Suresh Kumar Elangovan

Director of Operations, Flying Academy

Address: #517, Saraswathi Vihar, Gurgaon, India. 222002.

Mobile No: +919080412077,
Email: capt.esuresh@gmail.com

Professional Profile
Enthusiastic Commercial Pilot & Results-oriented sales and Business development professional.
Within “real World” Small business environment. Consistently meet and exceed sales goals with
highly effective planning, innovation and execution. Expertise includes management,
organization, motivation, negotiation, problem solving and customer relations. Increased sales
contacts by 30% within two years.

Experience
5-2017-Present

Flying Academy – Director of operations

• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls
and emails

• Arrange meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business

• Negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sales

• Gathering market and customer information

• Representing the company at trade exhibitions

• Advising on forthcoming product developments and discussing special promotions

• Reviewing own sales performance, aiming to meet or exceed targets

• Gaining a clear understanding of customers' requirements

• Making accurate, rapid cost calculations and providing customers with quotations

• Attending team meetings and sharing best practice with colleagues

• Manage relationships/agreements with external partners/vendors regarding students and B2B

• Evaluate overall performance by gathering, analyzing and interpreting data and metrics

• Oversee customer support processes and organize them to enhance customer satisfaction

• Supervise staff from Sales department and provide constructive feedback

4-2015 – 4-2017
Flyboy India – Business Development Manager

• Sells and business development using both traditional face- to-face meetings as well as virtual
presentations to introduce our cooperate events.
• Prepare and execute of marketing and advertising campaigns, thought old and new media.
• Handle outbound sales of promotors.
• Increased Lead conversion in 30% within two years. Founded Flyboy’s “viral marketing”
strategy.

3-2013 – 2-2015
Indian FlyingForce – Founder and CEO

• Hand on Management of a ParaMotoring training center.

• Presentations and pitches to school principals and chairman of colleges.
• Consultant for “aspiring pilots”.
• Hiring of employees and Administrating of the office, center and employees.
• Business planning, marketing, advertising and sales.

5-2008 - 8-2012
NASA – Co Pilot for PA34-200
o Transporting live fishes from various islands to Manila cargo terminal
2007 - 8-2012
Self-employed – Used airplane Agent.

• Connecting buyers and sellers.

• Market research
• Online Marketing, Social Meida, SEO, SEM.

Pilot License and certification

Professional pilot license and certifications
Commercial Pilot License with Multiengine and Instrument Rating- 104773-CPL
Ratings: Airplane: Single & Multi engine Land – Instrument , C-172, C-152,C- 150/PA34-200

Aero sports license as athlete - FAI

Federation aeronautique international (FAI)
Sports stage: Powered Paragliding / PF1
Academic qualifications
B.Tech in Information Technology
Bharathiyar College of Engineering & Technology,
Pondicherry University, Karaikal India.
Percentage: 76% with First Class

Diploma in Electronics & communication Engineering

Nanjiah Lingammal Polytechnic, Mettupalayam, Nilgiris.
Department of Technical Education, Tamilnadu. India.
Percentage: 84% first class with honors

DRIVING LICENSE

INDIA Driving License no: PY02 20030000170

Authorized to Drive: LMV, LMV-TR, MCWG, TRANS- TRV Rigid Chasi

INTERNATIONAL DRIVING LICENSE

With regards,

ESureshkumar

Suresh Kumar
Flying Academy
Director of Operations
Flight Training Specialist
Professional Flight Training Center
Prague | Brno | Miami | Los Angeles |Gurgaon
Suresh@FlyingAcademy.com
Direct line:+91 7678112360
International: +1 305 255 8753 extension 132
www.FlyingAcademy.com