C- level executive with 37 years of aviation / aerospace experience. Strategic thinker with the ability to implement and execute. Organizational leader and team builder. Successful defense industry background in project / program management. Expertise includes mergers & acquisitions, marketing, business development, consultative / solutions sales, business plan development, marketing communications, and international business. Significant international experience including China, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, the Middle East, and Brazil. Most recently, I was President of Raisbeck Engineering, a leader in aircraft performance improvement solutions with a focus on the business aviation market. With a rich history of innovation, Raisbeck Engineering develops and certifies modifications for a wide range of aircraft, enhancing their capabilities, efficiency, and overall performance. Raisbeck is a portfolio company of Acorn Growth Companies, a Private Equity Firm focused on Aviation, Aerospace and Defense. I assumed leadership of Raisbeck after being the Chief Strategy Officer at Acorn Growth Companies. Prior to joining Acorn, I was a Vice President in ICF’s Airlines, Aerospace, and MRO Practice. I led most of our work in the Defense and Rotary Wing markets and supported many business aviation projects, although more than half of my work was focused on the Air Transport market, both production and MRO / aftermarket. Previously, I was a Principal with AeroStrategy, a boutique consultancy focused on the aviation and aerospace industries; Sr. Vice President of Corporate Development for Pemco Aviation Group; Sr. Vice President of Business Development for Aerospan, a spare parts eBusiness Joint Venture between AAR and SITA; Sr. Director – Aerospace and Defense Solutions for Oracle; and a Principal with The Canaan Group, an aerospace consultancy. I began my career as a project engineer with Williams International working the cruise missile engine program and, later, the subsystem power unit for the Comanche helicopter program.Specialties: Mergers and Acquisitions, Scenario Planning, Due diligence, Strategic Planning, Operational Improvement, Market Analysis, Customer Segmentation, Portfolio Analysis, Strategic Positioning, Business Development, Sales / Consultative Sales, Customer Satisfaction, Competitive Analysis, Mentoring, Team Building, and Personnel Development in the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) segments of commercial aviation, military aviation, rotary wing, and business aviation.