San Marcos, Texas-based operator Berry Aviation has welcomed Matt Caruso as vice president of business development. Caruso will be responsible for the development and execution of the company's growth plans and strategies, and will capture initiatives for new and follow-on international and domestic business.

"We're very fortunate to bring Matt on board and look forward to benefiting from his business, sales and defence aviation expertise," says president Stan Finch. "As Berry continues to expand into new and exciting areas of aviation, we are certain that Matt's values and management philosophy will be a big advantage to the company and for our clients."

Caruso comes to Berry Aviation with a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience in the aviation and defence sectors. During an extraordinary more than 32 year career in the US Air Force, he led service members from all branches of the military and held distinguished roles at every level of command as a combat flight engineer, enlisted aircrew member and command senior enlisted leader.

Having deployed multiple times to Afghanistan, Caruso recalled his firsthand experiences with Berry Aviation, notably how exceptionally the Berry crews pursued their responsibilities and executed their duties as quiet professionals. In his new role he signalled his intent to build upon that core company strength in order to bring formidable, emerging technologies to market and help our customers successfully execute their missions.

Caruso holds an MBA in strategic leadership, is a dynamic keynote speaker and participates in a number of foundations and organisations supporting the military community.