• B.S. Engineering (1974)

• M.S. Systems Management (1978)

• Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics Certificate

I have been in the aviation industry since 1966 in jobs ranging from systems technician in the U.S. Air Force to my current job at Pennant Aviation Partners.  After military service, I completed my undergraduate engineering studies and began a job in maintenance program development and support engineering for the U.S. Navy.  I finished my graduate studies and then moved to Pacific Southwest Airlines as an airframe reliability and maintenance engineer.  I joined Federal Express in 1980 as an airframe maintenance engineer, progressing through engineering management into senior management as Managing Director of Quality Assurance in 1984.  Following an almost seven year assignment in QA, I was reassigned to head Aircraft Component Maintenance which is responsible for the operation of internal shops and the management of vendor supplied maintenance.

I joined Universal Asset Management as Vice President of Technical Services in 1995, with responsibility for all technical and regulatory issues involved in buying and selling commercial airplanes, engines and spares inventories.  I co-founded Pennant Aviation in March 2004 with my long-time friend and business partner Don Scott.

• B.A. Computer Science (2004)

• M.B.A. in Finance (2011)

I joined the the aviation industry following a career in investing and consulting.  After graduating from Dartmouth College in 2004, I joined a cyber-security focused research consortium (I3P), before transitioning to management and strategy consulting with Booz Allen in 2006.  With Booz, I worked with clients in the private equity, energy, financial services, and manufacturing industries out of the Dallas (2006-2007) and Dubai (2008-2009) offices.  I left to pursue my MBA at Columbia Business School, graduating in 2011.  Following my MBA, I worked as an investment analyst for two hedge funds in New York (Nicusa Capital from 2011-2013 and Greenlight Capital from 2013 to 2022).

In 2022, I launched Orchard Aviation Capital, to acquire end-of-life commercial and business aircraft.  After collaborating with Pennant Aviation on multiple aircraft acquisitions, I partnered with Bob to support Pennant Aviation's mission of managing end-of-life assets for airlines and lessors.