Cody Liby has been in the automotive and aerospace industries for over 24 years. He began working in the automotive industry in 1994 at R&L Automotive where he built engines and performed other automotive repairs for all makes and models. In 1997 he began working for a small aerospace machine shop, Mockry and Sons Machine and in 2000 he became the Shop Manager. During this time, he also accomplished several R&D projects including the start-up and design of BG Products transmission fitting kits and brake machines flow transfer block. In late 2005 he took a position as Operations Manager with Wichita Aerospace Spares (W.A.S.I.), overseeing all manufacturing departments including Milling, Lathe, Assembly, Forming, Welding, and Shop Scheduling. In 2008 he went to work for Buffco Engineering to establish a new Multi-axis Mill/Turn Lathe Division managing machine acquisitions, shop layouts, quoting, machine set-up, programming, and training. With these responsibilities, he was also able to work with Super Jet Drilling Systems designing adapter kits for all the different drilling systems producing many custom engine parts and modifications for race cars and off-road motorsports. In 2011 he accepted a role as Senior Estimator for the KMI (formerly Wolfe Machine), where he was responsible for all cost estimating and product valuations. Then In 2016, he accepted the position of General Manager at Mockry and Sons, where he began his aerospace career, taking over all aspects of shop management and operations until he joined Astron Aerospace in 2019.