AAM Institute Vision

The Industry Roundtable is a collaborative forum of Senior Advisors, who are industry experts and subject matter specialists, working together on strategic projects to advance Advanced Air Mobility initiatives. It is structured into task forces and working groups, each formed by Senior Advisors.

Gary Vermaak
Co-Founder Drone Logistics Ecosystem
-AAM Program Expert

Dassie van der Westhuizen, ENV SP, CPL, MSc
Aviation Planner, Mead & Hunt
- Sustainability Expert

Michelle Olson, APR
Managing Partner in Aerospace and Mobility
- Marketing Comm Expert

Nick Gunady, PhD Candidate in Aerospace
CEO of Aerovy Mobility
- Energy Optimize Expert

William Wimberly, UAS Pilot
Chief Revenue Officer, [Stealth Mode]
- Growth Capital Expert

Ricardo Apparicio
EVP Strategy, BEL-AIR MACHINING
- Supply Chain Expert

Chris Grazioso, UAS Pilot
Ops Lead, MassDOT Drones
- Emergency Response Expert

Jason Day
UAS Program Manager, TX
- Public Safety Expert

Vivan Amin, MBA
CEO of AerOrbit AI
- AAM Automation Expert

Chris Schaefer
UAS Customer Success, Phase One
- Drone Inspection Expert

Afema Ronnie, MSc, CPL
Sales & Biz Dev Director
- Aviation Sustainability Expert

Bob Waltz, PhD, FRAeS
Senior Director of Flight Ops, Sun Country Airlines
- Org Leadership Expert

Aaron Organ, MSc Transport
Consult, Aerial Innovation
- AAM Community Integration Expert

Don Berchoff, MS Nat'l Sec
CEO of TruWeather
- Weather Systems Expert

Amal Muse, MCRP, PMP
FAA Consultant, Guidehouse
- Space Transport Expert

Greg Dyer
Aviation Director, Jviation
- Federal Aviation Expert

Chris Byars, PMP
Program Integrator, Axient
- Project Management Expert

Jesus Hamilton Ortiz, PhD
CEO of CloseMobile R&D
- Telecommunications Engineering Expert

Andrew Koch, PhD Aviation
Engineering Psychologist, Naval Air War Center AD
- AAM STEM Outreach Expert

Rasha Alshami, MSc
CEO of LynePorts
- Vertiport Planning Expert

Stuart Ginn, MD
President, Coalition for Advanced Health Mobility
- Medical Innovations Expert

Eduardo Cristelo, LLM
Associate, Machado
- Aviation Law Expert

Andrew Mearns, MBA
BD Consultant, Multicopter Aerospace Consulting
- Go-to-Market Expert

Alistair Blundy
CEO of Skyrisks
- Mobility Insurance Expert

Bill Johnson, MBA, MA
Advisor, Women & Drones
- AAM Consulting Expert

Samantha Scully, UAS Pilot
Founder, Scully Staffing
- AAM Recruiting Expert

Kevin King
Founder & Product, Anatra
- Aviation Ecosystem Expert

Tom Dorl, USAF Col Ret.
CEO of Triad Solutions
- Helicopter Rescue Expert

Hector Pujadas, MBA
Independent Consultant
- Ops Excellence Expert

Shane Hughes, Lt Col, USAF
Strategy Integration Dir
- eVTOL & Mobility Expert

Mo Ashmawy, PRMG
Aviation Prog Mgr, AECOM
- Aviation Capital Expert

Joey Roberts
Innovation & Tech Manager, CrossFlight Sky Solutions
- Drone Content Expert

Keith Sarich, USN LCDR Ret.
Advisor, Airspace Exp Tech
- eVTOL Pilot Training Expert

Rita Castonguay-Hunt, MBA
Sr Mgr Flight Ops, Wingtra
- UAS Innovation Expert

Michael Hill, MCSE
Founder, Uncrewed Aerospace, Inc.
- Drone Tech Expert

Konrad Gorski, MSc Eng
Independent Consultant
- Drone Market Expert

Bukar Douglas
Co-Founder, Monday Jets
- Clean Energy Expert

Bruce Agnew
Customer Service Engineer, Polytronix
- Channel Account Expert

David Diamos, MEng, MBA
Independent Consultant
- Entry to Service Expert

Ben Petricevich
Founder, Aero One
- Aviation Energy Expert

Nicole Valentine, PMP
CEO of Genesis Aerospace
- Drone Detection Expert

Rob Knochenhauer, MEng
Director of Reg Aff, Censys
- UAS Regulatory Expert

Victor Mwamba
CEO of IYAA
- Airframe Mechanics Expert

James Dalo, MS System Eng
USN CDR Ret.
- Complex Problems Expert

Brett Northey
CEO of ACE VTOL
- QA / QC Expert

Sam Payne
Industrial Design, Fordyno
- VTOL Platform Expert

Neo Kok Beng, PhD, FRAeS
CEO of NEO Aeronautics
- Tech Innovation Expert

Brian Bomhoff, MBA
Founder & Exec Dir, Pilot Mental Health Campaign
- Sustainable Ops Expert

Chanjoo (Derek) Lee, RPC
Corporate Strategy Team Lead, Pablo Air
- Corporate Strategy Expert

John Jebamani
Program Specialist
- Aviation Safety Expert

Alexander Woodhead
Founder, Apera
- AAM Talent Expert

Stefan Hristozov, PhD
Joint European Drone Associations
- UAS/U-space Expert

Tomislav Lang, MBA
CEO of Flyv Bird
- AAM Management Expert

Zoya Agarwal, CPL, MBA
Founder, UdaanPari
- DE&I in Aviation Expert

Clint Ind, JD
Principal, Extollet
- UAS Legal Strategy Expert

Amit Choudhri, MS Comp Sc
Former COO of GEMS
- AAM Surveillance Expert

Domizio Valentini, MBA
Nominated Person Flight Operation, Volocopter
- UAM Operations Expert

Adrian Divecha
Founder, Pivotal Talent
- AAM Recruiting Expert

Dean Rudolph
AAM Practice Lead, Collinear
- Tech Engagement Expert

Sheryl Foo, MS Int'l Finance
Ecosystems Lead, NEOM
- AAM Innovation Expert

Supriyo Chatterjee, MA Econ
Mentor, MassChallenge
- AAM Consulting Expert

Ryan Rudolph
President, Edgehill Group
- Private Aviation Expert

Aliasgher Mhowwala
Technical Sales Specialist, DM-AirTech
- UAS Flight Ops Expert

Ashik Raju
AI Trainer, Outlier
- Aerospace Design Expert

Saverio La Francesca, MD
Founder & President, Longitude Mobility
- Cardiothoracic Surg Expert

Apoorav Kothadia, MSc
Biz Dev, CFEngineering
- Structural Eng Expert

Bruce Sawhill, PhD
Chief Science Officer, KinectAir
- Theoretical Physics Expert

Keenan Thomas, MAcc
Founder, Omega Consulting
- Digital Transform Expert

Edgar Valdez, JD
Senior Consultant, Deloitte
- Core Tech Ops Expert

Riccardo Cacelli
CEO of Vertiports Enterprise
- UAM Biz Strategy Expert

Kelsey Krupicka, MS FT Eng
GA, Nat'l Test Pilot School
- Vertical Propulsion Expert

Emmanuel Klissarov
Founder, Klissarov Design
- Vehicle Design Expert

Daniel Do
Flight Test Operator, Amazon Prime Air
- UAS Test Ops Expert

Markus Engelhart
Lead Drones and UAM, Umlaut Company
- Urban Air Mobility Expert

David Lewin
Air Advocacy Committee, AUVSI
- Counter Drone Expert

Daniel Salamanca
AAM Team Leader, ALG
- UAS & Cargo Drone Expert

Iain Coutts, MSc Transport
Mobility Consultant, Arcadis
- Aviation Planning Expert

Hosam Sobh
Client Engagement,
ITAérea Aero Biz School
- Aviation Manag Expert

Mark Trotter
Managing Director, Unified Aviation
- UAM Strategy Expert

Mike Rees
Founder & CTO, EchoBlue
- Tech Marketing Expert

Olga Davies
Co-Founder, Aerly
- AAM Innovation Expert

Billy Hayes
Supply Chain Risk Management, LMI
- Supply Chain Expert

Amad Malik
CTO, EUROCONTROL
- AAM Technology Expert

Fadi Srour
Business Analyst, ALG
- Business Analysis Expert

Mohamed Jarray
ATC Instructor, The Tunisian Civil Aviation
- Air Traffic Control Expert

S. Bahram PhD,
Vice Chair, TC20
- Flight Dynamics Expert

Payal Satish
Chief Business Officer, Hunch Mobility
- Business Dev. Expert

Shailesh Chaturvedi
Strategic Development Specialist, AAM Association for Innovation
- Strategic Operation Expert

Jeffrey Mikel, JD
CA Licensed Attorney
- Personal Injury Expert

Denver Barrows, EaGLE
Senior Product Manager, Amazon EV Infrastructure
- Transportation Expert

Mahir Ibrahim, PhD
Engineering Lead, AeroVecto
-Systems Engineering Expert

Palash Basu, JD
Counsel, BACON & THOMAS
- Aerospace Innovation & Legal Strategy Expert

Bradley Mears, CPL (BVLOS)
Director, Aerial Intelligence
- AAM Development Expert

Salomon Kooper, LLM
CEO, Canopy Aircraft Advisory
- Aviation Compliancy Expert

Robert Lichter, JD
MA Licensed Attorney
- Intellectual Property Expert

Anointed Eyenor
Electromagnetic Propulsion
- Mechanical Design Expert

Sadiq Bandiya
Technical Advisor, Nigerian Airspace Manag. Agency
- Training Develop Expert

Ali Taleb
Co-Founder, Fawtal
- System Engineering Expert

Mark Berkowick
Associate Director of Executive Education, University of Arkansas
- Workforce Dev Expert

Donte Allen
NAS Tech Ops Manager, Air Traffic Organization (FAA)
- Infrastructure Cert Expert

Javier Diana López
Technical Programme Manager, EUROCAE
- Implementation Expert

Larissa Paganelli, ILS
Senior Associate, Kincaid
- Int'l Aviation Law Expert

Katherine Ayre, JD
Chair, Nat'l Aviation Group
- UAM & RAM Legal Expert

Giancarlo Silvestri, MRAeS
Former EUROCAE WG112 SG5 Lead
- UAS/AAM Infrastructure & Airspace Modern Expert

Tlotlego Maloka
Specialist Airport Civil Infrastructure, SACAA
- Infrastructure Eng. Expert

Vivek Mishra
CEO and Co-founder, Raphe mPhibr
- AAM Engineering Expert

Jason San Souci
Enterprise Drone Architect, Cognizant
- Neurodiversity Expert

Mike DiCosola
CEO, Drone Industry Systems Corporation
- AAM Ecosystem Expert

Aswanth Surendran
Managing Director, Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems Pvt Ltd
- Uncrewed Systems Expert

Jaime Brea
Branch Director,
ITAérea Aeronautical Business School
- Business Dev. Expert

Bechir Mathlouthi
Flight Operations Officer, Valljet
- ATM Engineering Expert

Carlos Pessanha
Regulatory Specialist, ANAC
- Airworthiness Expert

Francesco Mastrandrea, PhD
Managing Director, E-GAP Engineering
- Electric Mobility Expert

Adam Marriott
Chief of Unmanned Operation, Marriott Aerospace Technology AS
- Uncrewed Tech. Expert

Rune Gilberg Jensen
Director of Business Development, Vitulus
- Aviation Business Expert

Jakob Saalfrank
CEO, Grasshopper Air Mobility
- Logistics 4.0 Expert

Adrian Robin
Aviation Business Development, SBT
- Business Dev. Expert

Luca Mene
Sales Director, ADB Safegate
- System Engineering Expert

Anurag Acharya
Aviation Operations and Strategy Advisor
- Av. and Defence Expert

Radhe Nandan Upadhyay
UAV Technician & Pilot
Pigeon Innovative Solutions Llp
- Av. Engineering Expert

David Roush
Chief Executive Officer, TheDavidRoush.co
UAV/AAM Operations Expert

Jean-Chrsitophe Drai
Sales Lead EMEA, Volocopter
- AAM Biz. Dev. Expert

Daniel Melendez
Chief Transformation Officer Tech Leadership Lab
- Global Innovation Expert

Joanne Marques
Senior Advisor, Runway Strategies
- Public Policy Expert

Riad Chehayeb
Air Navigation and Surveillance Consultant
- Air Navigation Expert

Lucas Marchesini
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO, MANTA Aircraft SA
- AAM Development Expert

Jarek Zych
Director and Co-Founder, EA Maven
- Aviation Analysis Expert

Joel Klooster
Senior VP Aircraft Operations, Viasat
- AAM Operation Expert

Antonio Tantalo
Senior Fuel Systems Engineer, Airbus Protect
- Sustainability Expert

Bithash Bhasi
Airside Simulation planner, Artelia
- Airside Services Expert

Marsel Omeri, PhD
Airspace Specialist, Volocopter
- AAM Safety Expert

Ana Uribe Ruiz
President, San Fransisco Chapter, Women in Aviation
- Gender Equality Expert

Daniel Silvera
Director Académico, LUXARMI
- Aviation Dev. Expert

Joao Brilhante, MBA
Owner, Paxplan Aviation Consulting
- Infrastructure Expert

Sultana Abdi
Aviation Regulatory and Operation
- UAM Advocacy Expert

Ankit Sanan
CEO, ETAC Air Services
- AAM Framework Expert

Borja Blond
CEO, NEOM VMOC
- Pilot Operations Expert

Bill Wimberley
Chief Revenue Officer
eRC-System

Rushikesh Savale
Btech Aerospace
- Structure Designer and Analyst

Faisal Bhura
MBA Aviation Management
- Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology

Elton Fernandes
Master of Engineering
- West Bay Petroleum Co. WLL

Jay Allen
Retired US Military Aviator
- Federal Civil Service

David McNamara
BA Architecture
Aviation lead

Hoshiyar Singh
DGCA Certified UAS Instructor Aeropioneer Institutes Pvt Ltd

Rama Khalaf
Vertiport planning & design
Project Architect at Gensler

Carlos Pessanha
Regulatory Specialist - ANAC Brazil

Ravi Nalam
Vertiport planning & Design, Systems Engineer for Onboard Autonomy

Ali Bukhsh
Safety & Human Factors, Autonomous Aviation

Sayem Zafar
Lead Researcher Aerospace
Technology Innovations Institute

Maria Clara Estrada
MSc Aviation Management
Regulatory Compliance

Abdelmunem Ahmed
Lead Enginer at Smart Ejadah-Aero-Technology

Hussein Hassanali
Advanced Ops. RPAS Pilot
Project Manager

Shraddha Swaroop
Human Factors Engineer
California State University

Andrey Kuznetsov
Researcher
CEO at WRCVE

Taher Ayed
Air traffic controller
Senior Management

Siddhanth Sukumaran
Senior Project Manager
Aviation Event

Mohammed Raad
Director, Safety
The Helicopter Co.

Sandra Nabirye
Central Baggage Tracing Agent
Etihad Airport Services

Tarfah Addughaishem
ATC OJT Instructor, Saudi Air Navigation Services
- ATC Training Expert

Nihal Tezcan, MS
Sustainable Air Transport
University of Salford
- Int'l Aviation Contracts

Bhoomin Chauhan, PhD
Aviation Science,Florida Institute Tech, US
- Human Factor Ergonomics

Azfar Adeel Bhatti
Program Manager, Pakistan Air Force
- Aviation Operations Expert

Meet the people and companies designing and building the future, and find out what the leading engineers in powered-lift infrastructure are considering to safely meet the needs of tomorrow!
Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 1500 - 1800 BST, 1100 - 1400 EST