Entrepreneur, engineer, and VTOL visionary
Co-founder Elytron Aircraft
Built 2S manned tilt-wing prototype
Investor in Martin Jetpack, successful exit
Consulting engineer in networking and real time systems
Product Manager, Agranat Systems
CTO of SilverBack Technologies
Chief Architect, Bay Networks
Computer Science major, Carnegie Mellon University
Entrepreneur and startup airline executive
President & COO of Linear Air, Eclipse 500 operator and Part 135 online charter marketplace
COO of Jet Advisors, a business aviation consultancy
SVP of National Aviation Academy
CTO North America for Ipanema Technologies
CEO of Echo Engineering, an embedded systems consulting engineering firm
Aerobatic pilot
Computer Science SB and Management MSM, MIT
Safety-critical aerospace SW engineer and entrepreneur
Grew Seaweed Systems into the premier source of graphics solutions for mission- and safety-critical military and avionics systems
Software now on: F-35, F-22, A-10, F-16, B-1, B-2, MH-60, AH-6, et al.
Technical Principal, AMD, safety-critical automotive systems
B.S. Computer Science, Univerity of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
M.S. Computer Science, Berkeley
Veteran aerospace executive, private pilot
Senior Director Business Development, Kaman Aerospace
Over three decades of aerospace business development experience
Customers included Sikorsky, Bell, Embraer, Boeing, Airbus, Robinson Helicopter and every other fixed- and rotorwing manufacturer, world-wide
Led "One Kaman" design and manufacturing solution
Board Member, General Aviation Manufacturers Association
NAUI certified scuba diving instructor
BA, Political Science, University of Steubenville, Ohio
Aerospace startup company exec, insurance industry veteran
Led risk management and regulatory engagement for Terrafugia
Achieved DOT and EPA approvals for road use of Transition flying car
Invented integrated automotive + aircraft insurance coverage
President, Newbury Insurance Company
VP and General Manager, Housing Partnership Insurance
Educator/interpreter for Massachusetts history museums
Boston University B.A.
MBA, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Aerospace engineering leader, rotorcraft expert
Chief of Technology for Kaman Aerosystems, responsible for technology and automation growth
Four decades of aerospace engineering experience
Responsible for the continued airworthiness of Kaman's helicopter products leading to new production of Kaman's K-MAX medium lift helicopter in 2016
Teamed with Lockheed-Martin to create the unmanned K-MAX for the U.S. Marine Corps
Represented engineering during the planning to produce and market a next generation K-MAX UAS to military and civil customers
Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University
Aerospace executive and entrepreneur
VP & General Manager of a $150M unit of GKN Aerospace, making titanium and aluminum aircraft structures
20+ years at Pratt & Whitney as Program Manager for large commercial engines
VP Operations for International Aero Engines
Launched fuel cell product for UTC Power
C-level roles in chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Private pilot
BS, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Connecticut
MBA, Boston University Graduate School of Management
Entrepreneurial Consulting CFO
President/Owner of Lifting Mind, Inc. - Fractional CFO with diverse and global experience
30 years of financial experience with early stage and mid stage startups
Engaged in numerous business transformations and multiple successful exits
Extensive work with debt and equity raises, due diligence, M&As and investor relations
Crackerjack at developing robust multi year forecasting and budgeting models
Licensed CPA, Feeley & Driscoll, P.C.
BBA Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Commercial, charter pilot, A&P mechanic, 40 years of aviation experience
Digital Equipment Corporation, corporate pilot
National Aviation Academy, admissions counselor
Diamond Air - flew both freight and passengers
Comerford Flight School, instructor pilot
East Coast Aero Tech, airframe and engine repair
Commercial, multi-engine, and instructor rated
B.S. in Human Factors, Lesley University
Helicopter and structures manufacturing exec
Kaman Aerospace - President, oversaw K-MAX helicopter restart
GE Aviation Systems - VP Systems, Exec Program Manager for 787
GE Aviation Military Mission Systems - VP and General Manager
Rockwell Collins - VP and General Manager, Passenger Systems
Rockwell Collins - VP Global Strategy
Rockwell Collins - Director of Airline Programs
Rhode Island Air National Guard - Combat/Tactical pilot on C-130
USAF - Captain, Fighter/Attack/Reconnaissance Rating
Commercial and Multi-Engine FAA ratings
Aerospace and aviation industry veteran - 40 years of experience
Founder of HeliFlite Shares, LLC -First successful rotorcraft fractional provider
Former President, Dassault Falcon Jet Factory Service Center Network, North and South America
Former Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Customer Support American Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopter)
Co-Founder, HeliFlite Aviation Services of Argentina, S.A.
Advisory Board Member, Trinity Capital LLC
Trusted Aviation/Aerospace Advisor to JetSuite, Inc., American Airlines, Delta Airlines, & other privately and publicly held Part 135/145 operating entities
Over 400 aircraft designs, conventional and VTOL, in 26 years
PiperJet - Wind tunnel program manager
US Air Force C-130 NP-2000 - Upgrade Performance Manual lead
US Air Force C-130 - Re-engine Performance Manual lead
Oliver VTOL - Preliminary Design Lead
Major OEM - Quadcopter propeller design lead
VisionAire VA-10 - Wind tunnel test and redesign program lead
NASA Lockheed P-3 radar system - Design program lead
Basler BT-67 (DC-3) Radar - System program lead
STERNA Aircraft - Rotor design program lead
Tilt-rotor and NASA test pilot, FAA Rotorcraft Directorate DER
AW 609 civil tilt-rotor - FAA Project Flight Test Pilot, AW's DER
XV-15 experimental tilt-rotor - NASA/Army Project Pilot
AH-1S FLITE COBRA - Army Project Pilot
UH-60 Blackhawk Airloads Research Aircraft - Army Project Pilot
CH-47 Variable Stability Research Aircraft - Research Pilot
UH-60 RASCAL Fly-by-Wire Research Aircraft - Research Pilot
BE200 Super King Air - NASA Project Pilot for FAA/NASA CAT III GPS
NASA Vertical Motion Simulator - Project pilot
Tilt-Rotor Test Pilot & National Test Pilot School Instructor
Over 9,800 flight hours in 85 different aircraft
Airbus Helicopters EC-145 - Production Acceptance
National Test Pilot School - Instructor
HondaJet - Chief Test Pilot
Boeing Helicopter MV-22 Osprey - Experimental Test Pilot
McDonnell Helicopters - Chief of Stability and Control
NASA Ames XV-15 - Chief pilot
US Army OV-1, UH-1, CH-47 - Director Flight Test
1967-68 Flight Instructor in T-41B for the US Army
Aviation consultant and aviation real estate developer - 30 years of experience
President of Aviation Advisory Service, Inc. since 1992
Respected advisor to broad range of aircraft manufacturers, start-up and established airlines, and financial institutions
Particular expertise in the regional airline industry and the arrangement of secured financing
Writer and lecturer on airline finance; regularly quoted in trade and general interest publications
Devised proprietary international airline equity valuation model
Developed and managed two successful airplane hangar projects
Member of New York Bar
Harvard University, A.B. (East Asian Studies)
Columbia University, J.D./M.B.A.
Helicopter drive system expert & industry leader
Manager, Mechanical Technology, Kaman Aerospace
49 years in the helicopter industry with Boeing Helicopter & Kaman
Member of the Vertical Flight Society
Past member for Kaman in the American Gear Manufacturers
Association, associate member of the AGMA Committees for Aerospace Gearing & Aerospace Lubrication
Performed drive system D&A for CH-47C/D, CH-46, YUH-61, HLH, SH-2F/G and K-MAX helicopters
Conducted accident investigations and failure analyses coordinated with government agencies in the US and Europe
Lead and chairman of the Vertical Lift Consortium of military helicopter companies, universities, NASA, Army & Navy, to advance TRL 1-3 projects
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Widener University
Chief engineer & new market innovator
Chief Engineer, Bose Corporation
Founder & GM, Bose International, K.K, Japan
Led commercialization of electromagnetic active suspension technology for cars and trucks
Drove efforts in Electronics & Electro-Acoustics R&D, OEM Automotive, Marketing, Product Development, International Operations
International patents in Acoustics, Transducers, Vibration Control, Systems
BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Georgia Tech
Principal Consulting Engineer, pilot, and aircraft homebuilder
30 years of flight experience, instrument and seaplane rated
Renovated a 1965 Cherokee 140
Building a 4-place Bearhawk bush plane
Principal Software Engineer, CTO Office, Cisco Systems
30 years engineering real time and networked systems down to the nanosecond regime
Northrop - Developed firmware for an Astro-Inertial Navigation System
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University
Aerodynamicist, entrepreneur, air show pilot
Founder and President, Millennium Rubber Company
President, Microform Models, Inc.
Provided custom formulated silicone products to customers in 19 countries
Manufactured scale model architectural castings, over 1,100 items in 21 scales, for the movies and the military - U.S. Navy commendation
Airshow pilot and aircraft builder, including composite Glasair show plane
Aerodynamicist and operator for the world-record, supersonic pumpkin air cannon
Author of three books on wind-tunnel developed paper airplane designs, with over 160,00 copies sold
Assistant Professor & Director of Vehicle Systems, Dynamics, and Design Laboratory (VSDDL), Auburn University
Developer of NASA-funded MADCASP simulation framework
Leading reconfigurable flight simulator development for next-gen aircraft
Created energy-based sizing and mission analysis framework for fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and buoyant lift aircraft
Georgia Institute of Technology - Research Engineer II
Ph.D. and MSAE in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Private pilot
Aerostructures CEO, helicopter components manufacturer executive, entrepreneur
Kaman Aerospace - VP Strategic Initiatives, led M&A; worldwide
Launched and ran Kaman's India-based composites joint venture
Vermont Composites - President and CEO
Grew profitably & delivered 40x increase in shareholder value at exit
Achieved Preferred Supplier Award status with Boeing
Earned Star Supplier status with Lockheed and Raytheon
Achieved ISO9001, AS9100 and NADCAP certifications
Co-founder and President - Questech Composite
Aeneas Venture Fund at Harvard - VP Finance
Rotorcraft Structures Design Expert - 38 years experience
Chief of Structures for Kaman Aerospace Air Vehicles
Responsible for all phases of development from conceptual design through certification
Managed engineering design and analysis teams for Kaman's K-MAX and SH-2 programs
Directly responsible for structural modifications of the unmanned K-MAX for the U.S. Marine Corps
Developed aircraft modifications for multiple avionic upgrade programs leading to military and FAA certification
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
USAF VETERAN, PATENT/TRADEMARK ATTORNEY/STRATEGIST
Startup addict: about 6 startups as an employee; about 6 startups as a founder/cofounder; hundreds of startup clients advised by Clocktower
Since 2001, 36 of Clocktower's clients have been acquired with exits valued at over $6 billion
Could land an aircraft in a pinch
BSEE Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
JD University of Maine School of Law (Maine Law)
Aerospace startup manager, pilot, non-profit founder
Led external comms for flying-car company Terrafugia
Piloted Transition flight test article aircraft
Co-founded Pure Hearts Boston, a pediatric cardiology research foundation
Led strategic placement for National Aviation Academy
International student advisor & flight dispatcher for Executive Flyers Aviation
Chapter head, The Ninety-Nines women pilots organization
MIT Undergrad Practice Opportunities Program aerospace industry advisor
Boston College B.A.
Customer-obsessed product design leader
Vice President Product Design, Doma, a pre-SPAC startup disrupting the real estate industry by combining patented machine learning technology with deep human expertise
Vice President User Experience Design, LogMeIn, re-imagining the hybrid workforce
Global Head of Design, SONY PlayStation, inventing the future of play by designing the PS5 platform experience
SVP User Experience, GfK, real-time intelligence platform for the global consumer products industry
MS Human-Machine Systems Research, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech
BS Physics and Cognitive Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Patient advocacy executive; 20 years of health research and equity experience
VP of Scientific Operations, Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis
Leader of the MS Minority Research Engagement Partnership Network
BOD member, International FOP Association
Member of Beth Israel Deaconess Institutional Review Board and Ad Hoc Institutional COI Committee
Member of the MIT-Lemelson Student Prize "Cure It" Screening Panel
Co-founder, Midnight Networks (acquired by Teradyne) and NorthStar Internetworking
MIT BS and MS in Materials Science & Engineering, MS in Management; Master's thesis on design for environment
SVP Flight Ops for Delta, VP Flight Ops Jet Blue, COO Cape Air
37 year airline veteran, from line pilot to C-suite
10,000+ hour Airline Transport Pilot
Chief Pilot, BOS and JFK + International for Delta
Type rated in DC-9, Boeing 727, 757, and 767, plus Airbus A320
Created Jet Blue Gateway University recruiting program
Helped create Massachusetts college aviation maintenance program
Board Member of the Aviation Accreditation Board International
Startup airline CEO and marketing visionary
Co-founder and CEO, Hopscotch Air
Board of directors member and marketing advisor, Linear Air
Member of the Charter Committee, National Air Transportation Association
FAA liaison for Part 135 operations
Established marketing partnerships with NY Islanders & Swiss Air
Blogger for Huffington Post
TV journalist, presenter, and executive producer
Private Pilot, with land, sea, and instrument ratings
Air Traffic Controller, Airspace Integration Expert, Advanced Air Mobility Consultant
31 years air traffic management in the New York City metro - NYARTCC (ZNY), Newark Airport (EWR), Naval Air Station Bermuda (TXKF), Naval Air Engineering Center Lakehurst (NEL)
15 years of aviation policy and legislation work on Capitol Hill
NexGen Air Traffic Systems development and deployment - DataComm CPDLC, Terminal Flight Data Manager, SLS-5000 GBAS
Co-Founder, Chairman and Executive Director - Urban Low Altitude Transport Association (ULTRA)
Board member and Chairman of the Transportation Committee - New Jersey Society for Environmental and Economic Development (NJ SEED) and Member - New Jersey Public Use Airports Task Force
Board Member - Alliance for Quiet Electric Aviation (AQEA)
Founder and President- Low Altitude Operational Solutions and Airde Elevated Thinking
Aerospace Executive, OEM Airline Service & Support Leader
Head of Worldwide Customer Support & Aftermarket Sales for Commercial Aviation, Embraer
Director of Boeing Distribution for Military Service Operations, GE Aviation
Co-founder, Boeing Global Services
Strategic Marketing Director for Avionics, Airframe Performance & Systems (AP&S) & Interiors, Boeing
Member, International Aviation Women's Association (IAWA)
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
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