Sergio Aguirre '21 Contributor Since 2021
President | Gogo Business Aviation
Biography:
Sergio Aguirre currently serves as Gogo Business Aviation’s president where he is responsible for overseeing the overall strategic direction and success of the company. Aguirre joined Gogo in 2007 as an OEM account manager and was promoted to vice president of business development in April of 2014 where he led the team that developed and launched many of Gogo’s current products, including Gogo Cloud and Gogo Biz 4G.
Aguirre is an aviation industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience, and is well suited to lead the division after serving in a variety of positions from A&P mechanic to sales, product development and upper management.
Prior to joining Gogo, he served as director of OEM and aftermarket sales for Securaplane, helping to pioneer the installation of exterior cameras on corporate aviation aircraft. He served in a similar capacity for Airshow in the late 1990s where he was part of the team that launched the first Ku TV system that became the industry standard across business aviation and commercial airlines.
From 1989-1996 he served as an aircraft completions mechanic and customer account manager for Gulfstream Aerospace where he was involved in the first installations of Inmarst systems on Gulfstream aircraft.
As a member of the United States Air Force, from 1984-1988, he was an aircraft structural mechanic and worked on F-111s and H1N helicopters.
Aguirre attended Orange Coast College, and completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, and has an FAA airframe and powerplant license.
