AerSale Corporation announced Iso Nezaj, the current President of Engineered Solutions, has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Product Development Officer. Mr. Nezaj will be replaced by Ben Tschirhart as President of Engineered Solutions. Mr. Tschirhart was most recently Vice President, Engineering Solutions at Aviation Technical Services (ATS).

Iso Nezaj is a veteran aviation executive with demonstrated leadership ability. In addition to his strong technical and business qualifications, he has an impressive track record of more than 25 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning, business development, project and product management, and system engineering. Mr. Nezaj has served as Chief Technical Officer of AerSale as well as Division President, Engineered Solutions from 2017.

Prior to that, he held various leadership roles across Technical Services at AerSale since 2010. Mr. Nezaj joined AerSale after 18 years of aviation experience at Air One Maintenance & Engineering LLC, a US FAR Part 145 certified aircraft repair station and service provider, Commercial Jet Inc., a US FAR Part 145 certified aircraft repair station and service provider, Skytrak International Airlines Inc., a US FAR Part 121 certified commercial airline, Aeron Equities Inc., an aircraft leasing company, and Kiwi International Airlines Inc., a US FAR Part 121 certified commercial airline. Ben Tschirhart is a seasoned aviation professional with a proven track record of leading large scale and technically complex aerospace development programs across multiple sites, countries, and cultures.

He started his career at MTU Aero Engines in Germany and joins AerSale with more than 20 years of experience in the aerospace industry. As Vice President, Engineering Solutions at ATS, a US FAR Part 145 certified repair station and service provider, Mr. Tschirhart was focused on IP generation and product development and sales for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified aircraft products, integrated solutions, and engineering repair and offload services, including parts manufacturer approval (PMA) and supplemental type certificate (STC), as well as non-certificated products. Mr. Tschirhart?s previous roles at ATS include Sr. Director, Business Line Management and Sr. Director, Programs of Engineering Solutions.

He also worked at Greenpoint Technologies (now part of Safran) and B/E Aerospace ? Flight Structures (now Collins Aerospace) in the US and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG in Germany before joining ATS.