Atlanta, Georgia-based authorised Robinson Helicopter Company service centre Rotorcorp has tapped aviation industry veteran Mike Gomez to join its leadership team as vice president of strategic growth.

While the position is new, Gomez and Rotorcorp have a longstanding professional relationship. As president of Allegro Consulting, Gomez has been providing advice and counsel to Rotorcorp on strategic planning, go-to-market initiatives and business development.

“Over the course of our working relationship, Mike has earned my trust as well as that of our entire leadership team,” says Rotorcorp president and co-founder Sean Casey. “Mike has proven to be an invaluable contributor and facilitator of the strategies that have guided our remarkable 385 per cent growth over the past six years. We're humbled and honoured to add someone with his unique qualifications in business and aviation to the Rotorcorp team.”

Indeed, Gomez is no stranger to aviation or to the Robinson Helicopter community. Prior to Allegro Consulting, he worked for both Lockheed-Martin and Boeing as a flight safety engineer, international business development director and programme manager. Most interesting among his many duties and accomplishments was leading fighter jet (F-16, F-15, F/A-18) sales campaigns to strategic US military allies.

Gomez has served as an officer in the US Air Force and as a civilian aerospace engineer for the US Navy. He is both a rotorcraft and fixed wing pilot, a graduate of the Robinson Safety Course and founder of the 2,000-member Robinson Helicopter Pilots Group on Linkedin.

“I'm excited to return to the aerospace industry,” Gomez says. “But what drew me to Rotorcorp was my experience working with its outstanding leadership team. The opportunity to join such a driven group of professionals, all committed to supporting those who fly my favourite helicopter , the Robinson, was impossible to pass up. I look forward to developing strategies and initiatives that will directly improve our capabilities to serve the small fleet and independent operators of Robinson R22, R44 and R66s.”

Gomez has a BSc in aircraft engineering from Western Michigan University. He is a go-to market strategy and sales process advisor to Atlanta Tech Village, the fourth largest tech startup hub in America. He is also the recipient of the 2010 Metro Atlanta Global Impact Award for the strategy work he performed for its Chamber of Commerce to attract new international companies to the city.