David Grizzle is a business executive with experience in the airline and aerospace industries and founder of Dazzle Partners, LLC.
[1] and served as Chief Operating Officer for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), overseeing the United States air traffic control system.
[5] Grizzle has led transactions including the SkyTeam Alliance on behalf of Continental Airlines[6] and he mediated the relationship between the FAA's unions and management.
[8] During his 23 years at Continental,[9] Grizzle was in charge of the marketing, strategic planning and international alliances divisions, and an early champion of the SkyTeam global alliance[10] In 2004, Grizzle served the State Department for 14 months as part of the U.S. Government's reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan,[11] overseeing aviation, roads, power and communication reconstruction projects.
[13] Until his departure in 2013,[14] Grizzle's roles within the FAA included Acting Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer.