Growth of Thunder Bay-based AirSuite snowballs with Cirro software
Summary
THUNDER BAY -- It’s a typical Silicon Valley story: computer whiz in a garage comes up with a brilliant plan to revolutionize — that old cliché — an industry and takes the world by storm. Michael Kleywegt and Doug Carlson were both helicopter pilots at Wisk Air in Thunder Bay who understood firsthand how time-consuming it was to do all their flight management tasks by hand on paper. “With paper-based systems, if someone asked you how many hours did you fly last month on this aircraft on this particular job, you’ll have to go through all these paper records and pull your hair out,” Carlson said. Recently, AirSuite partnered with Verity DG Consulting to create a module to meet new national Transporting Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). “We find our most productive marketing is word of mouth based on our positive reviews and our awesome support.” “We’re looking to get that same snowball rolling internationally as well — especially in the U.S.,” Kleygwegt said.