Leadership Category: WBP/Associates Board of Directors

Solomon Wong is President and CEO of InterVISTAS, a global consulting firm with services in market analyses, policy development, planning and strategies related to the movement of people and goods.

He has a track record on regulatory and technological change and has helped to implement solutions for a range of private/public sector clients. In the late 1990s, Solomon assisted in the business cases for trusted traveler programs. In the 2000s, he developed the business case and analyses for simplification of processes, including elimination of aviation security re-screening and border kiosk automation.  In the 2010s, his achievements included developing models to eliminate baggage recheck and other initiatives to reduce minimum connect time (MCTs) at hub airports. Results of his work have informed planning of new facilities throughout the US and Canada.

He is active on ACI committees, serving on the facilitation committee as an associate member for both ACI-NA and ACI World. In addition, he has contributed to the Airport Industry Recovery Advisory Panel (AIRAP). Solomon is an advocate for the advancement of airport technologies and has contributed to several Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) reports including the recently published ACRP report 233 “Airport Biometrics: A Primer”; as well as an ongoing project to develop an “Airport Blockchain Implementation Guidebook.” The key aspect of research Solomon is advancing are advanced practices and models for privacy management balanced with a positive customer experience. He is also active on Future Borders Coalition, to help the strategy in North America for border improvements across aviation, maritime and surface modes of transportation.

Solomon is a former board member on the Airports Consultants Council and has spoken regularly at industry events on the evolution of transportation and strategic planning. He is very passionate about sustainability and has demonstrated this by contributing to ACI World’s efforts on countering illegal trafficking of wildlife. Equality, diversity, and inclusion is also a priority of his, and through his leadership has advanced EDI within InterVISTAS.

He is an urban planner by training and wrote his Master’s thesis on noise exposure around airports.  Outside his professional life, he is enjoying seeing the world through his two boys (aged 6 and 9) and planning future family travels as pandemic measures start to subside.

Lynn Gordon is the Vice President of Business Development at Arconas. In 2000, Lynn created the dedicated Airport Solutions Division, a group of sales and project management professionals specialized in the unique requirements of airports. In that time, she has worked on some 400 airport installations in North America and across the globe, including LAX, SFO, DFW, BOS, ORD, PHX, DEN, ATL, PANYNJ, YYZ, YVR, Hong Kong, Quito, Shenzhen, Lisbon and many others.

Prior to joining Arconas, Lynn headed the Pacific Region of Airports Council International (ACI), served on the Board of the YVR Art Foundation, and held a senior marketing management position with Ernst & Young. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa.

Lynn’s passion is aviation and airports. She is the official representative for Arconas to both the Airports Council International (ACI-NA and ACI Asia-Pacific) and the Association of American Airport Executives (AAAE). She served as the 2013-14 Vice-Chair of the ACI-North America Associates Board of Directors (term 2011-14) and served on the ACI World Business Partner Advisory Board for 2015-18. Lynn’s commitment to the global aviation industry continues as she recently participated on a task force for COVID-19 resources for airports and organized a webinar on the topic.

Lynn is also an active member of the Airport Consultants Council (ACC) and the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. She is a graduate of the World Trade Centre Vancouver’s Trade Accelerator Program (TAP).

Lynn has 27 years of experience in the airport industry and is globally recognized for her expertise in terminal interiors and passenger services.