MEET OUR TEAM

Carrie Williams

Hillsboro Campus Manager

cwilliams@flyhaa.com
1.503.726.3000

Originally from Florida, Carrie came to Hillsboro via Arizona 8 years ago following her pilot husband. She has a bachelor’s degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and spent 10 years working at Embry-Riddle in flight records, scheduling, and systems administration. Carrie joined the Hillsboro Aero Academy team in 2016. In her current role as Hillsboro Campus Manager, Carrie oversees student housing, student support/advocacy, and customer service for the Hillsboro Campus.

In her spare time, Carrie enjoys anything soccer related, hiking, and getting her toes into the sand as often as possible.

Ryan Mohammed

Hillsboro Chief Instructor

rmohammed@flyhaa.com
1.503.726.3000

Ryan is originally from Florida and moved to Portland in 2014. He left his career in finance to pursue his aviation dream and joined Hillsboro Aero Academy in 2014 to begin his airplane flight training. Ryan is a Commercial ASEL, AMEL, Instrument Rated, CFI, CFII, MEI, and a Gold Seal instructor. After completing his flight training at HAA, he was hired as a CFI for our Asia Program in 2017. He then took on the role of Team Lead for our PCC students in 2018 and accepted the role of Assistant Chief Instructor for international, domestic, PCC, and RW transition students later that same year. He recently accepted a promotion to Chief Flight Instructor for our Hillsboro Campus so he oversees the training for all students at HIO as well as managing the team of CFIs in conjunction with the Assistant Chiefs.

Satoru Kamoshita

Asia Program Manager

skamoshita@flyhaa.com
1.503.726.3000

Satoru Kamoshita (SK) is the Asia Program Manager and a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) for Private, Instrument, Commercial, and CFI.

As the Asia Program Manager, SK works with our Korean, Taiwanese, and Japanese students and has trained over 1000 pilots who fly for major airlines all over the world. He started as a flight instructor at Hillsboro Aero Academy, formerly Hillsboro Aviation, in 1997 and took his current position in 2006. SK graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a master’s degree in aeronautical management. He is an airline transport pilot with a type rating in YS-11 and Dash 8 Q400. Before joining Hillsboro, SK was a YS-11 captain for Philippine Airlines. He also ferried aircraft from Japan to locations such as Africa, Singapore and North America and trained local pilots. He has over 16,500 flight hours.

Rich Reece

Airplane Admissions Counselor

rreece@flyhaa.com
1.503.726.3000

Rich is a fourth-generation Oregonian originally born in Eugene. He’s a great admirer of the diverse topography of our region and finds himself often looking toward the sky for airplanes. Rich earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and geography from Portland State University, and he has an associate’s degree in flight technology from Lane Community College. He has a Commercial Pilot Certificate with an Instrument Rating and hopes to complete his CFI in the near future. When he’s not helping students start on the path to achieving their aviation goals, Rich enjoys drumming and writing short stories.