Derek Taylor

Derek Taylor was appointed to the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing in March 2020. Derek continues his 17-year tenure with FLYHT and has advanced through various departments and held positions across engineering, product development, and technical and international sales. Derek has a deep background in sales and as FLYHT’s Director of Sales, he oversaw all Company related sales initiatives outside of China. During his career, he brokered the initial discussions with Bombardier, which led to the AFIRS installations on the CRJ-700/900 and more recently the Airbus A220, and he spearheaded the initiatives which led to FLYHT’s recent $6.2 million contract with WestJet and $1.8 million contract with Azur. Derek is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys playing golf, hockey and spending time with his family in Calgary.