Martin “Marty” Schaaf is campus manager site leader for the Boeing Training and Professional Services Learning Center in Miami, Fl. Boeing’s largest learning center facility.

Schaaf is responsible for leadership, commercial flight, maintenance, and cabin safety training classes in Miami. Boeing currently trains approximately 12,000 students annually and operates 20 full-flight simulators. He leads a team of more than 120 employees at the Miami learning center, and engages with State and local Miami community in government relations and global corporate citizenship activities.

Previously, Schaaf led the Boeing Flight Service campuses in Seattle and Atlanta.

Schaaf started his career at Sikorsky Aircraft, working on helicopters in experimental test phases and assisting with the certification of Blackhawk and S-76 helicopters. Following Sikorsky, Schaaf spent 20 years with Northwest Airlines, starting as an aircraft mechanic and serving in increasingly responsible positions including director of Maintenance Training. He also served in leadership roles at Embry-Riddle University in Florida, and at the former FlightSafetyBoeing joint venture and the Alteon Training subsidiary, which became Boeing Flight Services in 2009.

Schaaf earned a Bachelors of Science in Organizational Administration from University of Northwestern, and a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Bethel University.  He has also been actively involved with the Miami Beacon Council and the Miami chapter of the Chamber of Commerce.