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Management Team and Advisory Board

Christopher M. Bates President
Christopher Bates assists corporations across America to improve operational efficiencies, realize strategic objectives, and strengthen customer relationships. While learning to fly in 1999, Christopher realized that general aviation experienced some of the same frustrations that he has targeted in boardrooms across the country. Several dozen general aviation flight operations contributed to the design for a new line of software products to meet the high demands of professional aviation consumers. In early 2005, LimpWindsock.com released its first patent-pending technologies to help aviation businesses manage operations with ease.
Chris Eichman General Aviation / Management
Chris Eichman logged hundreds of hours as a CFI while completing his MBA at Duke University in North Carolina, then took a job with one of the largest business management consulting firms in the world. Now a demonstration pilot and regional sales director for a major aircraft manufacturer, Chris has his finger on the pulse of the general aviation marketplace. His years of business management and aviation experience make him a valuable player on the LimpWindsock.com team.
Doris Leissing Management
Starting in 1995, Doris Leissing built a business from practically nothing into a multi-million dollar revenue machine. Since then, she has focused on mentoring other business leaders to do the same, helping hundreds of entrepreneurs as they have successfully launched their own ventures with amazing success rates. Doris and her husband Henry live in the mountains of western North Carolina.
Henry Leissing Legal / Financial
Henry has a rich background in community organizing, non-profit administration, securities trading, and the priesthood - not to mention his service as mayor of a town in the midwestern United States. His business experience and law studies provide a broad base for the counsel and guidance he provides to benefit LimpWindsock.com and our customers.
Jerry Traphagen Aviation Industry
In a classic aviation career path, Jerry Traphagen attended college in Texas, taught at the university flight school where he was trained, flew medical ambulance in Montana, then hired on with a regional commuter in the Pacific Northwest. Now a commercial pilot with a major airline, Jerry's practical experience and intimate understanding of flight operations throughout the general aviation industry provide a firm foundation for business planning and product development at LimpWindsock.com.
Kevin Cancilla Public Relations / Marketing
As a high tech marketing guru from Silicon Valley, Kevin has seen his share of business plans. After assisting with several successful dot com startups, Kevin is now lending his expertise to LimpWindsock.com as we expand the most successful general aviation scheduling and management system to the international aviation community.