- Aviation Advisory Firm to Provide Unique Product Offerings to the Industry  -

Dec 4, 2019 -- Industry veterans John Feren and Andy Mansell plan to launch Split Rock Aviation LLC in January 2020, an aviation advisory firm providing new and unique product offerings and solutions for the aviation industry. Both share a passion for understanding the customer and bringing creative solutions to address challenges.

“There is a lot of opportunity to bring different segments of our industry together and create value for our customers”, said Andy Mansell, co-founder of Split Rock Aviation. “Our extensive experience and longstanding relationships give us unique insight and access to the market that others do not have. We look forward to growing this capability further as we add to the team in the New Year.”

Andy started his career in banking and has thirty years of experience in the aircraft leasing industry, most of which was spent at Aviation Capital Group. Andy was a member of the Senior Leadership Team and held several senior positions such as Head of Marketing, Head of Trading, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.

John spent thirty years with Boeing (Market Forecasting - Economist, Sales Director, Finance Director on MD-80, Airplane Program Management, Vice President of Americas Sales, VP Marketing 7e7 (787), VP Sales for Global Leasing) and 10 years with Aviation Capital Group (Senior Vice President of Business Development and a member of the Senior Leadership Team). In 2018 John joined L3 technologies and until the its merger with Harris Corporation, supported commercial business development, calling on airlines and suppliers.

About Split Rock Aviation

Split Rock Aviation is an aviation advisory firm that achieves its unique identity through extensive experience, thought leadership, integrity, collaboration and a desire to provide value to our business partners.