Candidate: Larry Hofmeister

Experience: Aviation - 30 Years Business - 25 Years Aircraft Owner - 38 Years Air Show Pilot - 12 years Hangar Owner at Charlotte County Airport. PGD Education: Graduate: Michigan State University, B.S. Electronic Engineering Delta College- A.S. Educator: Broward Community College: - Instructor Electronics Oakland Community College: - Instructor Builders Licensing Real Estate Investing Community Service: Charlotte County Marine Advisory Committee, City of Punta Gorda Planning Commission, Charlotte County Airport Tenants Association, United States Power Squadron, Peace River, past Public Relations Officer, Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association, member Punta Gorda Islanders Boating Club, member Punta Gorda Boating Club, member Coastal Conservation Association, past member Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association- 25 years EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association - 18 yrs Licensed Current: Commercial Pilot – Instrument rating Patents: Holds four patents in Flight Control Systems through Bendix Corp. Business: Senior Project Engineer – Flight Control Systems group (Auto-pilots & Flight Directors) - Bendix Avionics Corporation, Ft Lauderdale, FL Research Engineer – ERTS (Earth Resources Technology Satellite) Regional Sales Manager & Vice President Sales & Marketing - Computer Aided Engineering Systems – Bendix Research Laboratories, Tektronics Inc. Information Display Division, Honeywell Mini-Computer Division, General Electric Computer Aided Engineering, Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, Megatek Corp., Engineering Workstations. TELEglobe, Inc., Telecommunications consulting and equipment supplier Hofmeister, L.L.C., Commercial property ownership, management & leasing AmeriHome, L.L.C., Inspection of residential & commercial properties, Licensed Builder – MI Licensed Michigan Realtor, past; National Association of Home Inspectors Permanent Florida Resident Punta Gorda Isles Florida