CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
DAN FREEMAN
DIRECTOR OF PAYLOADS AND CUSTOMER ENGINEERING , ENGINEERING DIRECTOR CONFIDENT TRAVEL INITIATIVE / The Boeing Company
In Dan ’ s role leading Payloads and Customer Engineering , he is responsible for integrating the functional requirements and aesthetics within the cabin and cargo compartments , ensuring functional excellence , and leading the Flammability Compliance System . In addition to being the engineering director for Boeing ’ s Confident Travel Initiative , Dan helps the aviation industry safely resume global air travel amid the Covid-19 pandemic .
TRAVIS FULTON
SENIOR MANAGER MANAGEMENT CONSULTING / Accenture
Travis is part of the Aerospace and Defense practice where he works with A & D clients typically on cloud transformation , engineering high performance compute , and cloud use case / business cases . Travis is seeing cloud transformations take off in the A & D vertical . He also works closely with space commercialization clients as he has written several thought leadership pieces around space legislation and supply chain in space .
ROEI GANZARSKI
CEO / magniX
Roei is also chairman of Eviation , the electric aircraft OEM . Prior to magniX , Roei was CEO of BoldIQ , which under his leadership grew from a seed software startup to a multimillion-dollar profitable SaaS company . Before BoldIQ , he was with Boeing where his last role was Chief Customer Office for Boeing ’ s Flight Services division .
JJ GERTLER
SENIOR SPECIALIST MILITARY AVIATION / Congressional Research Service – Washington D . C .
An award-winning writer , JJ is a veteran of defense policy analysis since 1984 . JJ became the military aviation analyst for the Congressional Research Service in 2009 . He writes and maintains reports on major military aviation programs ; briefs members and staff on all related policy , budget , and technical ; and testifies before Congressional committees .
DONALD GODFREY
SENIOR FELLOW , AEROSPACE AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSE ADDITIVE STRATEGY / SLM Solutions America
Donald is an author , speaker , inventor , and coach , as well as is a globally recognized authority on additive manufacturing . Donald spent 14 years at Honeywell Aerospace incorporating additive manufacturing technology . He has spent several years developing the global supply chain for additive . Before this endeavor , he was employed for 11 years at Rolls-Royce Aerospace .
PAULA HAY
VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS MODERNIZATION / Collins Aerospace
Paula is responsible for driving performance improvements through the use of advanced manufacturing technologies across Collins including additive , automation , robotics , and electronics . During her 25 years with Collins , Paula has held positions of increasing responsibility in engineering , program management , business development , and operations . Before joining UTC , Paula was a Captain in the U . S . Air Force .
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