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VP FLIGHT OPERATIONS

Professional Summary

Accomplished executive, leader and player-coach with years of experience building and leading diverse, high-performing teams to tackle complex problems in aviation. My experience is a leadership blend of line service, dispatch, flight operations, procurement and negotiations along with the entrepreneurial spirit of building a new FBO from scratch on a military base.

I have a proven track record driving organizational turnaround and change management by aligning talent to meet business objectives while maintaining the agility to adapt. Team success comes from a data based analytics culture blended with a "get your hands dirty and stay late mentality" to deliver first class service in a highly competitive business. As a former fueler, dispatcher, pilot, FBO manager and flight department manager I have a unique ability to meet the needs of various customer groups and do so while building the brand and meeting business objectives.

Skills

Profit and Loss management
Asset Management
Business Intelligence
FBO Operations
Coaching and Developing Staff

Organizational turnaround
Continuous improvement
Contract negotiation
Purchasing and procurement
Cash Flow analysis

Work History

VP Flight Operations, 2020 to 2021
Company Name – City, State

Led engaged team of 25 direct reports operating eight aircraft worldwide with multiple airports and certificates under FAR 91, 135 and 121.
Led optimization plan to reduce overhead by $12MM with 13% increase in flight activity and increased team engagement.
Developed and implemented KPI's to monitor airport, flight ops and ground operations and drive incident rates to 0.

Director of Aviation & Business Travel, 06/2013 to 09/2019
Company Name – City, State

Created new FBO at EGQL and drove re-opening of closed military base to business aircraft by negotiating with RAF, and MOD. Secured leases, negotiated fuel delivery, storage and all personnel to operate under JIG Standards
Managed P&L ($14MM)of business and both short term and long term financial results and strategy ($120MM in assets)
Defined strategy and led execution of new business in Scotland with $500k revenue in first year with zero capital employed
Partnered with federal, state and local county government to secure US Customs Facility for optimized business efficiency and public benefit
Negotiated $150MM in airline/hotel/rail/car contracts worldwide and drove compliance from 21% to 83% in EMEA to deliver $2MM in annual cost avoidance
Developed yearly strategy and budget and monitor performance against expectations
Redesigned workflow processes for safety reporting and improvements, resulting in zero errors system wide
Built and strengthened productive and valuable industry partnerships to drive collaboration, engagement and achieve highest safety audit results for group
Implemented centralized travel management across multiple business groups in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Brazil and India. This drove compliance from 10% to 90% and reduced operating expenses by $16 per transaction
Implemented live data models increasing ROCE above 8%, reducing empty legs by 90%, and created first in kind internal booking system across multiple business groups
Led design, creation and deployment of disaster relief trailer within 12months by leading a non direct team of engineers, designers and trucking experts to help victims of hurricanes

Chief Pilot, 12/2003 to 06/2012
Company Name – City, State

Our team led growth of group from four aircraft to thirteen aircraft managed at four bases and navigated two mergers
Invited to join senior management and lead 36 direct reports and manage assets over $250MM within three years
Managed complex just in time transport environment in global operations and recognized by industry with two separate awards, (National Business Aircraft Association Leadership Award , Certified Aviation Manager Scholarship)
Created and implemented standard operating procedures, best practices, distance learning and professional development with zero incidents or accidents in nine years
Deployed fuel optimization metric to reduce fuel expenses by 4%

Director Aviation, 01/2002 to 11/2003
Company Name – City, State

Devised successful strategy, benchmarks and performance optimization methods to create new organization within six months
Leadership of 5 direct reports and a $1MM budget
Transitioned department from idea to fully staffed department with standards, permits and eventually several "world records."
Assigned and supervised maintenance, flight ops, expenses and planning
Worked directly with CEO to build strong relationships with local governments, vendors, and suppliers

Education

MBA: Operations Management, 06/2012
University Of Rochester Simon School Of Business - City

Awarded the Meliora Award for innovation

Bachelor of Arts: Economics, 06/2000
University of Rochester - City

Recipient of Rush Rhees Scholarship

Additional Information

Awards / Accomplishments , NBAA Certified Aviation Manager, NBAA Management Award, NBAA Leadership Award, Earth-rounder, EAA Safety Speaker, Co-Author of motivational book

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School Attended

University Of Rochester Simon School Of Business
University of Rochester

Job Titles Held:

VP Flight Operations
Director of Aviation & Business Travel
Chief Pilot
Director Aviation

Degrees

MBA : Operations Management , 06/2012
Bachelor of Arts : Economics , 06/2000

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