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Corporate Advancement Team

Marc Aparicio, M.B.A., M.S., B.S.,
CDR (USCG, Ret.)

Interim Chief Executive Officer

Bio

maparicio@vlinc.com

Marc Aparicio, M.B.A., M.S., B.S.
CDR (USCG, Ret.)
Interim Chief Executive Officer

Working through the VLinc Board of Directors and the Corporate Advancement Team, Marc helps shape VLinc’s strategic direction, drive program execution, and foster long-term growth. His leadership ensures high-quality service and operational excellence across aviation, logistics, and systems engineering.

With over 30 years of experience in aviation, systems engineering, logistics, and program management, Marc has led complex operations in military, private sector, and academic settings. A former U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot, he accumulated over 3,400 flight hours operating rotary-wing aircraft from Alaska to Puerto Rico. He served as an instructor pilot, aeronautical engineer, and maintenance test pilot, playing a key role in aviation modernization, fleet sustainment, and aircraft maintenance solutions using the latest technologies.

After retiring as a Coast Guard Commander, Marc spent ten years running his own consulting firm and manufacturing company, supporting the local community as well as defense and aerospace clients. His expertise in operations management and logistics engineering has driven advancements in aircraft maintenance, fleet optimization, and integrated logistics support for manned and unmanned systems, leveraging data-driven decision-making to enhance operational efficiency and sustainment.

Marc also has an extensive academic background, serving as an Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Department of Systems Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School and later teaching at Arizona State University. His courses covered systems engineering, logistics engineering, supply chain management, and defense acquisition. His research initiatives at both institutions focused on advancing technology to improve operational efficiency and modernize STEM education.

He earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Defense Acquisition and Logistics from the Naval Postgraduate School, a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering Technology from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Washington.

Reading Recommendations: Marc finds inspiration in books like The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Multiple Streams of Income by Robert Allen. For a good escape, he enjoys technical authors such as Benjamin Blanchard, James Jones, and Dr. Doug Montgomery, as well as fiction from Tom Clancy, Robert Timberg, and Dan Brown.

Guy Pearce, M.A., B.A.,
CAPT (USCG, Ret.)

Chief Operating Officer

Bio

Guy.Pearce@vlinc.com

Guy Pearce, M.A., B.A., CAPT (USCG, Ret.)
Quality Executive
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Quality services don’t just happen. In VLinc, it begins at initial engagement when we work with you to determine the situation, potential challenges, and impacts that must be addressed. Guy ensures we identify the work that needs to be accomplished and optimally sync VLinc strategy for structure, metrics, people, rewards, culture, and leadership to your requirements.

Guy is an operations and planning expert with master-level experience in National Incident Management and the Joint Operations Planning and Execution Systems. He is an internationally recognized military officer, having led multi-national forces in global counter-narcotics operations. Guy has extensive program management experience in the military and civilian worlds, including infrastructure improvement and acquisition, fleet-wide avionics upgrades, tactics, techniques, and procedures development, and commercial ITAR aviation program management. He has extensive experience working with the National Intelligence Community, synthesizing information for law enforcement and military operations. He is a retired Coast Guard Captain with over 20 years of distinguished rotary wing service and over 27 years of uniformed service. Guy has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University and a Master of Strategic Studies from the USAF War College.

His recommended reading list includes: The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen, a book which details the difficulties superpowers have historically had in Afghanistan and the emergence of modern international terrorism; The Great Wall at Sea by Bernard D. Cole, tracking China’s evolution from “Hermit Nation” to an international power and regional hegemon and how the PLA Navy has become a tool for worldwide power projection; The Nightingale’s Song by Robert Timberg, the history of the Iran Contra actors, concentrating on the group that attended the Naval Academy; the Judge Dee Series of novels by Robert van Gulik, van Gulik was an early 20th century Dutch diplomat who wrote a series of short novels that illuminate the ancient philosophies that inform modern Chinese thought; The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev, the counterpoint to Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, written by a fellow professional mountaineer, who was a member of the same fatal expedition on Everest.

Frances Sherlock,
M.S., B.S., B.A.

Social Media Mgt Consultant

Bio

Frances.Sherlock@vlinc.com

Frances Sherlock, M.S., B.S., B.A.
Social Media Management Consultant

Frances is responsible for optimizing our social media presence. As a social media strategist, she follows trends on the internet and, working with the Corporate Advancement Team provides advice on effective strategies to interact with the company employees, the public, and potential customers. Frances has six years of experience in digital marketing, social media marketing, and branding in the government contracting, health and wellness, tourism and hospitality, and themed entertainment industries. She holds a BS in Management and a BA in Conflict Resolution from Salisbury University and an MS in Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of Central Florida.

In her spare time, when she is not scrolling through Instagram and TikTok, Frances loves to dive into a good book, try out new restaurants in the Orlando area with her husband, and visit the Orlando-area theme parks.