Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Press Release

Gimpel Named Enterprise Services Director at FAA Center

OKLAHOMA CITY — Marshall R. Gimpel, has been named to the newly-created position of Enterprise Services Center director for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City.

Enterprise Service Centers are part of a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative to provide financial and other enterprise services to federal government entities. Here at FAA’s Aeronautical Center that means focus on external sales to the federal government market and improving internal operations. The Aeronautical Center’s offices of Enterprise Systems, Information Technology and Financial Operations will report to Gimpel.

Gimpel comes to the FAA and Oklahoma City from Denver, where he was Department of Defense Finance and Accounting Service corporate director for quality and performance. He has more than 20 years of federal service experience, including four years as an officer in the U.S. Army Finance Corps.

“Marshall comes to the Aeronautical Center with excellent qualifications and outstanding recommendations from those he has worked with over the years,” said Lindy Ritz, Aeronautical Center director, who made the announcement. “He will be a tremendous asset to the enterprise service center organization.”

“The FAA has a tremendous opportunity to further the efforts of the entire federal government to become more efficient through the use of shared services,” said Gimpel. “The taxpayer benefits through expanded services, multiplied effectiveness and streamlined operations.”

Gimpel brings with him strong experience in dealing with working capital funds. He has been responsible for consolidating numerous functions including three main entitlement missions for the Department of Defense: Civilian payroll, travel payments and commercial accounts. Gimpel also is a past chapter president of the American Society of Military Comptrollers, and holds the designation of Certified government Financial Manager.

The Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center was founded in 1946 on Will Rogers World Airport. It is a major organizational complex for the FAA, employing about 5,000 government and contract employees and the largest concentration of U.S. Department of Transportation employees outside Washington, D.C. In addition to training, logistics, research and financial management, the Center has a number of other aviation safety-related and business support products and services.