Management Team

John Staten

"One of today's top business challenges is how to be more agile to capitalize on fleeting opportunities and changing market conditions. Our company is built from the ground up to be real-time and adaptive, so we can be responsive to our customers' needs. Likewise, DayJet travel can help organizations gain a competitive advantage through just-in-time, on-demand travel that is based on your schedule."

John joined DayJet as chief financial officer in July 2002 with overall responsibility for business operations, including finance, human resources, information technology and sales. John is a seasoned finance executive with wide ranging experience in finance, operations, strategic planning and information technology. For the past 20 years, he has played pivotal roles in launching and growing new businesses, building strategic partnerships and managing operations.

Prior to joining DayJet, John served as chief financial officer of NetSpeak Corporation, a global provider of VoIP telecommunications technology. While at NetSpeak, he held corporate-wide financial and operational responsibilities, including leading the company through its initial capitalization and successful initial public offering on NASDAQ. John also forged strategic partnerships with companies such as Motorola, Fujitsu, Bay Networks, Ericsson, MCI, Creative Labs, Siemens and China Unicom. Before joining NetSpeak in 1996, he served as manager of audit services with Deloitte & Touche

John is a Certified Public Accountant, holding a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Florida.

Nancy Iacobucci

"DayJet's approach to its people, training, and safety is revolutionary in aviation. Our aviation operation's team members, pilots and maintenance professionals have people managers who daily manage each employee's needs and career development goals. We believe our people are the company's assets and the foundation to our successful delivery of a world-class per-seat, on-demand jet service."

Nancy, co-founder, serves as Chief Safety Officer, managing DayJet's Safety Management Program that promotes best practices philosophies and a safety culture to ensure the company's goals of safety, regulatory conformity, efficiency, and excellence are achieved. She directs the development, implementation and audit of policies, plans, goals, and standards companywide including occupational safety and environmental enforcement.

In her role as senior vice president customer operations, Nancy is responsible for the delivery of DayJet's Customer Care Program and deployment, staffing and people management of all field operations.

Nancy, together with Ed, co-founded Wingedfoot Services, LLC in 1999 and served as its chief executive officer, where she oversaw day-to-day operations and guided the team through the FAA certification process to obtain its air carrier certificate in July 2005. Nancy built and established Wingedfoot Services as one of the country's premier mid- and long-range business jet charter service providers.

A seasoned executive with a wide range of technology and telecommunications management experience across start-up and Fortune 500 organizations, she founded a startup ISDN company, American Communication Sciences, Inc., that designed worldwide voice-data networks for Fortune 500 companies. Nancy was recruited and served as the telecommunications senior architect for the IBM-Blockbuster joint venture, Fairway Technologies, where she co-authored patents for digital distribution networks. She studied business management and administration at Florida State University.

Bruce Holmes

"Air transportation in America is at a crucial crossroads. Through a public-private partnership that has spanned the past 15 years, NextGen technologies are now taking flight, providing the most sweeping change to the way we fly since the current system was developed during the 1940s and 50s. NextGen technologies hold the promise of unlocking the vast untapped capacity in the nation's airspace that will propel our quality of life and economic opportunity in the 21st Century."

Dr. Bruce Holmes joined DayJet in May 2007 to work with federal and state agencies to deploy next-generation technologies that will expand the number of small airports DayJet can utilize across the country for its per-seat, on-demand jet service.

For more than 30 years, Bruce has contributed to transforming American air transportation, culminating in a senior executive position as chief strategist at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. He was instrumental in the strategic development of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS), the creation of the NASA Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (AGATE) Alliance, and the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Project. Bruce is widely known for his strategic leadership in the emergence of small aircraft and community airports for public transportation and for championing strategies for improving future generations of personal air transportation vehicles, airspace systems and airports.

Bruce has published more than 70 technical papers, received four patents, and directed several research programs fostering technical developments upon which new aviation companies have been formed. He has been honored with numerous NASA and professional society awards including the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal, The National Air Transportation Association Distinguished Service Award and others.

Bill Van Valkenberg

"Time is money. For attorneys and consultants that bill clients by the hour, DayJet per-seat, on-demand jet service is an essential customer relationship tool. It will not only help you save time, so you can be more productive when traveling, but it will also help you economize on total expenses by enabling you to complete your travel in a single day. More importantly, DayJet gives you the flexibility to react to last-minute opportunities and situations, so you can be more responsive to your client's needs."

A corporate and securities lawyer, Bill joined DayJet in February 2006 as chief legal officer and vice president, corporate planning, where he is responsible for corporate governance, risk management and legal affairs. He has more than 25 years' experience helping entrepreneurs launch, finance and grow business ventures. Most recently, Bill was a partner in the Seattle office of Holland & Knight, where he served as the firm's national corporate team leader.

In 1995, he co-founded the Van Valkenberg Furber Law Group, a boutique corporate finance and securities firm specializing in early-stage private equity, venture financings and business transactions. Earlier in his career, Bill practiced with Bogle & Gates in Seattle for 17 years, including 12 years as a partner in the Corporate Finance and Securities Group. He also worked for three years at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.

A former Chairman of the Business Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association, Bill is admitted to practice in Washington State. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah College of Law, where he was articles editor of the Utah Law Review.

Traver Gruen-Kennedy

"DayJet is about more than just moving business travelers from point A to point B. We're about linking communities to one another to provide a new way for people to live and work together. DayJet has created the next major advance in regional business travel. We seek to partner with communities in playing a central role in helping them realize their business development goals. Together, we can drive corporate productivity, regional economic growth and hometown competitiveness."

Traver joined DayJet in November 2005 to lead government relations, industry groups and community affairs, bringing with him more than 25 years of diverse experience in corporate strategy, strategic alliances and operations. Today, in addition to government affairs, he manages our advanced technology group and corporate marketing.

A global technology leader, Traver is ranked by NetworkWorld as one of the "25 Most Powerful People in Networking," and the World Economic Forum named him a Technology Pioneer for his contributions to technology and to society. Prior to DayJet, he served as chief strategist at Citrix Systems, where he played a significant role in the company's post-IPO growth to become one the world's 15th largest software company, an S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 Company.

An active participant in creating America's Next Generation Transportation System (NGATS), Traver is a member of the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) National Strategy Committee of the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). An early proponent of "green" he played a central role in securing protection for a virgin forest in Ghana and supporting mangrove stand planting, education and protection in Haiti. He founded and Chairs the Digital Development Partnership (DDP), which narrows the digital divide by optimizing the social and economic impact of information and communications technology initiatives for underserved communities working with the United Nations, the World Bank and Sister Cities International's Network for Sustainable Development.

Don Osmundson

"The 'per-seat, on-demand' service model is the first truly new idea in business transportation I have seen in decades. The intersection of innovative VLJ aircraft like the Eclipse 500 and DayJet's real-time operations technology makes it possible to provide business professionals with a new regional travel option that is custom-made, on-demand, and offers superior travel efficiency."

A commercial airline veteran with 35 years of experience, Don joined DayJet in September 2005 as vice president of flight operations responsible for the overall implementation of safety of flight in DayJet's per-seat, on-demand jet services. In this capacity, he is charged with qualifying and training flight crews, establishing and executing the highest flight and safety standards, and ensuring compliance with FAA Part 135 on-demand requirements across DayJet's rapid-growth air operations.

A veteran aviator, Don has spent more than 20 years as a pilot with airline, corporate and freight operators including Continental and Frontier airlines and served as chief pilot and vice president of flight operations for major and regional airlines including Continental and Comair airlines.

As Comair's vice president of flight operations for eight years, he was responsible for 175 regional jets, 2,000 pilots and 200 support personnel. He oversaw Comair's flight operations as it transitioned from turbo-prop to regional jet operations, championing new technology and the development of management tools to better guide the airline's growth. After nine years as a Frontier Airlines line pilot, Don joined Continental Airlines in 1987, where he was an instructor pilot, assistant chief pilot and chief pilot. In 1993 he became Continental's vice president of flight operations where he oversaw a corps of 4,000 pilots, 300 support personnel and managed forecasting, budgeting, pilot training, FAA compliance, and operational safety activities.

Don graduated from Embry-Riddle University with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical science. He also has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix.

Brad Noe

"We are building a scalable per-seat, on-demand jet service that provides unprecedented flexibility and choice in how people travel. Our service is completely tuned to the needs of each and every individual customer."

Brad joined DayJet in September 2002 with responsibility for architecting and developing the company's scalable application framework for real-time management of critical flight operations and business functionality. He brings more than 25 years of diverse computer software planning, design and development experience from several leading technology companies, including IBM and Motorola.

Prior to DayJet, Brad was vice president of software product development for NetSpeak Corporation, a pioneer in VoIP telephony software. He has also served as software engineering manager at Motorola Corporation for its two-way wireless products and senior software engineer for 11 years at IBM where he was lead architect for OS/2 Multimedia Subsystem. He holds two patents and is author of "Developing Multimedia Applications Under OS/2."

Brad holds a master's degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University, a master's degree in computer science from Florida Atlantic University, and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Florida.

Mark Reed

"New technologies and forward thinking have gone into the development of the remarkable Eclipse 500 jet, and that same technology-centered creativity is at the very heart of the DayJet culture. With this new approach to aviation problem solving and close collaboration between DayJet, Eclipse Aviation and Pratt & Whitney Canada, we are developing a new maintenance program optimized for peak efficiency and customer reliability."

Mark joined DayJet in July 2005, bringing 24 years of aviation industry experience. As vice president of maintenance, Mark will be responsible for ensuring the highest levels of quality, efficiency and reliability by overseeing the airworthiness and day-to-day maintenance of DayJet's fleet in accordance with FAA regulations. He will also supervise the aircraft maintenance scheduling, engineering, inspection, and power plant planning programs for DayJet's aircraft fleet.

Prior to DayJet, Mark served as vice president of maintenance operations at Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets, Inc., the world's largest on-demand fractional jet operator. At NetJets, he managed the maintenance of more than 375 aircraft across 14 separate aircraft types, oversaw 320 employees and a $300 million budget as the company increased its fleet size an average of 15 percent annually over six years during his eight year tenure.

Mark also spent nine years at Gulfstream Aerospace in management roles that included field service and technical operations. He began his aviation career in the United States Air Force as a mission flight engineer and a flight engineer scheduler. A pilot and graduate from Embry-Riddle University with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical science.

Robert Spaulding

Our focus on real-time logistics and complexity science enables us to efficiently serve sparse demand in outlying tails of the market, while driving our cost of services down, making on-demand jet travel broadly available and affordable on a 'per-seat' basis for more business travelers."

When Bob joined DayJet in April 2002 to lead the research, design and development of advanced technologies, he brought with him over 25 years of proven experience in system software, hardware and executive management.

Prior to DayJet, Bob directed the development of award-winning data protection applications for Xpoint Technology, Inc. and led the development of removable cartridge disk drive subsystems for SyQuest Technology, Inc. In 1989, he founded REL-America to develop high-performance terminals for Citrix Systems, serving as president of the company until 1992. Bob also worked at IBM for 14 years, where he led the software development efforts for IBM's Information Product Division's Taiwan-based development laboratory, oversaw development of optical character recognition software for Japanese banking systems, and designed voice compression algorithms used by satellite business systems.

He is a former U.S. Army officer, and holds a master's degree in information and computer science and a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology.