Keith Chatten Joins Superior Air Parts as Vice President of Engineering

Coppell, TX - Keith Chatten has joined Superior Air Parts Inc. as its vice president of engineering. Prior to joining Superior Air Parts, Chatten had been the associate vice president of engineering for Continental Motors Inc. During his more than 14-year career, he has held a variety of engineering and program management positions with increasing responsibilities within the engine manufacturing company. Before joining Continental, he was a project engineer for John Deere Consumer Products.

“We couldn’t be happier to have someone with Keith’s background in the development and production of general aviation piston engines to lead our engineering team in Texas,” says Timothy T. Archer, CEO and president of Superior Air Parts. “His depth of knowledge and experience in engineering, implementing and certifying product improvements and new technologies will help us quickly realize a number of product development initiatives to take advantage of emerging opportunities.”

“Superior has always had a reputation for outstanding engineering and manufacturing and I am very excited and proud to be joining their talented team,” says Chatten. “My goal is to help Superior strengthen its leadership position in all of its market areas and I’m looking forward to what promises to be a wonderful opportunity.”

Chatten says he looks forward to the opportunity to work with the engineers at Superior’s Beijing engine production facility. “China is certainly an emerging market for general aviation and I really believe that there are some opportunities to introduce some exciting new products there,” he says.

Chatten holds a mechanical engineering degree from Louisiana Tech University, as well as an MBA from the University of South Alabama. He is a licensed pilot with more than 4,000 hours of flight time.