Meet The Team
Atlas Aviation Management Team
Mike Quinn – Vice President of Operations
Mike Quinn is an Oklahoma Sooner and started his General Aviation career in Lakeland, Florida in 2001, where he met Deric Dymerski. Mike served in the United States Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd airborne division, while in the United States Army his job was dealing with aviation fuel and he’s been smelling like jet fuel since 1996. Mike is Atlas Aviation’s first employee, and has been a proven leader since the beginning. Mike had been working under the title of General Manager until 2022 where he was named Vice President of Operations.
John Schaffer – Operations Supervisor
John started training at Atlas Aviation as a Private Pilot at the start of 2018, he soon realized that his love of aviation went further than just becoming a pilot. He joined the Line Service team in July of 2018, working his way from Line Service Technician to Lead Line to Line Supervisor and now his current role as Operations Supervisor. John is currently working on his Instrument rating which will allow him a deeper understanding and respect for the aviation world. John graduated from Florida Institute of Technology in 2020 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Aviation Management.
Tom Renn – Director of Maintenance
From an early age Tom has enjoyed gaining broad and diverse technical knowledge. As an electrical and engineering technician on a variety of systems, he has worked with and lead research/development teams and has produced technical documents to provide support to our servicemen in the utilization of such devices. Tom holds an Inspection Authorization and received his A&P License from National Aviation Academy in 2002. His career in Aviation has allowed him to work on all categories of aircraft and he has had the opportunity to specialize in Aircraft Electrical, Avionics and Mechanical disciplines with more than 2500 hours of formal education and training
Elijah Gagum – Assistant Chief Pilot TCI / CFII
Elijah’s interest in aviation began when he was a child. His father was stationed on an aircraft carrier, and he was constantly amazed at all the different kinds of aircraft on this massive ship and his interest only grew from there. He began flight training his senior year of high school and was able to solo the day before he graduated. Once Elijah got his private pilot certificate, he was fortunate enough to move to Oregon to do the rest of his flight training. Gaining the experience of mountain flying has been invaluable and given him a new way to look at flying. Once he completed flight training in Oregon Elijah moved back down to where it all began.
Olga Kearney – Chief Pilot / CSIP / CFII
Growing up in Ukraine, Olga became fascinated with aviation when she was still in preschool. When she was a freshman in college, she met her future husband, a talented helicopter pilot from Tampa. He encouraged her to pursue her aviation dream. It started with a discovery flight at Atlas Aviation, and never stopped. Olga earned all of her certificates and ratings through Atlas. She believes there’s nothing better in life than introducing other people to a uniquely fascinating world of aviation.
Devin Bedotto – PCM Assistant Chief Pilot
Devin has been interested in aviation since he was a young whippersnapper and started flying in 2019. Devin started flying with Atlas in 2020 and became a Line Technician and worked his way up to Line Supervisor for Atlas Aviation at Plant City airport. Devin finds happiness in the air, and it is hard to keep him on the ground. Devin has the goals to fly Warbirds and keep classic airplanes alive not just in museums. If it has wings Devin wants to fly it.
Peter O. Knight Airport Flight Instructors
Victoria Jones – CFI
Corey Clark – TCI / CFII
Jared Frodel – CFI
Anthony Banks – CFI
Ashley Montano – CFII
Plant City Airport Flight Instructors
Enrique Ferrara – CFII
Leslie Albers – CFI
Aidan Sizler – CFII
