Our Story
Headquartered in Poway, CA, PKL Services, Inc. was founded in 2003 by Mr. Samuel Flores, Jr. Sam is a retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel with extensive experience in Logistics and Supply Chain Management as well as executive experience as a Vice President at CACI International.
Sam’s leadership was honed by 30 years of dedicated service in the United States Marine Corps. In 1967, as a young enlistee, Mr. Flores attended several service schools and was provided training enabling him to complete 178 combat missions as a door gunner while serving with HMM-262 in the Republic of Vietnam. For his tenacity and dedication, he was awarded seven Air Medals and Combat Aircrew Wings.
Our Founding Vision
PKL’s Vision Statement: We are an elite provider of skilled personnel, delivering Aerospace Maintenance, Training, and Logistics Services, committed to continual improvement, exceeding customer expectations, and implementing quality standards in dynamic environments.
Since its founding, PKL has stayed true to this vision. With PKL you can depend on a company that balances agile, effective performance with unyielding commitment to our core values.
Our Commitment to Compliance
PKL is committed to continual improvement. We meet this commitment by providing experienced and qualified personnel, exceeding customer requirements while implementing processes in a dynamic environment through our ISO9001:2015, AS9110:C, and AS9100:D certified Quality Management System.
PKL maintains and implements our Quality Management System which provides the capacity to support our existing contracts with the utmost care and compliance to the highest quality standards. Our QMS also provides access to those opportunities for new contracts that demand these levels of quality.
Our Future Pathway
Our PKL leadership team are committed to continuing to confidently guide PKL into the future and exploit emerging strategic growth opportunities.
PKL has the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure that proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and human capital systems are in place to effectively grow PKL and to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency. PKL is guided by the strategic objectives of the Company.
PKL is, and will remain, a leading global aerospace services company providing our customers innovative maintenance, training, and logistics solutions.