This episode's guest is Brad “B-Rad” Elliott, who is General Manager at the Desert Jet Center FBO, which he was involved in opening, and he is also a Bahamas Flying Ambassador.  He’s been in business aviation for 16 years, including positions in customer service, marketing, sales, and more.

He’s planned trips around the world in small private jets and turboprops, has a private pilot license, and has volunteered in various capacities in aviation, including serving on the NBAA S&D committee for 4 years, setting up static displays at various conferences, and being involved with many aviation charities.   

We cover how he got his start in aviation, some of the key skills that have helped him been successful in his career, how service has changed in business aviation, some of his favourite business resources, and more.

This episode's guest is Sebastien Roy, my cofounder, CEO and the person behind the original idea for Lean Systems.

Seb grew up in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in Canada, and did his undergrad, master’s and Ph.D at Universite de Sherbrooke in Physics, with his graduate work focusing on superconductivity.  

After his post-graduate work, he began working at AD-OPT, an operations research company specializing in solving optimization problems like crew scheduling for some of the world’s top commercial aviation companies.

He graduated from Founder Institute Montreal with me, which is where we met and he refined his idea for what would become Lean Systems, and convinced me to join as a cofounder.

As one would expect for cofounders, I have an immense amount of respect for Seb - he’s one of the smartest, hardworking, and thoughtful people I know.  This conversation is a bit of an introduction and background to Seb and Lean Systems, and how optimization works in commercial and business aviation.

This episode's guest is Greg Jarrett, who is the founder and CEO of STACK.aero, which develops cloud-based solutions typically powered by the Salesforce Platform for aviation and logistics companies.

Greg has worked as a charter salesperson all over the world, before turning software developer for the business aviation community, and he’s passionate about helping business aircraft operators stay at the front of the technology curve.

This episodes guest is Joe Zvada, who is currently Vice President at Ultimate Jetcharters. Joe has been at Ultimate for almost 10 years, starting there doing data entry, and quickly moving up to VP.

Joe and I share a love for optimization and efficiency, and we get into depth on how Joe has incorporated that into his work at Ultimate, his ballooning hobby, and his advice for newcomers to the aviation world.

This episode's guest is Chris Algee, who is currently Manager - Flight Scheduling and Dispatch at HealthSouth Aviation.

Chris has been in aviation for more than 15 years, starting with Netjets in Crew Services, and has spent time with Home Depot and Jet Aviation - McKesson.

In this conversation we get into everything from how he found his first job in aviation, to how he cultivates great mentors, and his advice for being successful in a career in business aviation.