KCSI AERIAL PATROL - Key Persons


Bryan Chapman

Job Titles:
  • Chief Pilot
Bryan has over 5,000 hours Commercial Single and Multi-engine flight experience. As Chief Pilot, Bryan oversee KCSI's pilot and observer staff operating 35 aircraft. He brings 25 years of previous management and customer service experience to KCSI to ensure smooth operations and guide KCSI to exceed customer expectations. As a third generation pilot, Bryan has restored antique aircraft, built and flys his RV-4, and is currently nearing completion of an Acrosport II biplane.

Chris Cottrell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Maintenance, a & P, IA
With 20 years of aircraft maintenance experience, Chris holds both FAA A&P and I.A. Licenses and brings to KCSI the wealth of experience gained as the Maintenance Director for operations spanning Part 135, Corporate Charter, International Aerial Data Collection, and General Aviation (Part 91). He has experience maintaining aircraft ranging in complexity from single engine piston, to turbine twins, to Gulfstreams, to DC-10's. He understands the value and safety provided by quality maintenance and the ramifications when maintenance is performed poorly. He strives to provide safe and reliable aircraft to limit downtime in the field.

Shane Ellis - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations
Shane has been the Director of Operations for KCSI Aerial Patrol, Inc. since 2002. He is a graduate of California State University, Bakersfield, with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Minors in Marketing/Finance. His focus on qualified pilots, quality aircraft and unsurpassed customer service has grown KCSI to its current dynamic operation. Shane aims to provide superior fixed wing aerial patrol and mapping with zero accidents and competitive rates.

Tracy Brown - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer of KCSI
Tracy has been the Chief Financial Officer of KCSI since 2011. She graduated as the Outstanding Student in the School of Business and Public Administration at California State University, Bakersfield in 1999 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Administration - Accounting. Tracy received her CPA license in 2003 and joined KCSI with more than 6 years of oil and gas accounting experience.

Winston Seiler

Job Titles:
  • Director of Safety and Business Development
  • Director of Safety, Business Development
Winston is committed to KCSI's uncompromised dedication to safety and holds both Commercial and CFI certificates. As a former petroleum geologist, he has ten years of oil and gas experience, with expertise in oil field operations, remotely sensed data, and the value that KCSI's services provide to its customers. Winston is the chairman of the HSAC Aerial Observation Committee, an aerial pipeline patrol industry safety group.