Piper acting president and CEO John Calcagno (Photo: Piper Aircraft)
Long-time Piper CFO John Calcagno has stepped in as acting president and CEO of the Vero Beach, Florida-based general aviation aircraft manufacturer, succeeding Simon Caldecott, Piper announced this week. Caldecott retired on April 2 after leading Piper for more than 10 years and spending 47 years in the aviation industry.
Calcagno brings a background in finance, operations, distribution, and sales to his new role at the helm of Piper. He served with Piper for 11 years, steering all financial reporting, treasury, and company cash management functions, as well as information technology and enterprise resource planning.
Piper Aircraft names John Calcagno acting president and CEO
Paul Ivice
VERO BEACH Two weeks after Piper Aircraft President and CEO Simon Caldecott announced his retirement, the company’s board of directors elevated Chief Financial Officer John Calcagno to acting President and CEO.
Calcagno came to Piper in March 2010, about 19 months before Caldecott was hired, and was promoted to CFO in 2012, the year after Caldecott arrived.
As CFO, the U.S. Air Force veteran had responsibility for information technology, enterprise resource planning, financial reporting, treasury and cash management, cost accounting, tax and general accounting.
Previously, Calcagno was a consulting partner with The Acerra Consortium. Before that, he was vice president, director and controller with Alltel (Supply) Communications Products.
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