Iver L. Retrum
Manager of Business Development & Marketing
SunBorne XVI Ltd.
Date of Birth: 7/8/1977
Years in Aviation: 20
Iver Retrum’s advice to others breaking into the aviation field is “You got to love it.” And love it he does, which is why he has been able to build a successful 20-year career in general and business aviation. His experiences and professional network spans a wide breadth of the industry and he is immensely active in the aviation community.
Retrum’s passion for aviation started early, beginning with a flight to Oshkosh at age 13, that led to flying lessons at age 16, and receiving his private pilot’s license shortly thereafter. Retrum attended Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) where he studied aviation and attained his commercial and flight instructor certificates. He graduated from MSU in 2001 with a Bachelors of Science in Aviation Technology.
This aviation innovator has worked in a variety of aviation sales and leadership roles with such companies as Steven’s Aviation, Precision Aircraft, Signature Flight Support and ARINC Direct. Retrum has unique expertise in the support side of the industry, particularly in FBO, communications and flight planning services. Additionally, Retrum has an emergent knowledge in aviation-related real estate through his work over the last six years as the manager of Business Development & Marketing for SunBorne XVI Ltd in Englewood, Colo. His efforts at SunBorne have concentrated on the development and expansion of the 125-acre mixed use business park at Centennial Airport known as Centennial InterPort.
Retrum has further continued to extend his expertise by attaining his Colorado real estate brokerage license, and with the formation and ownership of an advanced aviation real estate multi-listing service website called www.HangarNetwork.com. This latest endeavor is changing the way the aviation community communicates and transacts aviation related real estate. He says he loves the complexity, the creativeness in the position he has, saying “Every deal that we get into is a completely different and unique deal.”
In addition to his professional focus, Retrum is dedicated to the overall success of the aviation community. He was the acting chairman of the Centennial Airport Business Association from 2007 to 2010, reinvigorating this group and facilitating the transformation to become the expanded Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA). He currently serves on the board of CABA as Treasurer. Retrum is also a founding officer of the Colorado General Aviation Alliance, is an active board member of AirPower West, and serves on National Business Aviation Association’s Access Committee.
