The JetHQ Leadership Team

Our team of expert aircraft brokers is trusted worldwide for their experience and accomplishments. Bringing decades of aviation experience, JetHQ has specialists in OEM aircraft sales, maintenance technicians and pilots with tens of thousands of hours of flying time. Let us begin our latest long-standing business relationship with you.

Ted Farid

Ted Farid

Chairman

Ted’s 50-year career in aviation reads like a who’s who of business aviation titans, serving in leadership positions for iconic manufacturers including Cessna, Bombardier Learjet and Beechcraft. It spans eras ranging from small aircraft sold on handshake deals to the multi-aircraft flight departments of international corporations and governments.

Garett Jerde

Garett Jerde

Founder and Managing Director

Flying all over the world and serving as a manufacturer’s internationally based sales director gave Garett a detailed perspective into to the world of aircraft transactions. He recognized that customers in the preowned market weren’t receiving the same level of service and information as those buying new from OEMs. He founded JetHQ to change that.

Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson

President EMEA

Rebecca may have grown up in California and gone to San Jose State University, but her career has long since taken her past her Golden State roots. She’s been a demonstration pilot all over the world as part of Hawker Beechcraft. As a corporate pilot, she flew various VIPs to their global business destinations. She’s been in charge of Gulfstream’s sales territory in southern Europe.

Rohit Kapur

Rohit Kapur

President Asia

After an illustrious career in the Indian Army, flying helicopters for almost 20 years, Rohit decided to hang up his boots and moved to the world of civil aviation in 2003. He has served in numerous leadership roles within business aviation since, including as CEO and company founder.

Chris Morales

Chris Morales

President Latin America

Chris has 30 years in direct aviation sales and management including international experience throughout the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America. He has sold nearly every major manufacturer, with deep experience in Hawker, Beechcraft and Cessna. He’s effectively coordinated hundreds of sales, from first-time owner/operators to large flight departments needing bigger aircraft.

Butch Lang

Butch Lang

Executive Vice President

What’s the most interesting aspect of Butch’s background? It might be as a Navy Pilot, flying reconnaissance missions in Vietnam. Or logging more than 10,000 hours of flight time as a commercial pilot. Maybe it’s the 30 years of aircraft sales where he’s closed more than 250 transactions worth more than $500 million.

Sanjeev Choudhary

Sanjeev Choudhary

Vice President of Sales

Sanjeev brings more than 15 years’ experience in aviation sales, most recently as President of Business Development at Arrow Aircraft in New Delhi. Choudhary also served in the Indian Army for 25 years prior to his business career.

Sonya Sheldon

Sonya Sheldon

Vice President of Sales

As with many of her JetHQ colleagues, Sonya has had an aviation-filled career, including as a corporate pilot and flight test engineer, before transitioning to sales. She was most recently a Senior Sales Engineer with Gulfstream, developing vast connections within business aviation. She handles JetHQ’s East Coast sales territory.

Cole White

Cole White

Vice President of Sales

Cole’s leadership traits come through no matter where he’s been. As a tank platoon leader, on the baseball diamond or within aviation sales, he’s developed a rapport with others, who trust him in big spots. He leads JetHQ’s central and mountain west U.S. sales territories.

Mauro Rosso

Mauro Rosso

Vice President of Sales Europe

Mauro has lived his life in aviation, starting from the engineering side and working with major airlines before joining the sales side of private aviation. He delivers technical acumen and strategic support for JetHQ clients in Europe, with extensive experience serving Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker buyers.

Aman Kapur

Aman Kapur

Sales Director

Starting out as one of JetHQ’s youngest Sales Managers, Aman quickly excelled to become the teams newest Sales Director based out of Dubai. Growing up as the son of a helicopter pilot in India, he graduated from the prestigious Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. There in Florida he learned to fly – and skydive – while entering aviation’s business community.

Vinicius Ribeiro

Vinicius Ribeiro

VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES LATIN AMERICA

Carrying more than a decade of private aviation experience, Vinicius comes from a sales and technical background. He served as an aircraft sales manager for a leading private aviation company in South America. Coming to the team with years of experience selling Bombardier, Beechcraft and Gulfstream, he will now be handling JetHQ`s Brazilian sales territory.

Daniel Romero

Daniel Romero

VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES COLOMBIA

More than 21 years of experience in private and Government aviation sales and management in Latin America. Daniel comes to JetHQ with years of experience selling Hawker Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft, from first-time owners to bigger aircraft owners in general aviation and special Mission aircraft.

Simon Diggelmann

Simon Diggelmann

Vice President of Sales Asia Pacific

Simon began his aviation career as an engineer, getting inside commercial aircraft and mastering the technical side of flight, before switching to sales. Highly traveled and well-connected, he helped establish Southeast Asia markets for multiple companies, including JetHQ.

Adolfo Nieto

Adolfo Nieto

VP Sales - Mexico

Adolfo Nieto, hailing from Mexico City, is a Mechanical Electrical Engineer with an MBA. Multilingual and globally- minded, he boasts over two decades of experience in aviation and marketing, specializing in helicopters, turboprops, and jets across commercial and military sectors. Currently, he's a Managing Partner at WULF AVIATION and Sales Vice President for JetHQ in Mexico. Passionate about data, AI, and real estate, Adolfo has also delved into condominium construction and investment.

Franco Curiel

Franco Curiel

VP Sales - Mexico

Franco A. Curiel Ch., from Mexico City, is an Industrial Engineer with a deep passion for aviation and sales. Fluent in three languages, he started at Hewlett Packard and Procter & Gamble, then excelled in aviation sales, notably at Aerolíneas Ejecutivas. Now, he's the Sales Vice President for JetHQ in Mexico and a Managing Partner at WULF AVIATION. A licensed pilot, Franco is also an accredited aircraft appraiser and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Jorge Ramírez

Jorge Ramírez

VP Sales - Mexico

Jorge Ramírez, an Industrial Engineer from Mexico City, transitioned from finance to a decade-long impactful tenure at Aerolineas Ejecutivas (ALE), where he led the Fractional Aviation Division and excelled in aircraft sales. Now, he's the Sales Vice President for JetHQ in Mexico and a Managing Partner at WULF AVIATION. Renowned for his sales prowess and relationship-building, Jorge is multilingual, enhancing his global outreach.

Nathan de Kock

Nathan de Kock

Vice President of Operations

Boasting over a decade of private aviation experience, Nathan returns to JetHQ to oversee operations, coordinating with and assisting other sales professionals. He most recently served in worldwide sales at a leading aviation company, based in Dubai.

RJ Miller

RJ Miller

VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING

RJ is a dynamic professional with a passion for both business and marketing. Born and raised in the Inland Northwest, he ventured far to pursue his academic dreams, attending colleges in Arizona and Washington state, where he earned a degree in Business Marketing. Upon completion of his studies, RJ returned to his roots to kickstart his career in the tech industry before eventually finding his true calling in marketing.

Josh Tremain

Josh Tremain

Vice President of Contracts and Business Development

A seasoned aircraft transactions specialist, Josh comes to the company with more than 12 years of aviation experience as an escrow agent. He also serves as a unit training manager for the Oklahoma Air National Guard on a part-time basis.

Kyle Evans

Kyle Evans

General Counsel

Kyle has more than a decade of legal experience, working for Oklahoma City law firms, where he practiced civil law for individual and corporate clients in commercial matters. He specialized in contract and insurance law.

Amelia Schaefer

Amelia Schaefer

SALES ENGINEER

Amelia uses her natural data mining skills to investigate and harness the information to accommodate client needs. As Sales Manager, she supports JetHQ operations by delivering the information, metrics and marketplace analysis that give clients the best value in the aircraft transaction industry. She previously served as an analyst for a leading business aircraft market research company.

Hannah Wolf

Hannah Wolf

SALES ENGINEER

Hannah previously held Sales Director and Market Research positions in the pre-owned aircraft market prior to joining the JetHQ team in July 2023. In these roles she managed all market research and analysis efforts throughout various markets including Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault, Cessna, and Beechcraft model markets. Hannah’s extensive knowledge of these markets is invaluable to clients as they navigate the acquisition decision-making process. Her experience enhances Hannah's ability to meticulously craft proposals that expertly guide clients through aircraft valuations and current market conditions.

Laurie Zahniser

Laurie Zahniser

Manager of Market Research

Laurie creates and oversees the invaluable market analysis and data JetHQ clients depend on. She has been immersed in the business aviation world, developing the deep connections everyone in a transaction benefits from and comes from a background as a research manager for a major aviation information provider.

Roxy Rosales

Roxy Rosales

Marketing Manager

Roxy is a Marketing Manager based at JetHQ Dubai where she assists the company and its marketing team with some administrative and professional assignments. She ensures that each team member can be more-focused on carrying out on his or her primary responsibilities, and therefore be more effective and productive in driving company objectives.

Hanan Saliba

Hanan Saliba

SALES ENGINEER

Hanan’s love for aviation began while working as an intern at Pratt & Whitney Montreal and Air Canada. Having worked in aircraft manufacturing (Bombardier Aerospace) and then at an aircraft management company, she gained a strong understanding of the aviation space and overall client needs.

Fernando Pardo

Fernando Pardo

SALES ENGINEER

With experience in the commercial and private aviation sectors, and a background in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering from ERAU, Fernando delivers tip-to-tail technical and analytical support to our worldwide sales team.