# Elliot Margul

> Elliot Margul is the Seattle-based co-founder and CEO of Aerostrat, the aviation-software company behind Aerros, a long-range heavy-maintenance planning platform. After working in reporting and maintenance finance at Alaska Airlines, he co-founded Aerostrat in 2015 with Cody Morris and Frankie Angai to replace inadequate planning tools with software built around real airline constraints. AAR acquired Aerostrat in August 2025 for $15 million plus up to $5 million in contingent consideration, with Aerros then supporting more than 5,000 aircraft.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Aerostrat
- **Organizations:** Aerostrat, AAR Corp., Alaska Airlines, Business Information and Technology Society, Bits Consulting, Northwest Harvest
- **Education:** BBA in Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems, University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business, High School Diploma, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aerostrat and led its business operations, product strategy and corporate strategy., Helped develop Aerros into a long-range heavy-maintenance planning platform supporting more than 5,000 aircraft by August 2025., Led Aerostrat through its acquisition by AAR Corp. in August 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2013** — Served as Director of Information and Technology for the Business Information and Technology Society and as a partner at Bits Consulting.
- **2013-2016** — Worked at Alaska Airlines in reporting and senior financial planning, covering maintenance forecasting and cost tracking.
- **2015** — Co-founded Aerostrat with Cody Morris and Frankie Angai to build modern planning and maintenance tools for aerospace and defense.
- **2016** — Presented Aerostrat at the first Starburst Accelerator Seattle event and said the company was testing Aerros with eight airlines.
- **2021** — Aerostrat held its first user conference in St. Louis.
- **2022** — Discussed airline cost pressure, planning complexity and the role of IT tools with Aviation Maintenance magazine.
- **2023** — Co-authored an Aircraft IT case study with FedEx Express on its journey to integrated maintenance planning.
- **2024** — Advised an Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy student project on product development in airline heavy-maintenance planning.
- **2025** — AAR acquired Aerostrat for $15 million plus contingent consideration of up to $5 million; Aerros supported more than 5,000 aircraft at announcement.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aerostrat and led its business operations, product strategy and corporate strategy.
- Helped develop Aerros into a long-range heavy-maintenance planning platform supporting more than 5,000 aircraft by August 2025.
- Led Aerostrat through its acquisition by AAR Corp. in August 2025.
- Co-authored a 2023 industry case study with FedEx Express on modernizing maintenance planning.
- Built new maintenance forecasting methods and decision tools while at Alaska Airlines.
- Earned a Tableau Desktop 8 Qualified Associate certification in 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — AAR completed its acquisition of Aerostrat for a base price of $15 million plus up to $5 million in contingent consideration.
- **2025-04** — Published the Aerostrat Conference 2025 presentation decks on the company website.
- **2024-04** — Served as advisor to an IMSA student investigation on product development in airline heavy-maintenance planning.
- **2023-03** — Co-authored an Aircraft IT case study with FedEx Express on modern maintenance-planning integration.

## Links

- Website: https://aerostratsoftware.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-margul
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aerostratsw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aerostratsoftware/

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Last updated: 2026-08-25