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Summary:

Empower logistics and supply chain knowledge workers with real-time knowledge management tools. Few would debate that logistics and supply chain management may be the most important element of business performance

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Accredited Integration Specialist

As a T1 airport industry specialist, we understand your current business and can help your organization make the best choice, the lowest cost choice for changing network providers and adding bandwidth to your business

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eCOMvergence is a registered veteran owned  business

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airport Industry Project Consultants

Providing project development and implementation expertise

eCOMvergence provides technology and project development consulting and Professional Services to Transportation Industry Systems Integrators and Government agencies.  We track the issues and trends that face the airport and airline industry today and continue to be at the forefront to research what is happening in the industry.   We leverage our experience and skills in planning, project management and application analysis and migration to help our clients plan and implement new strategies and tactics in this dynamic and global market.

Technology Trends

• Across the industry, airports, airlines and transport companies are benchmarking best practices as an essential step to reduce operational costs in the wake of higher fuel prices, improve project planning and implementation and update the management process. 

• In fact, Transportation Industry companies are leaders in developing and expanding IP networks into converged voice, data and video networks to support a global business model.  The world's airports, with partners such as SITA, are in the process or have already implemented copper, wireless and fiber network infrastructure upgrades opening the potential for a wide range of information formats including streaming video, real-time security data and other business critical information that will be available to airline customers and airport users at their individual desktop computers.

• Wireless broadband networks, including WiMAX technologies, are transforming how airports will update or implement communications, operations and travel services.  Issues that have blocked implementation a wireless broadband architecture at airports include:

  • How do we deal with interference?

  • How to sort out Communications Frequency issues?

  • What applications do they want at what price?

  • What technology and architecture do we choose?

  • Can we cost justify the network infrastructure and operating expenses to make this a cost neutral airport users?

  • How to integrate with airlines, city and community networks and applications?

  • What is an effective communication strategy regarding our broadband initiative?

• Biometric based security solutions for airport security, border management and personal ID programs continued to expand in 2006.  For airports, this enables a new level of security information sharing for internal, regional and national safety and security to meet the global need to share real-time information.

Custom Bid to Implementation Management Support

eCOMvergence has the expertise and experience to help our clients analyze risks, plan and manage complex sales proposals.  We provide our customers with project implementation summaries that include base project plans with resources and task timelines that enable proper risk and cost evaluation for final pricing and support resources.  This will lead to a successful client project implementation and will enable the our clients achieve the project financial revenue and cost objectives.

 

• Complex BID Development Management

• Technology and application assessment

• Project Implementation Support Services

• Implementation Scheduling and Support

• Technical Project Management  

                             Aviation Industry Knowledge     

eCOMvergence has completed projects that provided support or project implementation services for industry leaders including SITA, Sabre, Honeywell, ARINC,  Digital, Compaq/HP, United, American, Frontier, Air Canada, Qantas, JAL, Singapore, and ANA.  The airports include Denver International Airport, the Port of Seattle and to major international airports.

        Business and Technology Skills

eCOMvergence has the transportation industry experience for process re-engineering, IT integration, Intranet planning, Workflow,  Document Management, airline CRS and operations applications, EDI information flow and networks, Real-time Business Intelligence tools and border management and travel document encryption and security solutions.

 Project Development and Implementation 

eCOMvergence is respected in the industry for managing strong technical sales proposals.  We have the skills that customers count on to implement customer technology and support projects on time and with the highest quality.

Les B. Imada is the President and Principal consultant to this growing business.  For 35 years, we have provided senior management level product development, marketing and sales support for leading technology companies including Digital Equipment, Memorex Telex, Honeywell.  Over the last 10 years we have provided consultant management, business planning, project sales support and project management support to SITA, The Port of Seattle, Denver International Airport, Air Canada, and business development for software companies planning to move into the global market.