Milwaukee, WI August 12, 2003: Signaling a changing of the guard in the aviation aftermarket, aviation and aerospace veteran Andy Plyler has joined aftermarket leader Tracer (www.tracercorp.com) as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Plyler, former President and CEO of Exostar LLC, the aviation consortium founded by Boeing, Lockheed and others, will drive Tracer’s business with airlines, aerospace OEMs and heavy maintenance repair stations and work to reinvent the way parts services are delivered. The announcement marks a powerful combination of aviation visionaries and down-to-earth parts practicality. Tracer is changing the commercial aviation aftermarket, offering outsourced sales and inventory management solutions that generate bottom-line savings for its clients. 

Tracer Founder and CEO Bill Morales said “having Andy Plyler on the Tracer team gives us both an aviation and e-commerce hall-of-famer. Andy has always been on aviation’s leading edge, always looking for the better way of getting things done. Tracer is working hard to make life easier for airlines and OEMs. We can use new technologies, or we can use good old-fashioned tools to put the right part in the right place. Either way, Andy will be building an organization that will make it happen.”

Andy Plyler said “we’re at a point in aviation where imagination, the ability to think outside the box is critical and that, combined with our can-do attitude is a key element of what we do here at Tracer. But at the end of the day, it’s the ability to execute that’s most important and that’s where we excel.”

Mr. Plyler’s twenty-year career in aviation and aerospace includes executive positions with Honeywell, Goodrich, Delta Air Lines, Partsbase.com and Exostar.

Tracer is a privately-held, full-service provider of commercial aviation parts and services. Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI., Tracer serves aviation aftermarket customers around the world, providing just-in-time parts and inventory parts management and logistics services. Tracer partners include Volvo Aero Services and Goodrich ATS. Sales offices are located in Chicago, Boca Raton, Minneapolis, Dallas, and Indianapolis. Tracer Headquarters is in Milwaukee. Tracer is a Milwaukee Future 50 Company. For more information, visit www.tracercorp.com or call 414-875-2222.