EPIC Fuels Announces New Addition to Leadership Team

Kevin Wilkerson
Kevin Wilkerson

EPIC Fuels has announced that industry veteran Kevin Wilkerson has joined the company’s leadership team as its new Vice President of Transaction Processing. Wilkerson will be focusing on the continued growth and development of the company’s fuel payment cards, the EPIC Card and the Signature Flight Support Card, and the company’s robust transaction processing platform.  Wilkerson comes to EPIC with a wealth of aviation experience, involving prior leadership roles at both Colt and World Fuel Services.

EPIC Fuels has been the card issuer for the Signature Flight Support Multi Service Aviation co-branded aviation card since 2017 and has issued the EPIC Card since 2010.  More than 529 merchants at 505 airports currently accept the EPIC/Signature Card within the networks; while the card is accepted at over 8,000 locations worldwide through U.S. Bank’s Multi Service Aviation Network.

BBA Aviation acquired EPIC Fuels in July 2018 creating an unparalleled network with complementary offerings benefiting its various customers including business and general aviation, Fixed Base Operators, commercial and cargo carriers, OEMs and the government and military agencies. The combined Signature Flight Support and EPIC Fuels networks provide expanded choices for business and general aviation customers with over 400 Signature Flight Support or EPIC Fuels branded FBOs at nearly 400 airports, spanning 49 states in the U.S. and 27 other countries and or territories.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.