Alan G.

Fort
205 West Creek Court Peachtree City, Georgia 30269 af72ce34@westpost.net (7
70) 486-1476
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Aviation Professional with 25+ years of Domestic and International experience in
Operations, Customer Service and Executive Sales
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Aviation Professional with 25+ years of Domestic and International experience
in Operations, Customer Service and Executive Sales.
* 10 Years of Executive level positions within the industry. The past 5 years a
s Director of Sales for
an aviation services company, the previous 5 years as VP/Sales for an Internati
onal Charter airline.
* Exceptional leadership abilities with outstanding communication skills. Abili
ty to handle multiple projects and ensure timely completion of each. Negotiated
multi-million dollar contracts from inception to completion. Created Account Ex
ecutive program to ensure total customer satisfaction and accountability.
* Reported directly to CEO and President of airline and worked directly with all
department VP's on a daily basis.
* Ability to create departmental budgets and ensure that all costs were accounte
d for. Remained on budget every year.
* Manager of Customer Services for a US Part 121 carrier with hub operations tha
t included up to 54 daily domestic flights and 6 daily International flights.
* Aviation experience that includes corporate aviation, start up carriers, regio
nal airlines and commercial carriers. Positions in customer service, ramp opera
tions, station operations and management, international operations and sales, e
xecutive.
* Excellent communication and presentation skills.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Regional Director November 2009 - Present
Furtal Media LLC Atlanta, GA
* Hired as Regional Director of Furtal Media LLC in November 2009. Successful r
ollout of Furtal Media LLC in November 2009. Instrumental in obtaining a 16 sta
te marketing agreement to obtain endorsements from top state level school board
associations. In a four month period (Feb-May 2010) executed agreements with fo
ur states (Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana) with three other state
s approving their agreements pending board approvals.
* Anticipated annual revenue of $5.0M in first year of operation.
Director of Sales April 2004 - Present
Aviation Solutions Dallas, TX
* Reports directly to CEO of aviation services company.
* Responsible for successful customer retention and locating new business opport
unities.
* Executed new business agreements that resulted in $2.0M to the company.
Vice-President/Passenger Sales January 2000 - April 2004
World Airways, Inc. Herndon, VA/Peachtree City, GA.
* Led and managed Passenger Sales Department for an International air carrier fo
r 5 years while remaining on budget and increasing sales each year from $150M to
$330M.
* Increased customer base every year.
* Exceptional leadership abilities with outstanding communication skills. Abili
ty to handle multiple projects and ensure timely completion of each.
* Negotiated multi-million dollar contracts from inception to completion.
* Created Account Executive program to ensure total customer satisfaction and ac
countability.
* Reported directly to CEO and President of airline and worked directly with all
department VP's on a daily basis.
* Created departmental budgets and ensure that all costs were accounted for. Re
mained on budget every year.
* Excellent communication and presentation skills.
* No turnover in staff during tenure and ensured team continued to receive train
ing and experience to further career opportunities.
* Worked closely with Director of Military Sales and all operational departments
to ensure that performance objectives were met resulting in a direct increase
to the bottom line of at least $12.0M annually.
* Responsible for coordinating all maintenance checks on both passenger and carg
o aircraft. Chaired weekly meetings between sales and maintenance planning to e
nsure that maximum utilization was obtained on all aircraft in between periodic
maintenance checks while ensuring minimal impact on customers. This resulted i
n maximizing the carrier's cost initiatives during each maintenance check saving
over $2.5M annually.
* Opened new opportunities for the company by presenting the carrier to NFL team
s which led to executing new agreements with three different NFL teams increasin
g sales by $5.0M.

Director/Passenger Sales January 1998 - January 2000

World Airways, Inc. Herndon, VA
* Located new sales accounts and increased sales each year while managing custom
er accounts
* Increased commercial sales from less than $1.0M to over $25.0M in first full y
ear in this position.
* Promoted to Director position after 2 years as Manager. Executed 5 new long te
rm contract agreements while increasing ad-hoc revenue each year.
Manager, Passenger Sales October 1996-January 1998
World Airways, Inc. Herndon, VA
* Responsible for increasing commercial passenger sales revenue. Increase revenu
e by over $2.0M in ad-hoc business in first 6 months while executing 2 new long
term customers.
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EDUCATION
Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona
S.U.N.Y. @ Farmingdale Farmingdale, NY