About · ToBlueJersey City · 2026

Built by people who've done the work.

Aviation finance professionals and engineers building the platform they wished existed when they did this work themselves.

01Mission

A unified platform for valuing, managing, and transacting aircraft assets.

ToBlue Aviation Digital is building the digital infrastructure for global aviation finance — replacing the spreadsheets, PDFs, and email threads that have kept this industry fragmented.

Headquartered in Jersey City, we combine deep aviation finance domain expertise with modern software engineering — building the workflow tools aviation professionals actually want to use.

$40B+
In aircraft financing decisions
800+
Aircraft under portfolio management
70+ yrs
Senior advisory experience, combined
02Vision

The platform we wished existed when we did the work ourselves.

We've built the valuation models, managed the leasing portfolios, and shipped production software at scale. Our perspective comes from operating across airlines, lessors, banks, and part-out specialists.

Aviation finance deserves the same workflow standards as every other capital-intensive industry — clarity, accuracy, and a shared source of truth at the center of every decision.

03Founder Team

Operators and engineers who've done the work.

A founding team with operating experience across airlines, lessors, banks, and part-out specialists — supported by senior advisors with seventy-plus years of combined leadership.

Founders
Dawei Yu, CFA
Founder & CEO

Dawei Yu, CFA

Aviation finance professional with thirteen years of cross-functional experience across airlines, lessors, and global banks. Previously led aviation asset financing and portfolio management at Citi's Global Transportation Finance group, overseeing 800+ aircraft valued at over $40 billion. Built a digital asset management system from the ground up at Zephyrus Aviation Capital.

  • ASA Aircraft Appraiser
  • ISTAT Appraiser Candidate
  • CFA
Gary Sui, PhD
Co-Founder & CTO

Gary Sui, PhD

Entrepreneurial technical leader with deep experience across fintech, bioinformatics, and advanced manufacturing. Founder and former CEO of qMenu Inc., which scaled to thousands of restaurants and reached profitability before its 2023 acquisition. Earlier roles include Solution Architect at GreenSky Credit and lead developer of advanced 3D printing systems at Sciperio.

  • PhD. Computer Science
Senior Advisors
Robert (Bob) Gallagher, PhD
Senior Advisor

Robert (Bob) Gallagher, PhD

Fifty-plus years of leadership across airlines, leasing, and aviation asset management. President and Co-Founder of Aircraft Systems Group; first technical hire at People Express Airlines through its deregulation-era growth and IPO. Later managed global technical operations at AAR Corporation and DHL Airways. In the 1990s, oversaw George Soros's worldwide aviation investments, including the first IPO of a Chinese airline.

  • ISTAT Appraiser
  • ASA Senior Appraiser
Pablo Aguirre
Senior Advisor

Pablo Aguirre

Twenty-plus years in aircraft leasing, business strategy, and asset management. President of AMTRA Aero, leading global initiatives in passenger-to-freighter conversions and leasing solutions. Previously built and led pricing, marketing, and data science teams at Zephyrus Aviation Capital.

  • M.S. Data Science, Syracuse
Get in touch

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Address155 2nd Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302