Management Team

Christine (Tina) Ciocca – President

As President of Butler America, Inc, a woman owned Company, Tina has been responsible for designing and building the company from the ground up. She has established a strategic business plan that includes a strong senior management team, company branding, market focus and delivery of value added technical solutions to Butler’s customers. Through her strong leadership, Tina has provided continuous profitable returns from the first month of operation.

Christine has aligned the company around five major delivery models across the United States and in India;

• Engineering Technology – CT, CA, IA, IN, TX, NY, AL
• Telecom Services – CA, MI
• Information Technology – NY, MI
• Fleet Maintenance Services – NY, VT, NH, ME
• Business Process Outsourcing – Hyderabad, INDIA

Since the start of Butler America in July of 2009, Tina has expanded Butler’s operations with a new branch in Holbrook, NY as well as strategically establishing a new facility located in Huntsville, AL. The combination of these latest additions has added approx $ 7.5 Million in revenue growth to Butler.

Tina Ciocca has been managing client and employee relationships, primarily in the aircraft/aerospace arena, for close to 30 years.

Involved in the staffing, engineering, and outsource business with Butler since 1989, Tina was the Account Executive of the Year on numerous occasions and was awarded the President’s Club honors, Butler’s prestigious group awarding high performers, for multiple years. In her career, Tina has held the positions of Finance Manager, Operations Manager, and Vice President of Global Client Relationships, and still remains responsible for the relationship management and growth of Butler’s largest account.

Prior to joining Butler, Ciocca worked for United Technologies Corporation for over 10 years. She began her career in Human Resources at Pratt & Whitney, then held numerous positions at Sikorsky Aircraft, including Office Manager of Division Counsel and Executive Assistant to the Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Operations.

Ciocca’s main goal has been to maintain the relationships and reputation she has strived to achieve, one of high integrity, honesty and fairness, with an instinct for good business while maintaining and growing her client base. She attributes her success thus far to hard work, tenacity, and long-term established customer relationships.

James Elsner – Divisional Vice President – Engineering

Born and raised in Albany, New York, Jim Elsner has well over 30 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing. He joined Butler International in 2006 as Operations Manager of the West Lafayette, Indiana Design Center and was promoted to Division Vice President of the Engineering Division in 2009, shortly after Butler International was acquired by Butler America.

Prior to joining Butler International, Elsner spent over 28 years with CTS Microelectronics in West Lafayette. There, he held a range of positions of increasing responsibility, including Project Engineer, Operations Manager, and Engineering Manager. Elsner earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf, woodworking, and spending time with his family. Elsner and his wife reside in Lafayette, Indiana.

Scott E. Rhodes – Vice President, Operations

Scott E. Rhodes has over 25 years of experience in the Technical Services Industry. Prior to joining Butler, he was the Vice President of Outsourcing Operations for Unique Sourcing Alternatives (USAlternatives) as well as Cadigen, Inc., a Merger and Acquisition Outsourcing and a Functional Outsourcing company. Before that, he was Director of Engineering Operations, NA, for CDI Engineering Services. As Director of Engineering, Rhodes’ responsibilities included management of 14 dedicated Outsourcing Operations and six Engineering and Design Centers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Rhodes was instrumental in the growth of Functional Outsourcing Services, culminating in the delivery of over $100 million per year in functional outsourcing and project-based services. He was responsible for operationally managing and leading a staff of over 800 technical professionals, and he developed and deployed innovative methods for packaging project deliverables enabling the outsourcing of engineering related functions.

Prior to that, Rhodes held various Engineering and Operational Management positions at United Engineers, Inc. He last served as the Manager of Operations where he recruited, trained, and managed technical staff and developed numerous work processes and procedures. He originated and pioneered the creation and development of a functional outsourcing and technical services business model.

Rhodes is certified as an ISO 9000 Auditor, as well as a Six Sigma Green Belt. His role within Butler America is to help potential clients recognize and define specific areas within their own technical support operations that would be ideal outsourcing candidates, and therefore more cost effectively obtain these services externally from Butler, rather than continuing to perform these functions internally.

Bharani K Aroll – Vice President, India Operations

Bharani Aroll has over 20 years of experience in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering, QA, and leadership. Starting as a programmer and progressing to delivery and operations management, he has developed expertise in planning, developing, and implementing outsourcing/offshoring solutions in diverse technology platforms to address business opportunities.

Throughout his career, Aroll has successfully managed business-critical IT projects with global implementation worth $30 Million, and he has travelled about 20 countries on various occasions pertaining to business development , project implementation and client engagement. Aroll is a Certified Project Manager (PMP) with deep exposure to multiple industries and is an ISO9000-certified Quality Lead assessor with experience in implementing quality management systems.

Aroll also has expertise in leading diverse processes, such as technology needs assessments, systems acquisitions, operational management, organizational development, HR process development, and implementation.

Aroll lived in the United States for more than a decade before moving back to India to lead Butler’s India operations. Aroll has MS and MBA degrees.

David Harrow – Director of Recruitment

Dave Harrow brings a strong knowledge of recruiting (25+ years) to Butler America. To say that he was born into this business is an understatement. Both Harrow's father and mother have spent many years in the recruiting industry, and his father even owned his own staffing company, which is where Harrow learned "the business" after he was discharged from the United States Navy.

After receiving his BA in Management from the University of Redlands at Redlands, California, Harrow started in the industry in 1985 and joined RCH, his father's company, where held several significant positions. Harrow went on to work at "Overseas Unlimited" as the Director of Employment Development and from there to Butler International, where he was with the company for over 19 years. At Butler International, he worked his way up from recruiter, where he qualified for the "President's Club" five times, to the position of Director of Recruiting. After Butler, Dave went to PDS Tech, Inc., where he also held the position of Director of Recruiting, among other titles. Now, Harrow has come full circle as Butler America's Director of Recruiting, having seen a real opportunity to rejoin a company that is on the rise and where the sky is the limit.

Harrow's role at Butler America will be to design and establish innovative recruiting, interviewing, and hiring strategies and techniques, as well as implementing corrective actions in order to help Butler's recruiters achieve their professional goals and increase overall productivity in order to keep up with the fast growth that Butler America is experiencing.