The Mente team is growing!
As we continue to expand Mente Group, we’re adding on new team members that enhance and diversify our client offerings.
Chris Prokopeas – Vice President, Marketing, is a leading marketing professional with more than 25 years of experience within a variety of industries, including consumer packaged goods, financial services, transportation, and hospitality. “Our recent recapitalization enables our organization to grow and embrace excellent talent like Chris Prokopeas as we take advantage of unfilled segments in aviation,” said Mente Group President and CEO Brian Proctor. “His diverse expertise in a number of industries is helping us immensely as we look for new opportunities to excel on behalf of our clients.”
Steve Main – Vice President, Transactions, is an industry veteran who began flying at 14 with his father and has accumulated thousands of flying hours in both airline and corporate settings. “Main’s diverse background includes roles as a CEO and business owner, president of a large charter company, vice president of Sales, and director of Aviation for a fortune 500 company,” said Mente Group President and CEO Brian Proctor. “In his previous roles, he has exceeded business goals and has a history of leading teams to surpass performance objectives, so we are looking forward to his contributions on behalf of our clients at Mente.”
Kenny Mazingo – Market Analyst, is driven by his passion for general aviation. Kenny is responsible for the collection, interpretation, and analyzation of the general aviation market data to support the transactions and business development teams. In his role, he is also involved with developing marketing specifications, presentations, report creation, and client interaction. With knowledge and experience on the very light jet segment of the industry, Kenny provides data to other inquiring brokers and research analysts.
Jay Bushouse – Managing Director, Midwest, is a 20-year veteran in the industry. Jay has sales and operational experience for the aircraft manufacturer as well as the private sector. He has received many accolades over his tenure that he attributes to the strength in customer relationships. As a Flight Instructor and Airline Transport rated professional pilot with over 4,500 hours flight experience, Bushouse has held multiple roles in his career including, Sales & Aircraft Demonstration, 135 charter captain, part 91 transportation captain, Banner Tow Pilot, fractional aircraft sales and management.
Ryan Kahle – Market Analyst, is a recent graduate of Auburn University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Management, as well as a minor in Business. While in school, Ryan also earned his private pilot certificate and instrument rating through Auburn’s Part 141 program in ASEL aircraft. As a market analyst, Ryan will support the transactions team through the gathering and analyzation of market data. Ryan will also support the marketing and business development segments through report creation, presentations, and marketing specifications. Ryan has a passion for aviation and is excited to start his career with Mente Group.