Paul Pollastro is the Founder & CEO of AvMarkets, Inc., an aviation marketplace focused around procurement and consulting services to the aerospace industry. Prior to starting AvMarkets, Paul worked for Pratt & Whitney (a division of United Technologies Corporation), Emery Worldwide and US Airways, Inc. holding positions related to jet engine test and assembly for new and overhauled engines - overhaul, repair and flight line maintenance of commercial aircraft and several engine and airframe component repair shops.

In 1999, he started Av-Tools.com, Inc., an aircraft parts and tools company specializing in surplus assets located in the Pittsburgh PA area. Av-Tools.com has an established base of customers and vendors including, the US Military, Boeing, Aviall, GE, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, AAR Corp, Alcoa and hundreds of other companies in the airline, parts, tools and aerospace fastener industries. The company is also QSLD Military Certified.

In addition to his aviation experience, Paul is also an experienced software developer. For the past 21 years, Paul has helped companies ranging in size from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies with software development and consulting services. In 1993, he started a software development company focusing on web development and website exposure through search engine technologies - also at that time becoming a Microsoft Solution Partner. Paul has operated his software and hosting business for the past 19 years managing developers in the USA and India. You can visit 3 Rivers Web Hosting, Inc. at www.3rwh.com.

As a result of combining his technical experience with 25 years of aviation knowledge and a need for a centralized aviation platform offering a variety of unique services, AvMarkets was created. Paul strategically positioned AvMarkets to be in the middle of the aviation industry's complex and high risk procurement and MRO sectors - creating sophisticated technology that allows buyers and sellers to communicate and conduct business through the AvMarkets Platform and MRO Search Engine, taking advantage of his own patented technology.

Paul is trained by Villanova University in Lean Six Sigma Methodology, a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an Airframe and Powerplant Technician (AP), certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and attended the Riverside School of Aeronautics. He has participated in several 5k, 10k and Half Marathon events for charity. He loves playing Golf, Fishing and most importantly spending as much time as possible with his family.

I believe there are several great aviation marketplace websites available today. We all provide a technical way to allow our members to communicate and conduct business on a global scale. Although these sites have synergies, I believe we all have something important and unique to offer, so if you're serious about succeeding in today's marketplace then I recommend trying them all to find the sites that best fit your procurement strategy and price range. Cheers!" - Paul Pollastro