Presented By: Aerospace Engineering
AE200 Seminar Series, Expanding Your Flight Envelope: Careers in the Aerospace Industry
Ben Marchionna
Director of Technology & Innovation
Electra.aero
Aerospace engineers have the world as their oyster. From hopping around between small startups to lifelong stints at giant companies, Ben will help you see “the art of the possible” in expanding your own career flight envelope. He’ll cover the entire spectrum, their similarities, and differences, and how to figure out which is best for you. Ben will share a number of strategies to help you with personal career development, landing your dream job, charting a path for your future, and figuring out how to navigate internal politics, career ladders, and career path forks in the road – to name just a few. The goal will be to give you some tools that help you figure out both where you want to be, but also how to get there.
About the speaker...
Ben is currently the Director of Technology & Innovation at Electra.aero, a seed-stage startup focused on hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for urban and regional markets.
Most recently, Ben was the Vice President of Global Operations at SkySpecs, a venture-backed startup company developing and fielding at-scale autonomous robotics technologies for the clean energy industry. While there, he built an international team of 150+ professionals to execute SkySpecs’ global scaling to nearly 100,000 autonomous drone flights in 26 countries.
Prior to SkySpecs, Ben was a graduate of the Engineering Leadership Development Program at the famous Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, where he worked on a variety of revolutionary autonomous aircraft projects from conceptual design through flight test.
He earned a BSE in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MS in Product Development Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Outside of work, Ben serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the University of Michigan's Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force for the State of Michigan. Ben has previously served on the Board of Directors of AIAA and as Vice President of the nonprofit Los Angeles County Air Show, Inc.
Director of Technology & Innovation
Electra.aero
Aerospace engineers have the world as their oyster. From hopping around between small startups to lifelong stints at giant companies, Ben will help you see “the art of the possible” in expanding your own career flight envelope. He’ll cover the entire spectrum, their similarities, and differences, and how to figure out which is best for you. Ben will share a number of strategies to help you with personal career development, landing your dream job, charting a path for your future, and figuring out how to navigate internal politics, career ladders, and career path forks in the road – to name just a few. The goal will be to give you some tools that help you figure out both where you want to be, but also how to get there.
About the speaker...
Ben is currently the Director of Technology & Innovation at Electra.aero, a seed-stage startup focused on hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for urban and regional markets.
Most recently, Ben was the Vice President of Global Operations at SkySpecs, a venture-backed startup company developing and fielding at-scale autonomous robotics technologies for the clean energy industry. While there, he built an international team of 150+ professionals to execute SkySpecs’ global scaling to nearly 100,000 autonomous drone flights in 26 countries.
Prior to SkySpecs, Ben was a graduate of the Engineering Leadership Development Program at the famous Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, where he worked on a variety of revolutionary autonomous aircraft projects from conceptual design through flight test.
He earned a BSE in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MS in Product Development Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Outside of work, Ben serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the University of Michigan's Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force for the State of Michigan. Ben has previously served on the Board of Directors of AIAA and as Vice President of the nonprofit Los Angeles County Air Show, Inc.
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