New Appointment Archives - eVTOL Insights

Wisk brings in wealth of aviation expertise with two new hires as Head of Autonomy and Head of Software

Jason Pritchard30 July 2021

Autonomous eVTOL aircraft developer Wisk has expanded its technical expertise by appointing Jonathan Lovegren and Sumita Tandon as Head of Autonomy and Head of Software respectively. Since 2010, the company has been successfully designing, develo...

Archer announces further additions to its leadership team, with new VPs of Program Management and Manufacturing

Jason Pritchard23 July 2021

Archer continues to expand its workforce and has announced two more appointments, with Bob Ellithorpe joining as Vice President of Program Management and Glen Burks as Vice President of Manufacturing. Ellithorpe will oversee the development and ...

US Air Force’s former assistant secretary Dr. Will Roper becomes Volansi’s new CEO

Jason Pritchard14 July 2021

Volansi has announced Dr. Will Roper as its new Chief Executive Officer, with co-founder Hannan Parvizian becoming the company's Chief Technology Officer and Product Architect. Dr. Roper joined Volansi's board of directors in March 2021 af...

Archer brings in additional expertise with hiring of Chief Flight Test Pilot and VP of Engineering

Jason Pritchard9 July 2021

Archer has made two key appointments as it continues to increase its workforce and push on with the certification roadmap of its eVTOL aircraft, which is set to be operational by 2024. The company hired 20 engineers from Aerion Supersonic last m...

Former FAA acting administrator and aviation veteran Dan Elwell joins Joby Aviation’s Advisory Board

Jason Pritchard24 March 2021

Joby Aviation has appointed Dan Elwell, the former deputy and acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to its Advisory Board. Elwell joins as the company begins to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners following its SPAC ...

XTI Aircraft appoints Sarita Jha as its new Chief Financial Officer

Jason Pritchard25 September 2020

XTI Aircraft Company has appointed financial advisor and business strategist Sarita Jha as its new Chief Financial Officer. She brings decades of experience in private equity, corporate finance (M&A and joint ventures), and business developme...

Dufour Aerospace appoints Thomas Seiler as lead engineer

Jason Pritchard2 September 2020

Dufour Aerospace has announced another senior appointment, with Thomas Seiler joining the company as a lead engineer. Seiler has more than two decades of industry experience, including electronics, telecommunications and high-power voltage system...

Wisk brings in additional experience with new Senior VP of Engineering

Jason Pritchard4 August 2020

Wisk has added more industry experience to the company with the appointment of Boeing NeXt's former Chief Engineer Eric Johnson, who joins as Senior Vice President of Engineering. As well as joining Wisk's Executive Leadership team, Johnson will ...

HyPoint makes key appointments as it accelerates development of hydrogen fuel cell technology

Jason Pritchard20 July 2020

HyPoint has appointed three key executives to help drive the company's technology development and go-to-market strategy, as it aims to bring hydrogen fuel cell systems to the urban air mobility market. Joining the team are Dr. Brian Benicewicz as...

Arnaud Coville becomes Volocopter’s new Chief Technical Officer

Jason Pritchard16 July 2020

Dr. Arnaud Coville is Volocopter's new Chief Technical Officer, following Jan-Hendrik Boelens' decision to leave the company. With nearly three decades' experience in the aviation industry, Coville is an engineer with a PhD in automatic control ...

Vertical Aerospace brings in aerospace expert to help realise electric flight vision

Jason Pritchard14 July 2020

Vertical Aerospace has appointed Eric Samson as its Head of Engineering, to help the company move towards its vision of electric flight for everyone. Samson was formerly Vice President of Engineering and Head of the Design Organisation at Jet Av...

Aviation expert joins Dufour Aerospace as lead engineer

Jason Pritchard8 July 2020

Dufour Aerospace has appointed Simon Bendrey as a Lead Engineer, bringing significant industry knowledge to the Swiss VTOL start-up's Project aEro. Joining the business from Aeromobil, where he was its Chief Engineer, Simon has more than two dec...