On May 21, 2001, Mark Taylor founded Chickatay Inc. for the sole purpose of managing the Chickasaw Nation’s administration of the CONUS Personal Services / Army Dental Service contract for MEDCOM / DENCOM @ Ft. Sam Houston, TX. Chickatay Inc. provided human resources / contract management from October 2001 to September 2003. (DADA10-02-D-0004 and W81K04-04-D-0014) 

Chickatay Inc. serviced 42 domestic Army Posts with additional locations in Hawaii, Korea and Puerto Rico and was responsible for an average of 322 dental professionals per year by providing recruitment, hiring, relocation, orientation, placement, payroll, benefits administration, performance evaluation and overall contract oversight.

In 2007, Chickatay Inc. became an equal partner of US Aviation Group (USAG) and is currently responsible for recruitment, hiring, orientation, placement, HR policy administration and client relations for the multi-faceted USAG that was founded in 2006 and recognized as a premier Dept. of War and collegiate aviation training organization.

In 2011, Chickatay Inc. (DBA) US Aviation Group was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Type 1 Special training (flight training) in multiple countries for The Air Education and Training Command Contracting Squadron/LGCI, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (FA3002-11-D-0010) where Chickatay Inc. earned exceptional CPARS ratings with respect to quality, scheduling, cost control and business relations.

Chickatay Inc. is a registered Preferred vendor with the Chickasaw Nation Business Directory and a certified minority business enterprise through the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) certification # DL589827.

Chickatay Inc. Founder, Mark Taylor is a member of the Chickasaw Nation and was awarded the Chickasaw Nation Education Foundation Scholarship and The American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship. Mark earned a BA in Management and an MBA in Personnel & Industrial Relations from California State University and was part of US Senator John Cornyn’s (R-TX) STEM round table in Ft. Worth regarding the US Senate Innovations in Mentoring Training and Apprenticeships Act. Mark recently chaired the Flight Education Committee for the University Aviation Association (UAA) in their recommendations to the FAA for the current Part 141 Modernization initiative.

Mark has a true passion for aviation education & community involvement and currently serves as an Industry Trustee on the (UAA) Board, is a graduate of Leadership Denton, was chairman of various Chickasaw Community Councils and a former chairman of the Cooke County, TX Boys & Girls Club. Most recently Mark founded Native Americans In Aviation (NAIA) a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development, support and promotion of Native American professionals within the aviation and aerospace industry through a unified network.