NEXUS acquires Wyvern
Vincent Santulli, Shawn Vick, Nicholas Sabatini and Art Dawley join Board of Directors
NEXUS Services America LLC, has announced its recent acquisition of Wyvern Consulting, Ltd., a global leader in aviation risk management and safety auditing services.

Yardley, Pennsylvania-based Wyvern is one of the most recognized and highly respected companies in the commercial aviation sector and provides aircraft charter consumers - which include multi-national and Fortune 50 corporations, high worth individuals or families, and government institutions - with it’s suite of intelligence and risk management products.

By leveraging the expertise, resources and networking contacts of the parent group NEXUS Services America, Wyvern is able to provide an effective vehicle to promote its highly recognized Wingman safety program and safety products which provides for in depth safety audits and detailed safety intelligence data to end users of aircraft charter wishing to know more about the aircraft charter vendors they intend to use.

The new Wyvern Board of Directors will be comprised of well known and accomplished leaders in aviation:

Vincent Santulli joins the Wyvern board as a highly respected expert on companies’ operations management. Mr. Santulli served on the Board of Directors of Executive Jet Aviation when the company was originally purchased by Mr. Richard Santulli. Early success at NetJets in the US led to his appointment as Chairman and CEO of NetJets Europe and later he is also credited with forming NetJets Middle East where he also served as Chairman and CEO of the well-known firm. Mr. Santulli holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business and Industrial Management.

Shawn Vick has led large organizations in the airframe manufacturing, MRO, FBO and charter and management sectors of the industry. Mr. Vick held previous leadership positions at British Aerospace, Gulfstream, Bombardier and Landmark Aviation. Prior to joining Beechcraft, Mr. Vick served as President and CEO of Landmark Aviation, which includes businesses in the FBO, aircraft charter, MRO and aircraft sales segments. He also has been a partner and advisor to various private equity organizations.

Nicholas Sabatini, former FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety and President of Nick Sabatini & Associates also joins the Board of Directors at Wyvern. As Associate Administrator for Safety at the FAA Mr. Sabatini was responsible for the certification, production approval, and continued airworthiness of U.S. registered aircraft and the certification of pilots, mechanics, and others in safety-related aviation positions. He was also responsible for leading approximately 7,000 employees working in FAA Washington Headquarters, nine regional offices across the country, and more than 125 field offices throughout the world. Mr. Sabatini is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society of London a member of the Flight Safety Foundation’s Board of Governors.

In addition to serving as Wyvern CEO, Art Dawley joins the board as an experienced aviation department manager and corporate pilot with over 25 years of experience working at corporate flight departments based in Van Nuys and Burbank, California. He holds several type ratings in various models of business jets and has logged over 11,000 hours total flying time, much of it in international long range operations. As a former owner and operator of FAA Part 145 and 129 certificated companies in Central America for the past 10 years Mr. Dawley has extensive experience living, working, and operating in different part of the world environments and is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Dawley also serves on the Business Committee at the Flight Safety Foundation and is an IS-BAO and IOSA accredited auditor.

BlueSky Business Aviation News | 30th October 2014 | Issue #294
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