as Aircraft Services Lemwerder, ASL, successfully positioned on the international market worldwide as a heavy maintenance, conversion and modification/retrofit service center, as Vice President Design / Engineering in 2001.
• Based on the experience of major international projects, Michael Fleischer was the project manager of an international simulator project for military helicopters in a defense technology company. After handing-over the simulation systems to the customer, he was able to successfully apply his knowledge in the global scenario of civil aircraft equipment after sales service as a responsible Product Support Manager by switching within the company.
• From 2010 to 2016, Mr. Fleischer was responsible for the management of the Bremen office and later for the subsidiary in Moscow in a medium-sized service company. Another focus was the overall business development and strategic direction at the management board of the company.
• Since May 2016, Mr. Fleischer has worked as a freelance consultant in various international projects.The focus here is on advising companies in civil aviation, business development and expansion, process and process optimization and project management.