Steve D. Perkins

Steve D. Perkins is the Chief Technical Officer of AvFinity. His interest in aviation began 35 years ago when he first received his pilot’s license. For the last 25 years, he has dedicated himself to improving how airlines communicate, internally and externally, in order to make flight possible. His communications innovations have resulted in four patent applications and multiple software technologies supporting hundreds of airlines worldwide.

Steve also serves as president of AvCentric Software Solutions, a software research and development company that he founded in 1996. Prior to founding AvCentric, Steve served as Principal Systems Engineer for a business-to-business computer company and was responsible for sales and marketing. Previously, Steve was Senior Systems Engineer for both Universal Weather and a Houston-based heat transfer company.

He studied mechanical engineering at both the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston.