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OCT 2013

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40 under forty AGE 36 IVER RETRUM ❘ IVER Retrum's advice to others breaking into the aviation field is "You got to love it." And love it he does, which is why he has been able to build a successful 20-year career in general and business aviation. His experiences and professional network spans a wide breadth of the industry and he is immensely active in the aviation community. Retrum's passion for aviation started early, beginning with a flight to Oshkosh at age 13, that led to flying lessons at age 16, and receiving his private pilot's license shortly thereafter. Retrum attended Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) where he studied aviation and attained his commercial and flight instructor certificates. He graduated from MSU MANAGER OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING SUNBORNE XVI LTD. in 2001 with a Bachelor's degree in aviation technology. This aviation innovator has worked in a variety of aviation sales and leadership roles with such companies as Stevens Aviation, Precision Aircraft, Signature Flight Support and ARINC Direct. Retrum has unique expertise in the support side of the industry, particularly in FBO, communications and flight planning services. Additionally, Retrum has an emergent knowledge in aviation-related real estate through his work over the last six years as the manager of Business Development & Marketing for SunBorne XVI Ltd. in Englewood, Colo. His efforts at SunBorne XVI have concentrated on the development and expansion of the 125-acre mixed-use business park at Centennial Airport known as Centennial InterPort. Retrum has further continued to extend his expertise by attaining his Colorado real estate brokerage license, and with the formation and ownership of an advanced aviation real estate multi-listing service website called www. HangarNetwork.com. This latest endeavor is changing the way the aviation community communicates and transacts aviation-related real estate. He says he loves the complexity, the creativeness in the position he has, saying: "Every deal we get into is a completely different and unique deal." YEARS IN AVIATION 20 "Iver's selfless contributions for building a stellar business aviation association, contributing his time to create community PR events, and his innovative thinking using the media, as well as his generosity to all make him a prime candidate for the Top 40 Under 40 award. Someone once said, 'I never met a person who didn't like Iver.' That's just who he is." JODIE BROWN, OWNER/PRESIDENT, SUMMIT SOLUTIONS AGE 33 JEFFREY SEDLAK ❘ JEFF Sedlak, a civil engineer specializing in design and construction of aviation facilities, earned his Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Oregon State University. At 23, Sedlak became the first licensed engineer in his class. Now 33, he already has more than a decade of private and public sector experience at numerous airports. Sedlak's proven record of dedicated service, leadership, strong management skills, and technical expertise were essential for the recent opening of Long Beach Airport's new passenger concourse. As modernization program manager, Sedlak directed planning and development of the airport's largest facilities projects. Since 2006, he simultaneously managed the design and construction of a new on-site park- 22 airportbusiness October 2013 SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM MANAGER LONG BEACH AIRPORT ing structure, a new passenger concourse, and reconstruction of the adjacent air carrier ramp. And his ingenuity has been instrumental in the successful implementation of the $140 million Modernization Program. The largest element of the Modernization Program was the new five-story, 2,000-car parking structure. Sedlak negotiated an acceleration incentive with the design-builder, producing additional airport revenue. The garage opened four months early, under budget, and earned the International Parking Institute Award of Merit. The Modernization Program's feature element was an 11-gate, LEED Silver passenger concourse. Halfway through construction, the general contractor went bankrupt. Sedlak worked with local union representatives and subcontractors to keep the project on track. Sedlak resequenced activities to accelerate construction, and the concourse opened five months early, under budget, and received the California Transportation Foundation's 2013 Aviation Project of the Year Award. "The most exciting part of my years in aviation has been seeing the public reaction to the new terminal," he says. "I love walking through the building and hearing what passengers are saying about it, especially when they come into the central garden area. Most people are blown away that this is actually an airport." YEARS IN AVIATION 13

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