Skybound Ops - Episode 6 Conversation with Mark Roboff, Co-Founder at SkyThread You know the story: aviation is packed with brilliant tech — AI, blockchain, predictive maintenance, digital twins — but we still lose deals, waste hours, and burn trust because the basics break down. In my latest Skybound Ops episode, I sat down with Mark Roboff, co-founder and Chief Vision Officer at SkyThread, to talk about what actually needs fixing. Mark’s not just another guy with slides — he’s built real...
18 days ago • 1 min read
The Holy Grail of Aviation Quoting I learned this the hard way — growing Govgistics from scrappy underdog to industry leader. The biggest lie in quoting? That speed alone will save you. The Holy Grail is quoting smarter, with architecture that closes every leak before chaos becomes your normal. Cold Open (Punch) The real margin killer in aviation supply doesn’t show up in your price sheets. It’s not the economy, the parts shortage, or that one buyer who ghosts you every quarter. It’s the...
25 days ago • 9 min read
When you supply parts to every corner of aviation — from Gulfstreams to Boeing fleets, Dassault Falcons to military helicopters — quoting speed isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s survival. Mountain Air Parts is a trusted sourcing partner for some of the busiest business, commercial, and military operators worldwide. Their catalog stretches across engines, landing gear, avionics, APUs — covering trusted OEMs like Honeywell, Collins, GE, Pratt & Whitney, Safran, and more. And with an average day...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Skybound Ops When’s the last time you listened to someone talk about chemical batch numbers — and walked away thinking about trust, AI, and what real leadership actually means? That’s what happened when I sat down with Powell Simbulan from NSL Aerospace for the latest episode of Skybound Ops. What This Episode Really Is If you know NSL Aerospace, you probably know them as a chemical supplier — adhesives, sealants, specialty compounds that keep aircraft safe and compliant. But behind every...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The Hidden Bottleneck in Aviation Quoting: Intake Without Intelligence ↓ TL;DR: Smart intake + prioritization + historical data turn quoting from guesswork into a competitive advantage. One queue, clear priorities, no cert surprises. Tomorrows Engine - Available Now. When you think about quoting at scale in aviation — thousands of RFQs, endless variables, split-second decisions — the mind naturally jumps to price. Or maybe to inventory. Or maybe to your team’s ability to get quotes out the...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Faster than your next RFQ™ — Live Managing RFQs shouldn’t require five tabs, three PDFs, and a guessing game. What's next? Join us for a live walkthrough of ERP.Aero — the only aviation-native ERP with a built-in RFQ Engine designed to streamline quotes, vendors, inventory, and BOMs in one place. You’ll see how to: Capture multi-source RFQs automatically View full vendor quotes with attachments, alternates, kits Centralize inputs from all marketplaces and catalogs Match alternates, BOMs, and...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Ralph Merhi June 18th From Rooftops to Repairs: Lindsey Gamell’s Journey Back to Aviation ↓ TL;DR – (UPDATED 06/18/2025 with the full episode)🎙️ Lindsey Gamell’s Skybound Ops Episode She stepped away from aviation. It broke her heart. But she came back — with grit, with purpose, and with a kind of clarity only time and truth can give. ✅ Love for aviation began on a rooftop in Florida✅ First job in aviation straight out of high school✅ Real grit forged through real adversity✅ Still tears up...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
TL;DR: Most quoting workflows in aviation are slow, scattered, and stuck in the past. iRFQ by ERP.Aero changes that — collapsing 10+ steps into a single intelligent screen that aggregates multi sourrce RFQsm centralizes them, auto-syncs vendors, checks real-time inventory, applies margin logic, and ensures compliance — in seconds, all inside ERP.Aero. This isn’t just faster quoting. It’s quoting reimagined — live, native, and built for growth. Hi Reader If you're in aviation sales, ops, or...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, If you’re reading this, you’ve felt it:A part stuck in limbo. A quote delayed until it’s useless. An AOG with fingers pointing everywhere — and answers nowhere. That’s the reality behind the dashboards. We built ERP.Aero to stop putting lipstick on broken workflows.But before we build further, we’re hitting pause — to listen. No pitch. No agenda. Just a real conversation about what actually needs fixing. WHAT I’M SEEING The aviation supply chain is bloated with: Manual quoting...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
