Our formula for success is simple—employ an immensely talented staff and create a supportive culture where they are encouraged to be brilliant at what they do. We’re always on the lookout for dedicated professionals who share our commitment to excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. As a recognized industry leader, we seek self-motivated and driven multi-talented individuals.
We've given wings to people and ideas since 1989.
Meet some of our staff

Principal
Brian Drake
What I Do: I work in Unison’s Financial Practice to help clients better plan and manage their complex finance and funding needs.
Why airport consulting? At a young age, I wanted to either play professional sports or follow in my role model’s footsteps. That’s my dad¾I always wanted to be like him. I didn’t know exactly what he did, but I knew it involved finance and I knew it involved airports. Once it became painfully clear that I wasn’t going to be playing professional sports, I set my sights on an airport financial consulting career.
Favorite part of your job? My favorite part of my job is flying to meetings and successfully presenting my work. It feels very good to complete a project that may have lasted for weeks or months and delivering a presentation that is well-received by my clients and colleagues.
Biggest guilty pleasure? Eating way too much candy. I love flying to airports that have candy stores. I know all the best airport candy stores in the country. I always pick up a big bag.
Job you had in high school? My favorite was working at Odyssey Fun World. Odyssey Fun World was a family fun center and I worked the go karts. I loved it.
Guiding principle? Treat people the way that you want to be treated.

Director
Paulos Lakew
What I do: I work in Unison’s Economics practice, helping clients understand the positive impacts and short- and long-term risks of decisions they could make.
Most important job skill? Being able to understand specific client needs. Although airports are similar in their basic functionality, they have unique challenges that require a solid understanding of their history and how they are positioned in relation to market trends.
Best career advice you’ve ever received? Always seek opportunities to collaborate with other professionals.
Favorite part of your job? Seeing our work being used to support the development of large capital projects at airports, like consolidated rental car facilities.
Guiding principle? Haste makes waste
Favorite thing to do in your spare time? Home improvement projects that end up being over budget and behind schedule.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Time travel

Senior Consultant
Uday Karna
What I Do: I help our client better utilize their data for monitoring, operations optimization and decision-making purposes.
Most important job skill? Turning raw data into better visualization & identifying patterns, trends & outliers in large data sets
Best career advice you’ve ever received? Learn from your mistakes and stay updated as technology evolves
Favorite part of your job? Playing with the data & developing meaningful insight that can be easily interpreted by end users
Favorite cartoon character? Tom & Jerry
Job you had in high school? Washing dad’s motorbike.
Favorite vacation spot? Hawaii
Career paths
We are committed to the professional and personal growth of our staff, and work hard to help our staff achieve a work-life balance and their personal career goals.
Just learning to sore? We work with our analysts and interns to give them exposure to all of our consulting disciplines,. They contribute to project deliverables, while focusing on gaining a strong knowledge and understanding of business methodologies.
A Consultant is responsible for applying methodologies while analyzing issues and developing solutions for clients. The Consultant will assist the management team in recommending and implements solutions for the client.
A Senior Consultant is responsible for analyzing, designing, and developing solutions for clients. The responsibilities of a Senior Consultant include assisting with drafting strategies, designing solutions using established processes, and contributing to client satisfaction. The Senior Consultant is also responsible for mentoring other consultants.
Directors are responsible for client relationship and project management. The Director will manage all aspects of a project including leading projects and teams, product and service delivery and budget management.
Officers lead practice areas setting the strategic agenda for the practice, while developing staff and managing all aspects of the client relationships.