Company - Ranger Aerospace

Steve Townes - President & CEO, Founder

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Full Biography: Steve Townes


Steve Townes - President & CEO Ranger Aerospace

 

  • CEO, Ranger International Services Group
  • Chairman, Ranger Rotorcraft Group
  • CEO, Keystone Ranger Holdings
  • CEO, Aircraft Service Int'l Group
  • COO, EVP at Sabreliner, Stevens Aviation, and other aviation companies
  • Vought Aircraft, program development
  • Founder, Ranger Partners Group and Ranger Aerospace LLC
  • West Point, Engineering & Eisenhower award; Long Island Univ, MBA ; Harvard PMD program

 

Bill McLendon - COO of “RISG” and CAV International, Inc.

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Bill McLendon C.O.O. RISG & CAV International, Inc.

 

  • Senior Officer for all CAV Int’l Operations; shareholding officer/COO in Ranger
  • B.S. Engineering Mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy, #1 graduate
  • B.A./M.A. Master's from Oxford University, England as a Rhodes Scholar.
  • CEO of JetCorp and Sr VP-Technical Services of Sentient Jet
  • VP-Ops for ASIG, and VP-Ops for ATS Aerospace
  • Sr VP-Ops for ARC and Pomeroy IT Solutions/ARC
  • Serves on the Aviation Technology and Maintenance Committee of the National Air Transportation Association

 

Jeff Hartman - Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer of “RISG"

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Jeff Hartman - Executive VP & CFO of RISG

  • Former CFO of Signature Flight Support and BBA Aviation Group
  • Previously CFO of Aircraft Service Int’l Group (ASIG) and Ranger’s first large venture
  • Exec VP of large charter jet operation, from inception to $900 Million
  • MBA from Northeastern University
  • BS-Finance and MS-Finance from Northeastern University, Cambridge Mass.
  • CPA licensed, Senior Manager in KPMG (Peat Marwick); AICPA member

 

Carroll A. Vaughan Jr., President of CAV International, Inc.

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Carroll A. Vaughan, President of CAV International, Inc.

 

  • Founder of CAV, built from 1 person to 340 and “INC 5000” status in 10 years
  • Board member of Ranger International Services Group
  • Retired military officer with over 33 years of Logistics experience.
  • Officer and senior Director/Manager roles in DynCorp, ITT Federal Services, Maytag Aircraft Services
  • Former top manager of Camp Doha in Kuwait
  • B.S. from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with emphasis in Aviation Management

 

Tom Copeland, Operations Director of CAV International, Inc.

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Tom Copeland

 

  • Guides daily operations of CAV bases; widely regarded expert in aero-port operations
  • President of C2G Ltd, a government contracting company specialized in airfield services and base logistics. JV partner with CAV Int’l for small business pursuits
  • B.S. with honors from Wayland Baptist University, majoring in Management and Logistics.
  • Associate degree in Applied Science from the Community College of the Air Force in Logistics Management.
  • 23 year distinguished career with the United States Air Force. Senior Chief in the Air Mobility Command. Service also as a Contracting Officer for aero-port operations.

 

David Noblin, General Manager - Kuwait Operations

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David Noblin, General Manager - Kuwait Operations

 

  • Manages all CAV operations in Kuwait: the busiest AMC air logistics hub in the world
  • Community College of the Air Force - Degree in Logistics / Transportation
  • USAF Transportation NCO of the Year - the #1 Transportation NCO in the entire Air Force
  • NCO Academy Commandant Award Winner for Leadership
  • Lance P. Sijan Young Leadership Award Winner
  • Air Combat Command (ACC) I.G. Transportation Senior NCO of the Year
  • Air Mobility Command Transportation NCO of the Year

 

Jim Morrison, Director of Logistics - General Manager of Commissary Contracts

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Jim Morrison, Director of Logistics

 

  • CAV International Director of Logistics; Facilities Security Officer
  • 40 years logistics experience, 20 of which are aviation specialized
  • Prior to that 3 years as Senior Logistics Analyst at Natick R&D Center, Natick MA
  • Prior tio that managed Aviation Component Repair Program (Contractor perspective) in concert with U.S. Army Europe.
  • Over 40 years logistics experience, 20 of which aviation peculiar
  • Distinguished military career spanning 24 years.
  • MHR, Human Relations, University of Oklahoma

 

Brian Nerney, Partner, Co-Investor, and Advisor

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Brian Nerney = Parnter & Managing Director, COO

 

  • Former Chairman, GreenLeaf investments (acquisitions)
  • Chairman, Clearwire Technologies
  • VP and shareholder, Sierra Technologies (acquired from LTV)
  • LTV Aerospace & Defense; and Boeing
  • BS and MS Aerospace Engineering Virginia Tech
  • Wharton MBA with distinction

 

Ed Bolden, President, Rotorcraft Services Group, Inc.

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Ed Bolden - President Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc.

  • President, Heritage Aviation
  • President, Premier Aviation
  • President, Sextant Avionique
  • Arthur Young, Sfena Corporation, LWFW Group
  • BS Engineering, California Polytechnic, MBA SMU, CPA

 

Fida Waishek, VP Engineering, Rotorcraft Services Group, Inc.

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Fida Waishek - VP - Ranger AeroDesign

 

  • Engineering Director for Heli-One USA, and HeliDyne Systems, Inc.
  • 22 Years aeronautical and rotorcraft engineering experience
  • BS and MS degrees in Engineering from Univ. of Texas - Arlington
  • Accomplished hundreds of STC's and FAA projects
  • Leading the efforts to become "ODA" qualified engineering group