Bob Sherry, Chief Executive Officer

Founder and CEO of ExcelAire, Mr. Sherry has more than 25 years of aviation experience.   Mr. Sherry began his aviation career as a licensed aircraft mechanic.   In 1985, he founded Eastway Aircraft Services, which specialized in light aircraft maintenance.   Anticipating the growth of private jet travel, Mr. Sherry founded ExcelAire in 1993, focusing on private jet charter, maintenance, management and sales.  He has overseen ExcelAire’s growth from the management of a single jet to more than 20.

David Rimmer, President

Mr. Rimmer joined ExcelAire in 2003 to oversee the company’s charter operation and was named president in June 2011.  Previously, he was a broadcast industry executive at Bloomberg LP, Sony and  ABC and NBC.  He has also written extensively about business aviation at Business and Commercial Aviation.  Mr. Rimmer serves on NATA’s Air Charter Committee, Air Charter Safety Foundation’s Board of Governors and NBAA’s Corporate Aviation Management Committee.

Greg Brinkman, Chief Operating Officer

Since earning his pilot’s license in the late 1970s, Mr. Brinkman has worked as a corporate pilot, aircraft owner, entrepreneur and as COO of ExcelAire.   Before joining ExcelAire in 2001, he was a corporate pilot for the investment firm, Kidder, Peabody.   Then, in 1989, Mr. Brinkman launched Associated Aircraft Group (AAG), the largest operator of Sikorsky S-76 helicopters on the East Coast, which was acquired by Sikorsky in 1999.

Ralph Michielli, Vice President / Director of Maintenance

Mr. Michielli brings more than three decades of experience in business jet aviation to ExcelAire, and helped launch the firm in 1993.  Mr. Michielli oversees all maintenance operations at  ExcelAire and holds two key positions, Vice President of Maintenance and Director of Maintenance. He also serves as technical liaison between ExcelAire and their aircraft owners and is a FAA-licensed Airframe and Powerplant technician specializing in jet aircraft.

James W. Kaler, II, Director of Operations

Mr. Kaler, with more than 15 years and 7,000 flight hours of professional aviation experience, is the Director of Operations for ExcelAire.  Prior to ExcelAire, he served as Chief Pilot and Director of Operations for a worldwide on-demand air carrier.  Mr. Kaler is type- rated in the GIV, Falcon 50, Hawker 800 and Cessna Citation.  At ExcelAire, he is responsible for flight operations along with FAA and TSA regulatory compliance.

Anthony Amendola, Chief Pilot

Anthony Amendola oversees the daily activities of ExcelAire’s pilots and actively flies ExcelAire’s Gulfstream GIV-SPs. He has more than 15 years of corporate and private aviation experience, including serving as a lead captain for a Fortune 100 company. Captain Amendola has extensive experience flying domestically and internationally under FAR Parts 91 and 135.  He began his aviation career as a professional flight instructor.