Darrell Kindley

Darrell Kindley is a dedicated professional with decades of experience in the aerospace industry. Currently, he is the President of Apache Enterprises LLC, a Dallas-Based company concentrating on the design and manufacturing of lighting solutions and structures for military and commercial aircrafts.

While serving as an executive, Darrell has successfully driven growth and shareholder value via crucial planning, execution, and creation of healthy customer relationships. He has demonstrated his ability to cultivate and improve margins regardless of market conditions, negotiate winning proposals both in the United States and abroad, and revive struggling programs and business units.

Darrell Kindley was first introduced to the aerospace industry while working at Braniff Airlines during college. After graduating, he took a job in 1985 as a Test Engineer with Singer Link FlightSimulation. He holds a BSEET from Devry University, where he graduated as Valedictorian of his class. He also earned an MBA with focus in Engineering Management from the University of Dallas.

Now, as President of Apache Enterprises, Darrell Kindley has obtained record backlog and won numerous strategic programs with new customers on new aircraft platforms. Under his guidance, Apache has accomplished over 25% top line growth and over 200% bottom line improvement. Darrell is now heavily involved in leading the mergers and acquisitions vision for Apache Enterprises.