{"id":4873,"date":"2019-06-05T14:31:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4873"},"modified":"2019-06-05T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:31:52","slug":"cirrus-aircraft-announces-new-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4873","title":{"rendered":"Cirrus Aircraft Announces New Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Duluth, Minn. and Knoxville, Tenn. (4 June 2019) \u2013 Cirrus Aircraft announced today that Zean Nielsen has been selected to succeed Co-founder Dale Klapmeier as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Nielsen has held senior leadership roles at a range of global world-class organizations, including Tesla Motors, James Hardie and Bang & Olufsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCirrus Aircraft has a remarkably bright future ahead,\u201d noted Dale Klapmeier, Co-founder and National Aviation Hall of Fame member. \u201cWe are fortunate to have someone of Zean\u2019s caliber and experience to lead us into the next era of growth. I am looking forward to moving into a Senior Advisory role and continuing to work with our exceptional team on reinventing the future of personal transportation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am honored and humbled to join this team of experienced general aviation leaders and a world-class workforce as we continue to bring game-changing products and services to market,\u201d said Zean Nielsen, CEO of Cirrus Aircraft. \u201cOur mission is to deliver an aviation experience that is the pinnacle of innovation, quality and safety to our customers \u2013 and that is exactly what we will continue to do for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zean most recently served as the Executive Vice President of North American Sales at James Hardie, a leading industrial building materials company. Prior to his role at James Hardie, Nielsen ran all aspects of Tesla Motors worldwide sales operations efforts as the Vice President of Global Sales Operations. Zean began his career at Bang & Olufsen, the luxury electronics maker, where over a 17 year career he ascended to more senior roles before he ultimately became the President of Bang & Olufsen North and South America, prior to joining Tesla Motors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nielsen assumed the CEO role at Cirrus Aircraft on 3 June 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Cirrus Aircraft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cirrus Aircraft is the recognized global leader in personal aviation and the maker of the best-selling SR Series piston aircraft and the Vision JetTM, the world\u2019s first single-engine Personal JetTM, as well as the recipient of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Founded in 1984, the company has redefined performance, comfort and safety in aviation with innovations like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System\u00ae (CAPS\u00ae) \u2013 the first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system included as standard equipment on an aircraft. To date, worldwide flight time on Cirrus aircraft has passed 10.5 million hours and 172 people have returned home safely to their families as a result of the inclusion of CAPS as a standard feature on all Cirrus aircraft. The company has four locations in the United States, located in Duluth, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Knoxville, Tennessee and McKinney, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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