Company Overview
Business Jet Center (BJC) is a family-owned business located at Oakland International Airport and operated by Mr. Robert J. Wright and his son Michael G. Wright.
Both have extensive and long standing business ties to the Dallas community, where the Business Jet family was born, and are actively involved in various philanthropic activities.
The Business Jet family was established in 1993 with sister company Business Jet Access an aircraft management, charter, maintenance and pilot services company.
In September 1997 Business Jet Center-Dallas was born and the Wright family vision to provide a top-notch full service FBO to the Dallas general aviation community came to fruition.
The Business Jet Center family was expanded in October 2003 with the development of an FBO at Oakland International Airport in the renovated original historic passenger terminal of this California Bay Area airport.
BJC-Oakland and Dallas are full service FBOs offering an array of premier services.
Through an unremitting dedication to safety and the proposition of offering the best possible service to every single customer regardless of aircraft type, Business Jet Center developed into a top performing operation.
Both locations has consistently been ranked as an award winning FBO in multiple aviation publications and pride themselves in offering flight departments and their passengers the best of the best.
Company Values
- Safety
- Service
- Honesty
- Efficiency
- Integrity
- Proficiency
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Management Team |
Michael G. Wright
Partner
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Bill Moltenbrey
Director
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Tammy Williams
Chief Financial Officer
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Mike Wright is a founding Partner of Business Jet Center, Ltd. a full service Fixed Base Operator located at Oakland International Airport.
He is primarily responsible for the redevelopment of the 24 acres of aviation property at Dallas Love Field and continuing the companies’ growth through addition of new hangars and new tenants.
In 2003, Business Jet Center added its second FBO at Oakland International Airport.
Mike supervised the design and renovation of the original 1929 terminal building, transforming it into a contemporary FBO honoring the rich aviation history of the Bay Area.
Business Jet Center-Oakland has grown to occupy over 14 acres of ramp and hangar space.
Mike is also a Partner in Business Jet Access, Ltd. a full service aircraft charter and management company based at Business Jet Center at Dallas Love Field.
Business Jet Access is dedicated to providing the industry’s finest aircraft charter, management, sales, acquisitions and maintenance services.
The company’s commitment to quality and safety is exemplified by its ARG/US Platinum rating.
Mike is actively involved in the day to day management of both Business Jet Center and Business Jet Access.
Mike has over 25 years of experience in corporate finance, healthcare development and leasing, and corporate aviation.
He is a past Vice President with First Southwest Company, a regional investment banker, and Continental Mortgage, a commercial mortgage originator.
Through association with Medical City Dallas, Mike is President of Medical Cities, Inc., a healthcare development company.
As an extension of the healthcare planning, Mike is a founder and partner of Jonathan Bailey Associates, an international healthcare architectural practice with offices in Dallas and London.
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Bill Moltenbrey is the Director of Business Jet Center, Ltd. and is responsible for the FBO operations of both Dallas and Oakland.
Before being assigned these additional responsibilities in May 2007, he was primarily responsible for finance, administration and business development for all the Business Jet Companies.
Bill started with the company in October 2002 and has over 30 years of FBO and aviation industry experience.
Prior to joining Business Jet Center, he spent 23 years in the Combs-Gates / AMR Combs FBO chain including 10 years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
He also spent 2 years as the Chief Financial Officer for ACM Aviation, a FBO and charter / management operation in San Jose, California.
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Tammy Williams is the Chief Financial Officer for Business Jet Center, Ltd, Business Jet Center Oakland, LP and Business Jet Access, Ltd.
She is a 1994 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with both a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and Master in Professional Accounting.
Before joining Business Jet Center in July of 1997, Tammy spent three years in public accounting with Arthur Anderson.
She is a CPA and has been with Business Jet Center since it started FBO operations at Oakland International Airport in 1997.
Tammy has been instrumental in developing and implementing the FBO software that is utilized to run the operations at both Dallas and Oakland.
She is a valued member of the management team.
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Operations Team - Oakland |
Dave Mills
General Manager
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Mary Garcia
Assistant Manager
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Dave Mills is the General Manager of Business Jet Center, Ltd., Oakland, CA.
Mr. Mills has over 26 years of aviation experience in Europe and the United States.
He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1981 to 2000 as an Aircraft Technician and an A&P Manager.
He was stationed in the United Kingdom and operating bases worldwide.
During this time, he specialized in Search and Rescue and spent 9 years at the Search and Rescue HQ in Northern England.
Mr. Mills became a qualified teacher prior to leaving the RAF in 2000.
In June 2000, he moved to California as an A&P instructor for Sierra Academy of Aeronautics, eventually becoming their Director of Flight Operations in 2002.
Mr. Mills began with Business Jet Center, Ltd., Oakland, CA in August 2003 as the Operations Manager and was promoted to General Manager in April 2005.
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Mary Garcia is the Assistant Manager of Business Jet Center, Ltd., Oakland, CA.
Ms. Garcia began her career in aviation when she enlisted in the United States Navy as an Aviation Boatswains Mate-Fuels (ABF) in 1999.
Following her duty, Ms. Garcia attended Sierra Academy of Aeronautics where she earned her Airframe and Powerplant Certification in December 2001.
She spent two years working for a nationally recognized Flight Training School as an A/P Mechanic performing maintenance on various single and multi engine training aircraft.
Ms. Garcia began with Business Jet Center, Ltd., Oakland, CA in February 2004 as a Line Service Technician, she was promoted to Shift Lead and Training Coordinator before becoming the Flight Line Manager in September 2006.
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Operations Team - Dallas |
Jason Pons
Manager FBO Operations
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Jamie Rose
Chief Brand Manager
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Jason Pons is the Manager of FBO Operations for Business Jet Center, Ltd.
He started at Business Jet Center in December 1997 where he advanced from Line Service Technician to Assistant FBO Manager.
Jason has played an integral part of Business Jet Center being recognized as an award winning first-class FBO in the general aviation industry.
He was appointed the Manager of FBO Operations of Business Jet Center in May 2007, managing the direction of the daily operations.
Jason developed Business Jet Center’s original Line Service Training Program and has formulated many of the procedures and practices the company utilizes today.
He represents Business Jet Center at the Love Field Safety Consortium and the Love Field Security Advisory Council.
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Jamie Rose joined Business Jet Center in 2001 and is responsible for the image, experience, marketing, advertising, and customer service department of Business Jet Center.
Jamie has held a variety of positions within the Business Jet Organization which include Customer Service Representative, Quality Control Manager and Client Advocate.
She was most recently the Executive Flight Solutions Manager for Business Jet Access where she oversaw charter sales, dispatch and marketing for four years, before accepting the role of Chief Brand Manager for Business Jet Center in March of 2011.
In 2007 Jamie was the recipient of a Schedulers & Dispatchers Scholarship from the National Business Aviation Association.
In 2008 she received her FAA Dispatcher License from the Institute of Flight Operations and Dispatch.
She is an active member of TCAS (Texas Corporate Aircraft Schedulers), is a volunteer for CASA of Ellis County and currently serves as Club Service Chair for the Dallas North Rotary group.
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