Abahlonitshwayo bokuqala bakhethwa abahleli be-Journal, eyakhetha abantu ababachaza ngokuthi “labo amazwi abo abangela umsindo ku-Wall Street futhi izinqumo zabo zithinta amashumi ezinkulungwane.” Kulolu hlu kufakwe uMqondisi Wezindiza Zamazwe Ngamazwe SaseSan José Mineta (SJC), u-John Aitken.
Abahlonishwayo ohlwini lokuvulwa bakhethwe ngokusekelwe ekuqokweni okuhlangabezana nalezi zindlela ezilandelayo:
• Abathonya abachaza kabusha ukuthi i-Silicon Valley imayelana nani noma bathuthukisa lokho osekusebenza kahle esifundeni.
• Abaholi abazulazula ngobuhlakani izinkampani nezinhlangano zabo ngokusebenzisa izinselele nokusebenzisa amathuba avelayo.
• Ababona imibono abanokuqonda okuyingqayizivele ngekusasa futhi abagqugquzela abanye ukuthi bakulandele.
• Abashintshi begeyimu, abantu esizothi eminyakeni eyi-10 noma engu-20 kusukela manje, “bashintshe umlando.”
Uhlu lubeka u-Aitken phakathi kwabaholi abakhethekile baseSilicon Valley, okuhlanganisa nama-CEO ezinkampani ezintathu ezinkulu e-Silicon Valley - Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc. kanye ne-Meta Platforms Inc.
“Sihalalisela u-John Aitken, ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe i-San José Mineta esibe yisikhumulo sezindiza esikhula ngokushesha kunazo zonke ezweni futhi sathola ukuqashelwa komhlaba wonke ngokuphepha nokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe,” kusho iMeya yaseSan José uMat Mahan. "Kuhle ukusebenza nomholi ohlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obujulile nokuzibophezela ekunikezeni isevisi esezingeni eliphezulu kubagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-11 abahlinzekwa yi-SJC unyaka ngamunye."
Mayelana neqhaza lakhe e-SJC, u-Aitken uthi ugqugquzelwe “umoya wokusungula izinto ezintsha lapha esikhumulweni sezindiza, eCity Hall naseSilicon Valley yethu,” ehola ithimba labasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-200 ababiza ngokuthi “abazinikele, abanobuhlakani, nabasebenzi abacabanga phambili.” Uzogubha iminyaka engama-30 e-SJC kulo nyaka futhi usebenze njengoMqondisi Wezindiza kusukela ngo-2017.
U-Aitken uhole ukuguqulwa kwegama lesikhumulo sezindiza ngo-2001 ngokuhlonipha lowo owayeyiMeya yaseSan José, u-Norman Y. Mineta, njengegama laso. Izenzo zikaMineta ngemuva komhla zi-9/11 njengoNobhala Wezokuthutha wase-US waqinisa ingqalasizinda yezwe yamanje yezokuphepha Kwezindiza futhi wasungula iTransportation Security Administration (TSA). Ubuholi buka-Aitken buphinde buye benza ukwenyuka kwe-SJC kwagqama njengesikhumulo sezindiza esikhula ngokushesha ezweni ngaphambi kwe-COVID. Isikhumulo sezindiza siqhamuke kulo bhubhane esahlukaniswa njengesikhumulo sezindiza sokuqala saseMelika ukuthola ukugunyazwa yiGlobal Bio-risk Advisory Council (GBAC) ngokuzibophezela kwaso emazingeni aphezulu okuphepha nokuhlanzeka.
U-Aitken nesikhathi sakhe sokuphatha kubuye kwaziwa ngokuthi kuphushe i-SJC ukuthi ibe yisibani sokuqanjwa kabusha kwesikhumulo sezindiza. Isikhumulo sezindiza saba ngesokuqala e-US ukwethula izilwane zokwelapha ezindaweni zaso ngemva komhla ka-9/11, futhi sivame ukufaka ubuchwepheshe Nesevisi Yekhasimende, sibhala izibonelo ezifana nezihlalo ezinamasondo ezizenzakalelayo kanye nezinsizakalo ezikhethekile zangaphakathi kwetheminali zabahambi abakhubazekile, ukufakwa kobuchwepheshe obusha obunjalo. njengezitebhisi ezizihambelayo ezizihambelayo ngesikhathi se-COVID, futhi ngonyaka odlule zaqanjwa ngokuthi yi-Alaska Airlines' innovation hub.
U-Aitken ungumshayeli wendiza olinganiswe ngensimbi futhi uneziqu zeBachelor of Science azithola eFlorida Institute of Technology in Aviation Management kanye ne-MBA yase-Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Aviation Management. Uyi-Accredited Airport Executive (AAE) futhi uyiLungu Lebhodi le-Joint Venture Silicon Valley.
Ukuqokwa kuka-Aitken kugqamise ubuholi bakhe ngokuphazamiseka kokuhamba okubhubhisayo kanye nemizamo yakhe yokukhulisa usayizi wesikhumulo sezindiza, okuhlanganisa nokwengezwa kwamasango esikhashana eduze kwaseTerminal B, okuhloswe ngayo ukuthi kube amasango ahlala unomphela endaweni entsha. Uphinde atuswe ngokuklanywa kabusha kwesikhumulo sezindiza kwakamuva, okuyisango eliyinhloko lendiza eliya eSilicon Valley. I-SJC iwumnyango ozisekelayo weDolobha laseSan José futhi ayixhaswa ngamadola abakhokhi bentela.
