Michael Graham was sworn in as the 45th member of the National Transportation Safety Board in January 2020, bringing decades of frontline aviation leadership to the role. Before joining the NTSB, he spent more than 20 years at Textron Aviation, most recently as Director of Flight Operations Safety, Security, and Standardization. He led global flight safety, managed a fully certified Safety Management System, oversaw emergency response and air safety investigations, and created a Part 91 Aviation Safety Action Program that became the industry model.

Earlier in his career, Graham served as a U.S. Navy naval aviator flying A-7 and F/A-18 aircraft, completing combat deployments over Iraq and Kuwait and later shaping how the Navy trained its F/A-18 aircrews. He was personally selected to develop the Navy’s first F/A-18 Aircrew Coordination Training syllabus and earned multiple awards for operational excellence and safety innovation. A certified airline transport pilot with over 10,000 flight hours and multiple Citation type ratings, he holds a mechanical engineering degree and was recognized with the Flight Safety Foundation’s 2019 Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award.

Join Pratt & Whitney Canada for a focused session on TBM engine reliability, where the latest enhancements will be shared alongside key field learnings from the past year. The presentation will highlight common operational challenges and the effective solutions implemented to address them. Attendees will also gain valuable operating tips and techniques designed to support safe, efficient, and long-lasting engine performance.

Laura brings deep technical expertise and cross-functional experience to this discussion. With a background in aerospace engineering and early career work in stress analysis of transmission components—including gears, bearings, and seals, she has a strong foundation in engineering fundamentals. Now leading service program initiatives for TBMs, Laura focuses on fleet safety, reliability, and proactive customer support, helping operators get the most from their TBM aircraft.

Captain Randy Webb is a career airline captain and senior aviation training leader with deep experience across airline, test, and instructional flying. He graduated Magna cum Laude from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and began his career flying cargo throughout the Caribbean in the Metroliner. He later flew for Atlantic Coast Airlines under the United Express banner and served as a test pilot on the Adam Aircraft A500 program. Randy helped build flydubai from the ground up, flying as a line check airman on the 737NG, before joining United Airlines in March 2000. At United, he has flown the 727, 737, A320, and 777; served eight years as a QCO Instructor and Evaluator on the 737 and 777; acted as an initial cadre UPRT Subject Matter Expert; and worked closely with United’s test pilot group as the 777 Part 142 Lead Training Center Evaluator. He is currently an Airbus captain, an FAA ILI line check pilot, and a senior manager of fleet training for the Airbus fleet.

Beyond the flight deck, Randy is a lifelong builder and problem solver. He founded a motorsports business focused on road racing for Lotus and Mini cars, where he designed and manufactured specialized performance parts. Randy has a deep passion for aviation and aerospace training and is driven by collaboration across the industry to make flying and flight training safer.

Joey Ferreyra will present the latest advancements in Garmin Guided Visuals and demonstrate how pilots can begin using Garmin Pilot and Garmin SmartCharts effectively. Developed in partnership with Hughes Aerospace, Garmin Guided Visuals deliver standardized lateral and vertical guidance for airports challenged by terrain and complex airspace. Garmin Pilot serves as a powerful electronic flight bag, supporting preflight planning, flight plan filing, and in-flight navigation, while SmartCharts enhances situational awareness through dynamic, intuitive charting capabilities unique to Garmin.

Joey joined Garmin in 2010 and quickly assumed a key marketing leadership role during a transformative period for the company. He helped guide the evolution from the widely adopted GNS and G1000 platforms to the GTN Xi series, G1000 NXi, G3000, and G5000 flight decks, including the Collier Trophy winning Garmin Autoland technology. Today, he leads a team dedicated to supporting aircraft owners and leveraging customer insight to drive innovation and growth. Joey is a commercial pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings, holds a C525S type rating, and has logged more than 1,000 flight hours. He regularly flies an RV 10 that he built with his father.

Dierk Reuter is deeply committed to advancing his own flight safety and elevating standards across the global TBM community. As a co-founder of TBM-PPP, he champions pilot proficiency, data-driven safety, and continuous improvement among owner operators. Dierk began flying gliders at age 12 and later earned a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Before dedicating more time to aviation, he built a successful career in finance, working at Goldman Sachs and co-founding Lucid Markets Trading.

An accomplished aviator, Dierk holds the FAI Diamond Badge, including the Polar Diamond, and has flown his TBM around the world twice. In 2019, he set a transatlantic speed record in a single-engine TBM, flying from New York to Paris in 8 hours and 38 minutes, approximately 90 minutes faster than Chuck Yeager’s historic twin-engine crossing. He has also explored remote regions by helicopter, including an expedition to Cape Horn with fellow TBM pilot Sebastián Díaz. In support of journalist Johannes Hano, Dierk transported ZDF film crews across the Arctic and South Pacific, contributing to documentaries that reached an audience of roughly 16 million viewers and showcased the TBM in demanding real-world operations.

Chris will present a practical session on leveraging your Flight Management System for proactive operations across every phase of flight. His discussion will cover VNAV considerations, effective ATC interaction, flight mode annunciation awareness, stabilized approach strategies, and anticipating the unexpected. The goal is simple. Reduce pilot workload, improve precision, and reinforce disciplined automation use in high-performance aircraft operations.

Chris brings more than 28 years of experience in FAR 135 and FAR 121 airline operations, along with decades of work as a FAR 141 and FAR 91 CFII. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, multiple type ratings across turboprop, corporate, and heavy jet aircraft, and an A&P mechanic certificate. His broad operational and technical background gives him a unique perspective on both the pilot and aircraft side of aviation.

As co-founder and moderator of the TBM Proficient Pilot Program, Stuart has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to advancing aviation safety within the owner-flown turboprop community. In 2003, he authored the foundational framework for the Pilatus Owner & Pilots Association Standard Operating Procedures, helping establish structured best practices for owner-operators. In 2023, he presented on Single Pilot Resource Management at the AVEX Safety Seminar, which led to his involvement in designing and authoring the initial steps of the TBM Owners and Pilots Association's efforts to implement a Safety Management System for TBM owners and pilots.

Professionally, Stuart is a managing director at a leading software-focused private equity firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. He brings more than 25 years of private equity leadership experience, including managing two California-based firms. Prior to investing, he spent nearly two decades in software development, culminating in leading software development at Cisco Systems. Stuart holds a commercial pilot certificate with single- and multi-engine ratings and an instrument rating. He has over 20 years of experience flying single-engine turboprops. He and his wife, Barbara, also a TBM pilot, currently own a 2022 TBM 960 after acquiring their first TBM 910 in 2017.

Tom McGrath, a missile defense expert and experienced TBM pilot with over 4,200 flight hours, will present his acclaimed TBM Radar Seminar. Developed from years of research and real-world experience flying in convective weather, Tom’s course offers a clear, practical approach to radar setup and interpretation. His seminar features numerous in-flight radar screenshots, illustrating how to read and respond to weather in real time using TBM systems.