Emergency exercise leadership
Co-led the April 2019 annual emergency tabletop exercise with the Operations Supervisor, helping identify communication improvements.
April 2019 minutes, page 2The detail behind the stories
Evidence and qualifications.
What I was responsible for, what the teams I worked with delivered, and which contributions appear in the public record. I have linked the records to the work they document and used my own experience to explain how I contributed.
Work documented in public records
Selected Aviation Commission minutes name my involvement. Team outcomes and work in progress are described as such.
Maintenance process improvement
Worked to refine maintenance work-order categories during a review of quarterly reports.
January 2021 minutes, page 3Digital security administration
Presented the AirBadge workflow during the COVID response, covering online applications and remote audit visibility.
May 2020 minutes, page 5Contractor repair planning
Coordinated planning for contractor-led electrical repairs, prioritizing critical hangar deficiencies and preventive maintenance.
March 2021 minutes, page 3Compliance inspection — team result
Served on the management team when the airport passed its annual Part 139 inspection with no corrections, as reported in February 2019.
February 2019 minutes, page 3Environmental controls and procedures
Reported installed stormwater protection controls and procedures being developed for their use.
September 2019 minutes, page 2Other documented accomplishments
Maintenance quality under operational pressure
Personally performed scheduled service on more than 30 vehicles with zero quality rejects. A signed 2003 U.S. Air Force evaluation records this result.
Repair team delivery
Helped inspect, repair, and ship 325 assets as part of a vehicle repair team that finished scheduled maintenance four months ahead of schedule.
Source: U.S. Air Force evaluation, July–October 2003.
Practical repair and cost savings
Rebuilt a truck’s rear bumper assembly using welding skills, saving $1,000 in contract repair costs and three weeks of downtime, according to the same evaluation.
Official responsibilities for roles I have held
Published classifications provide context for the roles and may be updated over time.
Management and commercial breadth
These role summaries come from my professional account and show how the skills connect across industries.
Property Manager · Action Property Management
January–November 2011, Long Beach, California. Leasing, resident relationships, occupancy and collections; budgets, property inspections, maintenance scheduling, repair projects, and contractor bids.
Sales Management Executive · Aramex International
July 2009–August 2010, Beirut, Lebanon. Sales and distribution coordination, goods movement, and departmental planning.
Sales Account Executive · Quickmarsh Distribution
June 2005–August 2007, London, United Kingdom. Customer relationships, territory analysis, product recommendations, sales meetings, and customer feedback.
Experience by responsibility
Management and supervision
Hands-on management across airport operations, administrative services, freight, and contractor delivery — with people, priorities, and accountability kept together.
- Directly supervised the Operations Supervisor, Airport Maintenance Worker role, security specialist, and administrative staff at Sonoma County Airport. As Airport Safety Coordinator, managed all-staff training, including IIPP.
- Managed operational priorities across maintenance, security, contractors, and construction while supporting airport continuity.
- Co-led the annual emergency tabletop exercise in April 2019 with the Operations Supervisor.
- Managed contractor performance, with more than six years across contract management and procurement at Sonoma County Airport, Embry-Riddle, and TarmacSync.
Operations and delivery
Operational leadership in high-stakes, service-driven environments, with a focus on continuity, coordination, and workable decisions.
- Assistant Airport Manager responsibilities across operations, maintenance, projects, security, and contractor coordination.
- Supported a ~$40M terminal modernization while adapting access and passenger-flow arrangements through changing phases.
- Refined maintenance work-order categories to improve operational reporting, documented in January 2021.
- Supported airfield safety coordination during an approximately $8M taxiway reconstruction.
Procurement and vendor management
More than six years across contract management and procurement, with direct exposure to sourcing, proposal evaluation, supplier coordination, and contractor performance.
- Issued RFPs and RFQs and evaluated proposals against operational needs.
- Managed contractor performance and coordinated expectations across vendors and airport teams.
- Founded TarmacSync to explore how policy, funding, and cooperative contracts could inform a buying path.
Contracts administration
Experience supporting contracts and procurement from requirements and solicitation through performance and practical delivery.
- More than six years across contract management and procurement at Sonoma County Airport, Embry-Riddle, and TarmacSync.
- Prepared and issued competitive solicitation documents and evaluated proposals.
- Worked with contractors after award to coordinate performance in operational environments.
- Served as Airport Administrative Manager (ASO I), a role covering administrative staff, purchasing, contracts, and operational forecasting.
- Embry-Riddle: contacted university contract owners to reconcile expiring and expired agreements, clarify whether they would renew or lapse, and refresh records in Workday.
- Embry-Riddle: organized the university’s first hotel expo, bringing about 25 local hotels on campus to meet students and families and promote preferential accommodation rates.
Safety management
Safety work rooted in operational controls, field coordination, training, and adapting procedures to changing conditions.
- Served as Safety Training and Compliance Coordinator and completed OSHA 30-hour General Industry training.
- Managed airfield safety controls during taxiway construction, including coordination around an active-taxiway equipment incident.
- Completed recurrent ARFF training at RMESTC and worked across airport operations and emergency-response partners.
- Co-led the annual emergency tabletop exercise in April 2019 with the Operations Supervisor.
- Completed ACI Safety Management Systems (USA) training in 2017 and an FAA ARP SMS/SRM course in 2011.
- Managed multiple triennial and tabletop exercises for FAA and TSA regulatory purposes under Part 139 and Part 1542.
Security management
Practical security coordination that protected controlled areas while keeping construction, passengers, and daily operations moving.
- Served as Airport Security Coordinator and primary point of contact for TSA.
- Supported TSA 1542 exercises and security-program work.
- Presented digital badging and remote audit workflows during the COVID response in May 2020.
- Wrote Airport Security Program amendments and changed-conditions documentation under TSA Part 1542.
- Handled multiple incidents and prepared incident and investigative reports for DHS/TSA.
Regulatory compliance
Translate regulatory requirements into daily controls, documented processes, and evidence that stands up to operational review.
- Worked with Part 139 responsibilities and airport inspection processes.
- Adapted Corrigo to capture airport-specific inspection evidence and reconciled the workflow with an FAA inspector.
- Supported TSA-reviewed Airport Security Program amendments and OSHA 30-hour General Industry training.
- Part of the management team when the airport passed its annual Part 139 inspection with no corrections, as reported in February 2019.
AI and process improvement
Domain-first use of technology: identify the real work, structure the workflow, prototype with AI assistance, and review whether the result helps.
- Founded TarmacSync in April 2026, defined its architecture and rules-based buying-path methodology, and personally built a usable MVP.
- Directed and worked alongside a contract developer over two months on regulatory-document retrieval, AI-agent workflows, login, and security.
- Created the website, calls to action, and marketing journey; built custom AI skills and tested across models and agents.
- Secured $4,000 in platform service credits from Neon and Google. Demonstrated the product to peers; paused development before a customer launch in October 2026.
- Adapted Corrigo to airport-specific inspection needs and refined maintenance work-order categories.
Logistics and commercial operations
International freight and customer operations, paired with airport-side understanding of complex operational environments.
- Managed air freight operations, customer issues, import and export coordination, and logistics workflows in Cognac, France.
Credentials, education, and training
Professional designations
Accredited Airport Executive (A.A.E.)
American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE).
SWAAAE directory · Omar Daaboul, A.A.E., C.A.E.Certified Airport Executive (C.A.E.)
Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives (SWAAAE).
Issuer’s certification directoryPilot certificates and UAS qualifications
Private Pilot
Private pilot qualification. Flying is also a personal interest. Airplane single-engine land, issued circa 2020.
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot · small UAS
FAA issuance notice dated 22 August 2022.
UAS A1/A3 · open category
Cyprus Department of Civil Aviation. Certificate valid through 30 September 2031.
Safety, emergency response, and training
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF)
ARFF certification and annual recurrent training at RMESTC, Helena, Montana, during airport service. Training dates and certificate records can be discussed for role-specific requirements.
OSHA 30-hour · General Industry
Completed the OSHA 30-hour General Industry course.
Safety Management Systems (USA)
Airports Council International. Course completed 16 March 2017.
Safety Management / Safety Risk Management
FAA ARP SMS/SRM course. Completion recorded 22 December 2011.
Basic Aircraft Systems · ALC-414
FAA Safety Team Aviation Learning Center course, presented by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Completed 19 November 2016.
Essential Aerodynamics: Stalls, Spins, and Safety
AOPA Air Safety Institute. Course completed 17 November 2016.
Apron Safety Management
Airports Council International. Course completed 26 August 2016; certificate and course history reviewed.
Education
MBA · Aviation / Airport Management
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2007–2009.
Bachelor of Science · Information Technology
American InterContinental University. Computer systems focus.
Airport systems case studies
The same accounts are on the portfolio, written so a recruiter can scan them. This page keeps the full text with the records.
Sonoma County Airport · 2019–2023
AirBadge
I worked with AirBadge’s founder and TSA to turn Sonoma’s spreadsheet-based badge audit into an online process the airport could track.
Estimated audit duration: about 6 months before, and about 1.5–2 months after. That timing is my estimate, not an independent measurement. The account on the portfolio
Full account
Problem
A badge audit at Sonoma could take around six months. Staff tracked correspondence in spreadsheets, and a simple question such as who still owed us a response took work to answer. When COVID made remote access more important, the case for bringing those steps online grew stronger.
My role
As the airport’s primary operational contact, I explained how staff and badge holders moved through the audit, where follow-up broke down, and what we needed to document for TSA.
How I approached it
- Translated airport operational needs and applicable airport security requirements (Part 1542) into workflow requirements for the developer.
- Helped shape communication, response tracking, and audit follow-up around how the airport actually worked.
- Coordinated with TSA on the audit process and methodology used within our Airport Security Program.
- Helped move staff and badge holders toward online processes, with mobile access and online training as part of the broader transition.
- Supported development and implementation over 2019–2023.
Tools: AirBadge, online applications and audit workflows, digital communications, and training materials.
Result
By my estimate, a full audit went from about six months to roughly 1.5–2 months. The team could see which responses were outstanding in one place, and TSA approved the airport’s audit method within its Airport Security Program.
What I learned
The most useful change was giving the person responsible for the audit a clear next step. Seeing who still needed to respond made follow-up part of the workflow.
Sonoma County Airport · 2017–2018
Digital safety inspections
I worked with the Operations Supervisor to give inspectors a way to turn a finding in the field into a work order maintenance could act on.
Full account
Problem
An inspector could record a finding on paper, but the maintenance team still needed to know exactly where it was, what it looked like, and whether someone had already picked up the repair.
My role
I evaluated systems with that handoff in mind. Then I led the rollout with the Operations Supervisor, involving the staff who would report and fix findings and coordinating the transition with our FAA inspector.
How I approached it
- Compared specialist systems for regulatory fit, usability, airport size, and a reasonable budget.
- Configured inspection forms and the work-order process.
- Arranged iPads for staff to capture photographs and geolocated findings.
- Worked with the Operations Supervisor to train staff, establish procedures, and roll out the system.
- Communicated the transition and reporting approach to the FAA inspector.
Tools: App 139, iPads, photographs, location pins, digital inspection forms, and work-order tracking. Introduction: 2017–2018.
Result
An inspector could attach a photo and pin the location. Maintenance could act on the work order, and both teams could see its status. The resulting record was clearer for regulatory review, and the system was still in use when I left.
What I learned
I judge an inspection tool by what happens after the finding is entered. A good record helps the next person understand the problem, take action, and show what was done.