Managing & Founding Partner, Altitude Consulting
British Columbia, Canada
Managing & Founding Partner, Altitude Consulting
British Columbia, Canada
Ross Brown is the Managing and Founding Partner at Altitude Consulting, specializing in marketing, business and systems services for commercial aviation and tourism organizations.
Beyond Altitude Consulting Ross is a founding partner in two business start ups: Travel Tales Media Group, which caters to the Long Tail of the online travel review business, plus Enerjet, a niche 137 seat Boeing 737 charter operator.
Ross is Past President (2007) of the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce. Passionate about helping young entrepreneurs, Ross implemented a variety of programs to help facilitate more involvement in the Chamber among young entrepreneurs. During his term Ross, at the Provincial Chamber Policy Session in May 2007, debated and had adopted into British Columbia Provincial Chamber Policy recognition of Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) as a vital airport to the Province and Metro Vancouver with recommendations for over $100 million in capital projects to be co-funded by the Provincial and Federal Governments.
Prior to Altitude Consulting and Ross' current business ventures he has had an extensive background in commercial aviation marketing working for the Abbotsford International Airport Authority (YXX) and Air North, Yukon's Airline. In 2005 Ross was recognized for his accomplishments at YXX by Thompson Rivers University.
- Advertising and sales
- Search marketing
- Social network marketing
- Market research
- Business planning
- Governance
- Policy development
- Politics
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Travel Tales Media (TTM) caters to the Long Tail of the online Travel Review business.
TTM's first project, Hotel Gym Review (HGR), is an online user review tool for fitness minded individuals to seek and book accommodations with the best fitness facilities.
(Privately Held; Airlines/Aviation industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Enerjet offers custom air charters for groups of up to 137 travellers in North America using its state-of-the-art Boeing 737-700 Next-Generation Aircraft fleet.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Altitude Consulting specializes in marketing, business and systems services for commercial aviation and tourism organizations.
(Airlines/Aviation industry)
January 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Air North offers scheduled and charter service to and from Whitehorse, Yukon.
(Airlines/Aviation industry)
June 1999 — January 2005 (5 years 8 months)
YXX is a low cost, hassle free airport alternative serving the Fraser Valley Regional District and Metro Vancouver, Canada.
BTM , Business, marketing, and tourism , 1995 — 2000
Nominated for the School of Tourism Academic Achievement Award, 2000
Business, marketing, sales, financial accounting 1992 — 1995
Panther Pride Award - Outstanding School Service, 1995
Graduated with Honors, 1995
Past President (2007), Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce
Past Director (2004-2007), Tourism Abbotsford
Co-founder, AYEC (Abbotsford Young Entrepreneur's Club)
Thompson Rivers University Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement in the development of Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), 2005