- TracPlus has announced the appointment of Todd O’Hara as Chief Executive officer
- It will be effective 1 May 2026
- O’Hara said he was proud to be stepping into the role
TracPlus has announced the appointment of Todd O’Hara as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 May 2026, as part of a planned leadership transition to support the company’s next phase of growth.
The current Chief Executive, John O’Hara, will move into the role of President, where he will continue to lead strategic partnerships and senior agency relationships.
The transition follows a six-month succession process and comes amid rising global demand for aerial firefighting coordination, as longer fire seasons and expanding fleets place increasing pressure on agencies to deliver greater accountability and operational precision.
Todd O’Hara, who has served as Chief Commercial Officer, has led a period of significant expansion for the company, including onboarding CAL FIRE and rolling out the FireFlyte solution across major deployments.
He has been part of the executive team since 2020 and has played a central role in shaping the company’s commercial discipline, product direction and industry partnerships. His background spans aviation, safety and mission-critical technology, with previous roles at Spidertracks and Airways New Zealand, as well as service in the New Zealand Defence Force. He is also a pilot and flight instructor rated across helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and gliders.
Todd O’Hara said he was proud to be stepping into the role at a moment when the company’s work matters more than ever.
“Our customers are protecting communities against fires that are getting bigger, faster, and harder to fight every season, and they are being asked to do it with more accountability than ever before. The opportunity in front of us is to keep raising the standard of what the industry can measure, defend, and improve. The team we have is the best in the world at this work, and I am proud to be leading them into what comes next,” he said.
John O’Hara said the appointment reflected both the strength of the company’s foundation and the natural progression of its leadership.
“TracPlus has become the system of record the industry depends on. CAL FIRE runs its dispatch, tracking, and billing reconciliation on our platform. Australia and New Zealand’s national fire agencies use it to manage their entire aerial firefighting fleets. That is the foundation we are handing forward, and Todd has been at the centre of building it. This is a natural progression, and the right one. I am looking forward to continuing the work alongside him and the team, focused where I can add the most value for our agency partners,” he said.
Board Chair Mark Vivian said the company was entering its strongest period to date.
“Under John’s leadership, TracPlus has become the trusted operational partner to the agencies fighting the world’s most demanding fires. The platform now captures what every contracted aircraft did on every incident and turns that into the data agencies need to run their missions, reconcile their billing, and defend their spending when the questions come. That is a remarkable thing to have built, and it is a privilege to have John continuing in the business as President. Todd has been central to that work alongside him, and the Board has full confidence in his leadership as TracPlus moves into its next phase of growth,” he said.
