AIRCRAFT IT Operations: VENDOR FLIGHT LOG
VENDOR FLIGHT LOG: DEXTRA DATA
Anne Gibson shares the secret of DextraData’s success through the ability to adapt the Logipad EFF & EFB solution for the needs of each customer Anne Gibson is Business Consultant for DextraData’s EFF & EFB Solution Logipad. From the start of her career, she has been driving digitization in the general airline industry, but especially among airlines. Anne has more than 10 years of expertise around aviation and digitization consulting. In addition to her work as a consultant, as a trained flight attendant, Anne knows aircraft and the entire industry inside out: For more than seven years she worked for the well-known German airline Lufthansa. On behalf of DextraData, Anne leverages Logipad against the madness of pilots’ paper in the cockpit and flight attendants’ paper in the cabin. She works to create a relaxed and efficient flight operation. Aircraft IT: Your name, your job title and the name of the business? Anne Gibson: Anne Gibson, Business Consultant, DextraData GmbH (Logipad). Aircraft IT: How did Logipad by DextraData get started? AG: The Electronic Flight Bag and Electronic Flight Folder Solution named ‘Logipad’ can trace its beginnings back to 2002. After a request from a German Airline, Logipad was developed. It was created by in-house developers and a team that worked very closely with the customers. Even today we are in regular communications with pilots and cabin crew members, as well as
maintenance staff and back-office teams to constantly expand and improve the functionalities of the Logipad Application. Working directly and closely with our customers is one of the most important parts to us. DextraData itself was founded back in 1995 when
there were still ZIP drives instead of clouds and Bytes were still written without Giga. IT was just a cost factor. A quarter of a century later, DextraData stores entire data centers in the cloud, calculates in petabytes and understands IT as an important part of the digital value chain.
“we are in regular communications with pilots and cabin crew members, as well as maintenance staff and back-office teams to constantly expand and improve the functionalities of the Logipad Application. Working directly and closely with our customers is one of the most important parts to us. ” AIRCRAFT IT Operations • SPRING 2022 • 62
