Jeffrey P Pino

Pino led Sikorsky between 2006 and 2012, a period in which the company bid successfully for multiple contracts totaling billions of dollars, including a new helicopter to replace the aging Sikorsky fleet used by the White House. Sikorsky’s Stratford plant is the single largest manufacturing plant in Connecticut; under former owner United Technologies, the company has long been Fairfield County’s largest employer, with new parent Lockheed Martin having committed to maintaining the Stratford plant following its acquisition of Sikorsky last year. Pino retired from Sikorsky in 2012 and became vice chairman of rival startup XTI Aircraft Co. in Colorado last fall. Pino served as senior vice president at Bell Helicopter, and also as senior vice president for corporate strategy, marketing and commercial programs for Sikorsky. He joined the Stratford-based helicopter manufacturer in 2002 and became president in 2006. He was a retired master Army aviator and served in U.S. Army active, reserve, and National Guard assignments for 26 years. He was a certified airplane and helicopter instructor pilot and an aerobatic and air show performer.