A Brief Introduction
Silk Wings Aviation is a team of highly accomplished professionals with decades of experience in aviation, education, and business management. Each of us has achieved success in our respective fields, and our strength lies in the multi-disciplinary combination of experience and knowledge we offer to serve our clients' needs.
Meet Our Team
Jane Zhang
President
Specialization: China and international business practices; business
start-up; strategy; and market development.
Country Manager, China, for a
Silicon Valley-based Fortune 100 tech company
Merger-and-acquisition and
strategy development for a New York-based Fortune 200 tech
firm
Advisor for a Silicon Valley-based alternative energy automobile
company
Fluent in Chinese and English
Patrick Murphy
Consulting Partner--
Flight
Training
Specialization: Flight training programs: start-up, operation, and
management
Over 30 years of experience as a professional pilot,
flight instructor, and educator
Senior-level management positions at
large flight training operations, including a China-based professional pilot
training academy
18 years of university teaching and administrative
experience
ATP-rated pilot with over 8200 flight hours as
a pilot and flight instructor
Bobby Todd
Executive VP
Specialization: Commercial and corporate flight
operations; long-range international flight operations; large and heavy jet
aircraft.
Airline and General Aviation pilot with more than 25
years experience as a professional aviator.
Extensive experience in Part
121 and Part 135 commercial operations, and Part 91 corporate
operations.
Experience in flight training operations under Part 141 and
Part 61
David Rodenhaver
Consulting Partner--
Business
Aviation
Specialization: Aviation business management; corporate and charter
flight operations
Professional pilot with over 12 years and
6000 hours of pilot and flight instructor experience
Owner, operator, and
manager of a successful Part 135 aircraft charter and Part 141 flight
training company
Corporate flight department
manager
