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Cam Murphy

Managing Director
FEAM Aero
Cam is the managing director of FEAM Aero, which provides line maintenance, repair and other MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services to domestic and international commercial and cargo airlines. The company, based in Miami, was founded by his father, Fred Murphy, in 1992. Cam, who holds an MBA in aerospace and defense from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, grew up working in every area of the family business, from janitorial services and a stockroom clerk job to various management positions. Prior to becoming the managing director of the business, Cam started a niche aviation staffing company, Global Inflight Services, with the help and direction of his mother, Rivien Murphy. Cam, his mother and their team oversaw the growth of that company from 30 to 300 employees before he departed to rejoin the family’s core business of maintenance in 2011. At FEAM, which has more than 850 employees in 30 U.S. cities, Cam helped institute many organizational and cultural changes, including the rebranding corporate logos, building brand awareness, instituting employee and customer relationship and retention strategies and upgrading the company’s IT infrastructure.

SESSIONS

From ‘the Kid’ to the Colleague Panelist

In order to rise to key positions in the family business, NextGens must earn credibility with non-family team members as well as with family members who serve in executive roles at the company (who often include their parents). What can NextGens do to prove themselves and make it clear they have earned their position on their own merits?