{"id":16809,"date":"2020-11-09T20:46:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16809"},"modified":"2020-11-09T20:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:46:06","slug":"mente-group-appoints-jamie-buff-as-director-of-technical-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/mente-group-appoints-jamie-buff-as-director-of-technical-services\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Mente Group Appoints Jamie Buff as Director of Technical Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mente Group has named aircraft maintenance expert Jamie Buff\nas Director of Technical Services for the broad-based aviation consulting firm.\nHe has held significant aviation maintenance positions for AMB Group,\nCoca-Cola, Nike, P&amp;G, Wachovia Bank, Cessna, and the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamie-Buff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16810\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamie-Buff.jpg 410w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamie-Buff-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamie-Buff-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamie-Buff-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><figcaption><em>Jamie Buff<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He is an FAA Airframe &amp; Powerplant certificate holder\nwith more than 20 years of experience in aviation maintenance to include\nmanaging and performing scheduled maintenance, line maintenance checks,\ntroubleshooting, ordering and installing parts, managing crews, and maintaining\ndocumentation for FAA compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Jamie Buff brings an extraordinary aircraft\nmaintenance skill set to our consulting company,&#8221; said Mente Group\nPresident and CEO Brian Proctor. &#8220;I have been impressed with the\nprofessionalism and expertise with which he advises clients and works with our\nteam to broaden its capabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buff&#8217;s aviation maintenance career began 25 years ago in the\nU.S. Air Force as a B-52H Bomber Dedicated Crew Chief. After military service,\nhe joined Cessna Aircraft Company as an Airframe &amp; Powerplant Technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, Buff moved into the corporate flight operations\nworld, joining Wachovia Bank Flight Operations in Charlotte, NC. During his\ncareer, he has supported maintenance and flight operations for various Fortune\n100 companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mente Group has named aircraft maintenance expert Jamie Buff as Director of Technical Services for the broad-based aviation consulting firm. He has held significant aviation maintenance positions for AMB Group, Coca-Cola, Nike, P&amp;G, Wachovia Bank, Cessna, and the U.S. Air Force. He is an FAA Airframe &amp; Powerplant certificate holder with more than 20 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16811,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16809\/revisions\/16811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}