About Us
The jetAVIVA Story and Team
The jetAVIVA story began when Cyrus Sigari and Ben Marcus met at the Santa Monica Airport when just 12 years old. From that day,
Cyrus and Ben have been best friends and business partners. Born just four days apart, the two met serving as cadets in the Civil
Air Patrol. Cyrus and Ben have turned their passion of flight into a business that has helped hundreds of individuals transitioning
to the world of jet ownership.
Cyrus Sigari, Co-Founder
As co-founder of jetAVIVA, Cyrus has led the company's aircraft sales and acquisition practice to make jetAVIVA one of the industry's
premier light jet sales and acquisition firms. Leading a team that has had over $200,000,000 in transaction history, Cyrus is a
seasoned aircraft sales and acquisition professional that holds an expert level of knowledge of the market, operation, and design
of turbine powered aircraft.
Beginning his aviation career at the age of 12, Cyrus has been a lover of the profession since he was old enough to crawl. His
first solo was accomplished at age 16, he received his private pilot's license at age 17, his commercial and flight instructor
certificates at age 18, and currently holds an airline transport pilot's license with multiple type ratings in single pilot jets.
Tri-lingual in English, Spanish, and Farsi, Cyrus holds a degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering from Purdue University.
Prior to co-founding jetAVIVA, Cyrus served as a principal engineer for Eclipse Aviation during the initial development of the
Eclipse 500. After fulfilling his engineering commitments, Cyrus transitioned to aircraft sales selling 50 aircraft in a one-year
period.
Outside of his direct efforts at jetAVIVA, Cyrus holds the position of Very Light Jet Editor for Plane & Pilot and Pilot Journal
magazines, has been published in Twin & Turbine magazine, and authored the first Very Light Jet Pre-Owned market report for
Aviation International News.
Cyrus has given talks at national aviation conventions on the arrival of VLJs and is a founding member of the CitationJet Pilots
Owners group and Eclipse 500 Owners Club.
Ben Marcus, Co-Founder
As co-founder of jetAVIVA, Ben has led the company's technical acceptance and training practice, making jetAVIVA a pioneer in the VLJ acceptance and Jet Familiarization Training (JFT) businesses. Ben's direct efforts have led to jetAVIVA accepting over 100 light jets, including the Phenom 100, Cessna Citation Mustang, and Eclipse 500. In developing jetAVIVA's training business, jetAVIVA has become an industry-recognized authority in assisting owner pilots transitioning to VLJs. Through the company's JFT program, jetAVIVA has helped dozens of owner pilots become pilot-in-command rated in jets.
Ben took his first flying lesson at age 10. His first solo was accomplished at age 16, he received his private pilot's license at age 17, his commercial and flight instructor certificates at age 18, and currently holds an airline transport pilot's license with multiple type ratings in single pilot jets. Tri-lingual in English, Hebrew, and German, Ben holds a degree in aviation technology from Purdue University. Prior to co-founding jetAVIVA, Ben served with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), as an aircraft salesman for Cessna's leading domestic aircraft dealer, in operations management with a fortune 500 corporate flight department, and as a flight test engineer and salesman for Eclipse Aviation.
In addition to his efforts at jetAVIVA, Ben has been published in the largely circulated AOPA Pilot magazine and is an active volunteer for Angel Flight.
Ben is also a founding member of the CitationJet Pilots Owners group and the Eclipse 500 Owners Club.
Max Busselle, Vice President
Max joined jetAVIVA in early 2008, bringing over a decade's worth of high dollar product sales experience to jetAVIVA. Max's combination
of aviation and solution sales experience has helped jetAVIVA continue to achieve the firm's core purpose of offering aviation
solutions that improve the quality of life.
Max started his aviation career early in life, becoming an airline pilot by age 25. After several years of experience in the
airline business with United Express, Max transitioned his career to enterprise software sales management. Max spent 10 years in
software sales, creating significant revenue growth through the building of successful teams.
Since joining jetAVIVA, Max has helped sculpt the company's sales and marketing direction, launched the firms Embraer product
specialization initiative, and developed dozens of high value Client relationships. Max has helped solve the complex series of
problems, from operational solutions to acquisition/disposition solutions for his Clients.
Max holds a bachelors degree from the College of Wooster as well as an Airline Transport Pilot License. Max is also certified
as an Instrument and Multi-Engine Flight Instructor
Meghan Conley, Executive Assistant
Meghan brings years of customer service and administrative management experience to the firm. Meghan is responsible to ensure that both jetAVIVA Clients and Staff receive the necessary support needed to help ensure smooth and efficient transaction success.
Meghan manages the firms day-to-day office operations all the while supporting the hectic and demanding schedules associated
with complicated aircraft closings and operations.
Prior to joining jetAVIVA, Meghan worked in luxury consumer goods. The experience Meghan holds in the luxury market has trained
her to provide superior service to all of our clients. With her warm heart and vibrant personality she is a perfect addition to
our team.
Meghan holds a bachelors degree in The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
Of utmost importance is that Meghan loves making her Clients happy.
David Chapman, Market Research Analyst
David is responsible
for ensuring that jetAVIVA and its Clients have up to the minute market intelligence. David's full time focus is to provide the
firm with the details, history, and seller motivation of every candidate aircraft on the market. A commercially rated pilot with
a degree in aviation technology from Purdue University, with David's assistance, the firm can provide Clients with the necessary
time sensitive information needed to make educated purchasing and selling decisions.
Marcio Lucchese,
Manager, Phenom Acceptance and Delivery
Marcio serves as Manager of Phenom Acceptance and Delivery for jetAVIVA. Born and raised in Brazil, Marcio began his aviation career
with Lider Taxi Aereo, Brazil's largest air taxi company. He later flew the Fokker 100 for TAM Airlines and the McDonnell Douglas
MD-11 for VASP Airlines, both of Brazil. When not accepting and delivering Phenoms for jetAVIVA, Marcio flies the Airbus A320 for
a major US airline. His flight experience includes operations in USA, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, The Bahamas, The Turks
and Caicos, The Netherlands Antilles, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobaka, Guyana, Suriname,
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Japan, and Korea. Marcio is fluent in English, Portuguese,
and Spanish.
Scott Marti, Transition Training Manager
Scott is an industry recognized expert in Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA). Prior to joining jetAVIVA, Scott most recently served as Chief Flight Instructor and Supervisor of Flight Operations of Columbia Aircraft, later acquired by Cessna Aircraft Company. Over the years Scott has helped develop transition courses from high performance, conventional avionics airplanes to the G1000 cockpit of Cessna's high performance aircraft.
With thousands of hours teaching behind G1000 equipped aircraft helping people make the transition to TAA's, Scott's background and attitude has allowed him to help jetAVIVA's Clients make the transition to turbine aircraft a successful, safe, and enjoyable experience.
Holding single-pilot type rating in the Citation Mustang and Phenom 100, Scott is well equipped to help those making the transition to light jets. Scott holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Oregon.
Tim Pavell, Creative Services/Webmaster
Tim leads jetAVIVA's branding and creative services, helping position jetAVIVA as the premier light jet sales/acquisition firm. Tim is as passionate about aviation as he is about helping make jetAVIVA standout from the pack through his management of jetAVIVA's brand and website.
Tim brings over 15 year's experience to managing the conceptualization and production of all print and electronic visuals used in the extensive marketing of jetAVIVA's aircraft. Tim also manages the day-to-day operations of the jetAVIVA web presence.
Tim holds a Graphic Design degree from UCLA and a private pilot's certificate.
To learn more about jetAVIVA please contact us at 1.818.574.7770 or at contact@jetAVIVA.com
