In 2004, he co-founded Volaris and continues to sit on the Board of Directors. The company has been listed on the NYSE since 2013, employs a ULCC business model, and flies in Mexico, Canada, Central America and the US. He also co-founded Casino Marketing Alliance, a travel analytics and marketing firm. He helped form Metropolitan Bankgroup, where he served on the Board and as Chairman of the Compensation Committee.  Metropolitan was sold to Renasant in 2017. Mr. Donovan served as Chairman of Stellar Labs, a software company focused on global distribution technologies for private aviation and continues to serve on Board. He also sits on the board of Prophet, a marketing consultancy, and twice served as Chair of the Special Committee during the firm’s recapitalization efforts.

Mr. Donovan has served as COO of Nimblefish Technologies, a micro-marketing technology platform and as CEO of SearchForce, a paid search workflow management and optimization platform. Between 1989 and 2003 Mr. Donovan worked with Bain & Company consulting to executives in the United States, Europe and Latin America. He ran Bain’s Africa business and headed Bain’s auto and aviation practices at various times. Mr. Donovan received his MBA with honors from the Wharton School and his B.A. from University of California Berkeley, where he graduated with Honors in Rhetoric and Economics, Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude.

Mr. Spurlock was a Senior Managing Director of the Seabury Group. During his tenure, Seabury was acquired by Accenture where he continued to lead the airline practice. The Seabury Group was the largest dedicated advisory practice serving the global aerospace and airline industries. Mr. Spurlock was the co-lead of the aircraft advisory practice serving major aircraft manufacturers and leading airlines. Selected work includes acquiring fleets of 787, A350, 737 family, and A320 family aircraft for leading global airlines including United Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Aeromexico. Additionally, Mr. Spurlock advised both major airframe manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus, and two of the three major engine manufacturers on their product development programs.

He was also the founder of Eos Airlines, the first trans-atlantic all-premium airline, and also senior executive with British Airways where he was responsible for the corporate strategy, fleet planning, network planning and revenue management departments. In this role, Mr. Spurlock held profit and loss responsibility for the mainline airline.
He has worked with and invested alongside DiamondStream Partners for over a decade. Mr. Spurlock is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a graduate from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science degree.