Onboard Systems has named Cory VanBuskirk as president. Jason Lemmon will be stepping down as president to transition to his new role as senior advisor in the coming weeks. He will also remain on the board of directors.

Lemmon began his career with the company as sales and marketing manager in 1995, then served as general manager from 2000-2006, and as president from 2006. During Jason's tenure, Onboard Systems grew significantly to become the leading supplier of helicopter cargo hook equipment to OEMs, the military and end users worldwide. Under Lemmon's leadership, Onboard has been awarded cargo hook equipment contracts on several large OEM programmes including the Westland EH101, Bell 407, Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey, Airbus H125 and Sikorsky CH53K aircraft. In addition, the firm also won the confidence of worldwide end users to switch to, and subsequently prefer, its cargo hook equipment over other options.

“It has been a tremendous privilege to serve as the president of Onboard Systems,” says Lemmon. “I am incredibly proud of the market and technology leadership that we have established and what our teams have accomplished together. I am fully convinced of Onboard's strong future, and intend to remain involved as we enter into the next chapter of the Onboard growth story. We have many opportunities ahead of us, and we are confident that Cory VanBuskirk has the operational experience, communication skills and leadership abilities to execute our future growth strategies.”

VanBuskirk joins Onboard from Collins Aerospace where he held a wide variety of roles in key business segments since 2011. In his most recent position, he served as the general manager for the Goodrich hoist and winch division, where he drove a customer-centric approach leading to significant growth in both financial and operational performance. Prior to his tenure at Collins, VanBuskirk was with Toyota Motor Corporation for 11 years, working in both its North American and Japanese operations.

“I'm extremely excited to join the Onboard team, which shares a similar customer base, purpose-driven culture and near-term growth profile as Goodrich,” he says. “My immediate focus will be to champion the product innovation and programmes that will foster our future growth, while maintaining the culture of superior service and customer responsiveness upon which the Onboard brand has been built.”