Hi Heroes, but especially you NorCal, Marin and Sonoma County aviator-type heroes!
This is Bert, and I have a special interview for you today.
You've heard of the flying doctors but this guy is not your ordinary, garden variety flying doctor.
Doctor Jon's medical career took a few unexpected turns and landed him as CEO of a very large company that in turn led to him finally being able to indulge his passion for aviation.
And, lucky for us, he's landed here in Marin County, at Scanlon Aviation at Gnoss Field with not just his passion for flying but wanting also to include anyone with a similar passion to join him.
But I'm getting ahead of myself...
Just listening to his story was pure inspiration for me, especially how he doubled down, working 100 to 120 hours a week as a doctor while attending graduate school for an MBA.
Then he switched gears from medicine to finding himself as the CEO of a high priced pharmaceutical company, having to refer to his graduate school notes to learn how to run the company!
Even though I've been pretty successful in a couple of different careers I'm always blown away by guys with big brains and big hearts like Dr. Jon, and his ability to juggle a few, very difficult projects at once and come out smiling.
You’re going to hear how he went from practicing cardiology to him being CEO of a major corporation and, for my aviation listeners, how that journey landed him owning a few, very special Cirrus SR series aircraft, the Lamborghini’s of light aircraft, at Scanlon Aviation.
And, if you're the kind of a person who enjoys "paying if forward" you'll want to take notes because you’re going to hear how he went from working long hours as a doctor for very little money and in some cases, none, to finally “livin’ the dream”, owning these neat aircraft and sharing his passion with anyone who's interested.
Then toward the end of the interview you’ll hear how he's taking that passion as an aviation entrepreneur to now advocating for building an aviation community at Gnoss Field, where he flies out of.
Listen up, enjoy his story and come check us out at Scanlon Aviation in Novato because you might even get some very cool aviation tips from Dr. Jon in person!