Avenger Team

• Avenger Leadership Team

  David Misencik, President

  David Misencik is President of Avenger and has over 26 years of experience in the aircraft industry as a stress and damage tolerance technical specialist. David has an FAA DER Delegation for full airframe structural design, static strength, fatigue and damage tolerance for FAR’s Part 23, Part 25, and Part 26. He started his career at Boeing in Everett, Washington as a Structures Engineer and has worked for other OEMs such as Gulfstream and Lockheed. David also serves as the accountable manager for Avenger’s FAA approved quality system. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1990 with a BS in Aeronautical / Astronautical  Engineering.

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  Simon Lyth, Lead Technical Specialist

  Simon Lyth is a Lead Technical Specialist at Avenger Aerospace Solutions and has over 25 years of experience in the aircraft industry as a Structures and MRB technical specialist. Simon started his career at British Aerospace in the UK where he served an Engineering Apprenticeship and has subsequently worked for several other OEM’s including Boeing and Gulfstream Aerospace. Simon has also worked for several smaller aircraft companies in the US, UK and France in a stress and MRB aerospace technical services capacity. He graduated from Kelsterton College in the UK with a HND (BS equivalent) in Aeronautical Engineering in 1986.

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  David Cummings, Lead Technical Specialist

  David Cummings is a Lead Technical Specialist and has over 24 years of experience in the aircraft industry. He has also been an FAA Company Structures DER (13 years) with delegations for wing/fuselage/empennage structural design, static strength, major repairs and alterations, and materials and processes (metals) for 14 CFR Parts 23 and 25. He started his career at Northrop-Grumman in Pico Rivera, California on the B-2 Bomber program, and has worked for both large and small companies throughout his career, filling roles in many facets of the aviation industry including design, stress, manufacturing engineering, project management, certification, and DER support.  He graduated from The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1987 with a BS in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics.

  Patrick Farrell, Lead Technical Specialist

  Patrick Farrell is a Lead Technical Specialist at Avenger Aerospace Solutions and has over 15 years of engineering experience and over 10 years experience in the aircraft industry as a Structures and Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Analyst. Patrick started his career at Belcan designing heavy equipment systems while completing his BS in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University (2008).  Patrick has primarily worked at Avenger but was employed at Aurora Flight Sciences for a period and gained important composite structures knowledge in addition to Finite Element Analysis skills.  Patrick additionally has expertise in external aircraft loads and 14 CFR Part 26 (Continued Airworthiness / Aging Aircraft).

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  Tim Griggs, Lead Technical Specialist

  Tim Griggs is a Lead Technical Specialist at Avenger Aerospace Solutions with over 16 years of experience in the aircraft industry working as a structures engineer. He started his career with Lockheed Martin, working in both Greenville, SC and Marietta, GA on programs including F-22, C-130, P-3 (re-wing), and Gulfstream CAEW. Tim has experience working as an engineer in the industry in roles pertaining to stress, fatigue / damage tolerance, design, MRB and certification. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2003.

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  Andrew Misencik, Manager, Purchasing/Logistics and Quality Control

  With over 30 years in Operations and Purchasing Logistics, Andrew is the Manager of Purchasing/Logistics and Quality Control for Avenger Aerospace’s Manufacturing Division. Previously, Andrew worked as a Motion Control Distributor and gained many years of valuable experience that has made him an important asset to Avenger Aerospace.

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