Top 40 Under 40: Iver L.

Retrum

Iver Retrums advice to others breaking into the aviation field is You got to love it. And love it he
does, which is why he has been able to build a successful 20-year career in general and business
aviation. His experiences and professional network spans a wide breadth of the industry and he is
immensely active in the aviation community.
Retrumsspassion for aviation started early, beginning with a flight to Oshkosh at age 13, that led to
flying lessons at age 16, and receiving his private pilots license shortly thereafter. Retrum attended
Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) where he studied aviation and attained his
commercial and flight instructor certificates. He graduated from MSU in 2001 with a Bachelors
degree in aviation technology.
This aviation innovator has worked in a variety of aviation sales and leadership roles with such
companies as Stevens Aviation, Precision Aircraft, Signature Flight Support and ARINC Direct.
Retrum has unique expertise in the support side of the industry, particularly in FBO,
communications and flight planning services. Additionally, Retrum has an emergent knowledge in
aviation-related real estate through his work over the last six years as the manager of Business
Development & Marketing for SunBorne XVI Ltd. in Englewood, Colo. His efforts at SunBorne XVI
have concentrated on the development and expansion of the 125-acre mixed-use business park at
Centennial Airport known as Centennial InterPort.
Retrum has further continued to extend his expertise by attaining his Colorado real estate brokerage
license, and with the formation and ownership of an advanced aviation real estate multi-listing
service website called www.HangarNetwork.com. This latest endeavor is changing the way the
aviation community communicates and transacts aviation-related real estate. He says he loves the
complexity, the creativeness in the position he has, saying: Every deal we get into is a completely
different and unique deal.
airport business Ronnie Garrett October 2013