Profile
As Director of Fleet Asset Management for Southwest Airlines, Ken Barone is a people-focused leader supporting Technical Operations while ensuring fleet asset value maximization for Treasury. He supports a diverse Team responsible for optimizing long-term aircraft acquisition and retirement planning, engine dispositions, and CFM56 and LEAP engine contract negotiation and administration. Over his 27-year aviation career at Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways, he has held various roles in Operations, Financial Planning & Analysis, Technical Operations, Business Intelligence, Warranty, Supply Chain Management, and Treasury. His specialty is complex engine maintenance power-by-the-hour contracting and management. Ken graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1993 and earned his Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification in 2011.Sessions