Duncan Aviation announced the naming of Tim Lockerby as the company’s new Regional Manager for the Great Lakes region of the United States. Lockerby joined Duncan Aviation in February 2014.
“I’m a strong believer that customer relationships are built face-to-face over time, and that nothing replaces sitting down with a customer and listening. I love to travel and look forward to seeing every single customer in my region and learning as much as I can about them,” says Lockerby.
He has been flying “anything with wings” since he completed his private pilot training at Clow Airport in Naperville, Ill., when he was 16 years old. Lockerby bought a Cessna Cardinal in 1997 and replaced that with a Cessna 172 in 2002. He and his wife, Lisa, have three children who’ll be heading off to college in the not-too-distant future, so Lockerby says he’s mostly flying remote-controlled airplanes for the time being.
After graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in marketing, Lockerby worked at Priester Aviation at Palwaukee Airport (now Chicago Executive). He sold avionics upgrades and maintenance.
Prior to coming to Duncan Aviation, Lockerby was the National Sales Manager for Aftermarket at Rosen Aviation for ten years, and during that time, Duncan Aviation was one of Lockerby’s customers. “I was always impressed by how Duncan Aviation treated our shared customers, me as a salesperson and Rosen as a vendor. My decision to join the Duncan Aviation team was a pretty easy one,” says Lockerby, “as I already know the culture and how Duncan treats its people.”
“We’re happy to welcome a familiar face to the Duncan Aviation team,” says Doug Alleman, manager of airframe services and regional sales with Duncan Aviation. “Tim is absolutely passionate about flying and has nearly two decades of experience in the aviation field. He has the added advantage of having well-established relationships with a number of our customers in the Great Lakes region.”
