Aerospace Center of Excellence Appoints New Executive Director

Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue

LAKELAND, FLA. – The Aerospace Center of Excellence (ACE) has announced the appointment of Daryl Price as its new Executive Director. An experienced business leader and aviation professional, Price will succeed Ed Young effective September 20th.

Relocating from Appleton, Wisconsin, Price will immediately begin having a direct impact on the ACE campus. After building and providing executive leadership to DJParagon, LLC for 22 years, his impact at ACE will be evident. DJ Paragon is a world-class training and technology company specializing in strategic and tactical business integration and training of technical, operational, and mission-critical business process systems. Leading the way, he developed and managed a world-class business training and technology company from inception to $18 million in annual revenue with 34 leading-edge emerging technology/data engineers and a customer presence throughout the U.S. and 17 foreign countries.

ACE President and CEO, John “Lites” Leenhouts states, “Daryl comes with a wealth of experience and knowledge, that partners exquisitely with a very engaging personality, all of which will be instrumental in leading our ACE Team as we bring the SkyLab Innovation Center to life.”

The Aerospace Center of Excellence is a 14-building aerospace STEM facility located on the SUN ‘n FUN Expo Campus. ACE has vibrantly created a vision of building a brighter future through aerospace and aviation.

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