Our Team
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Abraham Oommen
Managing Consultant
Planning
Abe brings a strong background in aviation and business with a wide breadth of practical experience, ranging from large and small commercial airport planning and design to technical writing and public presentations. His technical planning experience includes evaluations of airfield and airspace environments, development of Airport Master Plans and airport layout plans as well as safety risk assessments of airfield changes. Abe’s ability to swiftly and effectively understand client issues has allowed him to integrate into challenging projects to develop workable alternatives and solutions. He looks at complex problems from a holistic perspective to propose comprehensive and practical solutions.
Abe has worked on a variety of airfield and airspace projects at many sizes of airports. These projects include assessing capacity and operational constraints for runways, taxiways, and airfields as a whole. This gives him perspective about how to meet his clients’ unique needs and challenges, recognizing that even small airports may have large challenges. The experience has allowed him to create solutions for airports of all types and sizes, from larger commercial airports, like Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, to small general aviation airports like General Dewitt Spain Airport. He is also certified as a group process facilitator and has facilitated FAA and non-FAA initiated Safety Risk Assessments across the country.
Q & A with Abe Oommen
Why did you join J|D?
The people and the type of work opportunities
What is your work motto?
Work Hard, Play Harder
What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
Travel, seeing new places, and experiencing different cultures.
Where is your favorite place to be?
Outside with fresh air and phenomenal views
Where is the best place you’ve traveled to and why?
South Africa – Beautiful cities (Cape Town) and amazing experiences (Safari in Kruger National Park)
What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t doing this?
Travel Blogger
What’s something that you’ve always wanted to try or learn?
I’d love to learn how to play the Guitar.
