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Mr. William Loh, Managing Director
Deutsche
Morgan Grenfell, London, England,
1996 - 1998.
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, 1991 - 1996.
Associate Director/Senior Aviation Analyst Responsible,
within Structured Finance, for maintaining a global overview
of the airline industry including manufacturers, lessors and
financiers. Prepared reports and made recommendations
concerning the creditworthiness of current and potential airline
clients, as well as appraisals of the current asset values
and future competitive outlook for the aircraft being financed.
Also advised Deutsche's Credit Committee, other divisions
and worldwide branches of the bank, up to Management Board
level, on aircraft-related investment issues, airline/airport/aerospace
projects, or the industry in general. Developed an internal
airline transaction credit scoring system also reflecting
the support offered by estimated asset values. On behalf of
Deutsche, advised Daimler-Benz/DASA during the extensive deliberations
over their Fokker investment. Promoted to Associate
Director in April 1995, and qualified as a U.K. FSA Securities
Representative in November 1996.
PROS Strategic Solutions, Houston, Texas,
1989 - 1991.
Account Executive Based in Frankfurt, Germany
as company representative at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, responsible
for the successful implementation of their first computerized
yield management system. Duties included coordination,
testing and debugging of system upgrades and modifications,
user training, and conducting software demonstrations for
the management and staff of Lufthansa, as well as other potential
airline clients. The project was successful and PROS
is still in use at Lufthansa and a growing list of major airlines.
MCI/WorldCom, Boca Raton, Florida, 1988 - 1989.
Senior Marketing Analyst Recommended appropriate
special pricing proposals to the Executive Pricing Committee
for high volume T-1 and T-3 digital communications products.
Developed software which automated the optimization of network
circuit routing which minimized overall costs and greatly
increased the department's productivity.
Florida
Express Airlines, Orlando, Florida, 1986 - 1988.
Corporate Planning Analyst Responsible
for the preparation of business forecasts of the airline's
financial and operational performance; and conducted various
special analysis projects for the senior officers of the company.
These included optimization of the reservations function,
yield management processes, and fleet planning. Also
developed software which automated many procedures in reservations
control.
American
Aeronautics Group, Winter Park, Florida, 1984 - 1985.
Aviation Analyst Assisted ISTAT co-founder
Jim Matthews with research and analysis of data concerning
various business and transport aircraft for feasibility studies,
appraisals and other special projects. Responsible for
management of the computer systems, assisted in the development
of the first ISTAT appraiser examinations, and constructed
spreadsheet models for the analysis of various business proposals.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics, University
of Florida,
Gainesville, April 1984.
Language
Skills
Fluent in German.
Licenses
and Ratings
Airplane Single-Engine Land
Glider
Simulator experience flying Boeing 737-300/400/500, 747-400,
707-320, also Boeing F-18, Grumman E-2C/D, Lockheed Martin
F-16, F-22, F-35, T-50, Republic A-10, as well as Boeing AH-64
Apache, Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, Bell OH-58 and JetRanger
helicopters.
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Mr. William Minkoff, Director of Marketing
JetQuik,
LLC.
Nashville, TN. President. Subsidiary company of
CFM engaged in the purchase of Very Light Jets for lease to
established air charter carriers. JetQuik currently
has three Embraer Phenom 100s on order, and is committed to
a diverse investor group.
(www.jetquik.com)
Corporate Flight Management,
Nashville, TN. Vice President of Marketing. CFM:
Operates 20 aircraft on Part 135 charter certificate (ARG/US
Platinum), operates 2 FBOs and is a Cirrus Authorized Service
Center, refurbishes/services/sells Jetstream turboprops under
a cooperative arrangement with BAe, provides operations/management
for regional airlines on 4 continents, operates numerous shuttle
aircraft under long term contract to Fortune 100 companies,
a Part 141 training academy (Wings of Eagles), JetQuik, an
aircraft syndication corporation, and CFMJet, an aircraft
sales and brokerage company.
(www.flycfm.com)
Colemill Enterprises, Inc., General Manager, 2006.
Colemill owns and operates a satellite airport (M88) in Nashville,
TN, and converts Piper Navajo into Panther Navajos under an
FAA STC. Colemill's 4 divisions include Aircraft Manufacturing,
Sales, Avionics Maintenance, and Flight Operations.
Flight Operations is responsible for a fleet of 10 aircraft
in a flight school and corporate charter business.
Delta Air Lines, Inc., International Airline Captain,
1979 - 2005. FAA designated Line Check Pilot responsible
for supervision of Delta Captains, co-authored and developed
Delta's Aviation Safety Action Program, a computer based self-reporting
system for violations and incidents. Chairman of ALPA
LEC Safety, and managed safety seminars for the Airline Pilots
Association. Completed Crew Resource Management training,
Flight Instructor training, Airline Captain - Line Check Training,
Flight Engineer - Sierra Check Airman Training. Also
completed Basic and Advanced Accident School, National Transportation
Safety Board Training Seminar, and George Washington University
Airline Management Training School. Critical Incident
Response Team member, on site participant during Swissair
Flight 111 investigation, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Silver Airlines, 2003. Start-up co-founder, organized
Senior Operations Management Team, co-wrote business
plan and organized venture capital "road show". Obtained
Morgan Stanley verbal commitment for "best efforts" funding
of $160mn.
Avaleen Outdoor, LLC., 1987-1992, President.
Founded and sold an outdoor media corporation which developed
and sold interstate large format billboards. Key Accomplishment:
$1mn real estate portfolio with ROI of 350%.
Merrill Lynch, Inc., 1983-1987, Financial Consultant. Developed
a client base of over 100 qualified investors, managing an
immediate office support staff. Regional award winner
for financial asset gathering excellence.
American Medical Aids, Inc., 1979-1983, Vice President. Responsible
for staff of 12, increased customer base and profitability, also
developed and executed 401K and retirement plan. Engineered
the eventual sale of the company, and increased revenues by
35% per annum.
United States Navy, 1973-1979, A-7 Corsair Attack Pilot,
class rank: #1.
Combat Section and Division Leader, Awarded Top Gun Award
at Strike Fighter Weapons School, Squadron and Replacement
Air Group Instructor and Landing Signal Officer, Ground School
Tactical Navigation Instructor, Weapons Delivery and Combat
Tactics Instructor.
Education
Rutgers University - BA Degree in Business Management,
Minor in Economics. Awarded Scarlet Key for excellence as
Scholar-Athlete.
Vanderbilt University - Master of Business Administration,
2003, with emphasis on International Sales and Marketing.
Sixty-two credit hour course ranked 17th globally, Strategic
Planning emphasis group ranked 2nd in the U.S.
Flying Experience
Civilian: ATP, Flight Instructor, MEI, FEJ, Line Check Pilot.
Navy: NATOPS Officer, Instrument Check Pilot.
Over 14,000 flight hours including over 9,000 hours PIC.
Licenses and Ratings
Airline Transport Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor, MEL,
Line Check Pilot, Flight Engineer Turbojet.
Type Ratings: B-727, B-757, B-767 (-100/200/300ER), DC-9,
MD-88, N-265. Experience flying A-4, A7-A, A7-B, TA7-C, A7-E,
DC-8, L-1011, T-2C, T-28B, T-34A, Sabreliner. Theatre
flying experience: Africa, Asia, Australia, Eastern and Western
Europe, Far East, Middle East, Latin America, North and South
America.
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Dr. Guru Prasad, Director of Information Technology
Dr. Prasad is CEO of Aximetric, a technology
company located in the Research Park at the University of
Central Florida. Dr. Prasad holds a Ph.D. in Industrial
Engineering, and a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical
Engineering, both from the University of Central Florida,
and is an expert in simulation, network architecture, distributed
systems and systems modeling. He has developed innovative
modeling and advanced visualization techniques suitable for
real time distributed simulation and web-based architectures.
Prior to co-founding Aximetric, Dr. Prasad was a research
scientist at the Institute for Simulation and Training at
U.C.F. He has published several papers in distributed
simulation and physics-based modeling, taught advanced simulation
courses at U.C.F., and served as a consultant in the M&S
industry.
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