WICHITA, KS -- Randy Groom, former president of Beechcraft, has formed his own consulting company to bring a collaborative brand of leadership to other aviation organizations. The president of Groom Aviation LLC has already provided counsel to a wide range of aviation companies.
Previously, Groom, 55, served as president of Beechcraft and president of Global Customer Support for Hawker Beechcraft Corp., a leading manufacturer of business aircraft. He left the company in 2007. Prior to that, he was a senior vice president and part owner of Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation, a large FBO network.
Areas of practice for Groom Aviation focus on increasing client business performance by improving business strategy, sales, distribution, marketing, product development, customer support, A&D due diligence, interim management, and board leadership. Prospective clients for the company include established and start-up airframe OEMs, suppliers, FBOs, aftermarket companies and private-equity firms seeking general aviation acquisitions.
Groom Aviation is currently developing a global sales, marketing and customer support plan in addition to executing international investor strategies for a European start-up very light jet manufacturer. In addition, the company has counseled a well-known private equity firm considering a significant aviation acquisition. Groom has also represented a network of independent aviation companies in new business development. Additionally, he has analyzed the sales and marketing organization for a large FBO network.
“I have a passion for helping aviation businesses get their operations going in the right direction, whether they are start-ups or established companies,” Groom says. “My leadership and consulting styles are collaborative based on a successful track record of 35 years in an industry that I love.”
Groom, an accomplished pilot with more than 10,000 flight hours, personally owns a high-performance single-engine Bonanza A36 and an Aviat Husky, a short takeoff and landing airplane. He has experience with piston-powered, turboprop and jet aircraft. In addition, he is a commercial instrument pilot and certified flight instructor with type ratings in three twin-engine turbine-powered aircraft.
Groom has a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor of science from Oklahoma State University, where he worked his way through school as a flight instructor and charter pilot. Earlier in his career, he worked at Cessna Aircraft and Beech Aircraft Marketing. He also was one of the youngest flight instructors for the U.S. Air Force at age 19.
He has served on the Security Committee of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and has been active in the American Heart Association in Wichita, KS, as a board member and as chairman of the Wichita Heart Walk.
For more information on Groom Aviation, LLC go to www.groomaviation.com.
