Malcolm Cairns

Malcolm Cairns is a Senior Program Manager with over 10 years of experience leading complex aerospace development programs from bid to certification and series production. Previously, Malcolm held roles such as Junior Test Engineer and Vibration and Shock Test Engineer at Weir Canada Inc. and served as a Senior Program Manager at Héroux-Devtek, coordinating cross-functional teams and managing budgets and schedules. Malcolm's expertise includes acting as a primary customer interface for major OEMs like Dassault and Boeing, and leading transformation initiatives as a Helicopter Fleet and Inventory Manager at Optima Aero. Malcolm holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering from McGill University, specializing in combustion and high-speed fluid dynamics.