Jim Lewis is a trusted, accomplished aviation executive with a 50-year career in the aviation industry.  For the past 25-years he has focused on execution, performance, management, business & client development, leadership, and counsel in sales/marketing roles, while generating well over $2.5 billion in revenue representing marquis firms and aircraft OEM brands. 
Jim is an effective communicator in dynamic sales environments, specializing in contract and agreement negotiations & transactions with high net-worth individuals, C-level executives, aviation transaction attorneys and flight departments. He is a confident presenter and fierce aviation industry advocate, active with several regional NBAA groups. Jim is a mentor and team builder with focus on best practices, and enjoys an industry-wide reputation of integrity.  With unique technical aptitude and operational experience, Jim has a firm grasp of the physics of flight and functional aspects of aircraft systems - highly useful when distilling and conveying new, emerging, and complex aerospace and other technical concepts to groups, clients, and stakeholders.  
Jim has been a licensed pilot for nearly 50 years which includes extensive domestic, international, and trans-oceanic business jet and turboprop experience for corporations, was a demo pilot for several OEMs, and served as a captain/check airman in the regional airlines. Jim is Airline Transport Pilot rated, and an aircraft owner with over 10,000 hours of flight time.