#13 The Honorable James H. Burnley IV
The Honorable Jim Burnley, the former United States Secretary of Transportation, provides his perspective on the free market, on transportation issues overall, on aviation, and how advanced air mobility fits into the big picture of transportation and logistics.
#12 Jia Xu, Honeywell
Check out this insightful conversation with Jia Xu, the senior director of strategy for the unmanned aerial systems and urban air mobility at Honeywell Aerospace, where he leads strategy, business development, and M&A.
#11 Bobby Healy, Manna
In this episode, we interview @BobbyHealy, CEO and Founder @Manna. Bobby is a proven and remarkable entrepreneur and industry innovator. He has started and sold successful companies and is now pioneering service delivery with his start up, ‘Manna’ - a Drone Delivery as a Service business.
#10 Pasha Saleh, Alaska Airlines
Pasha Saleh, Head of Corporate Development at Alaska Airlines, is one of those industry leaders with a rare combination of experience in startups, large aerospace corporations, and management consulting – and on top of that he’s an airline pilot who still flies 737s at Alaska.
#9 Peter Cerda, IATA, Industry Harmonization
Peter Cerda – IATA’s Regional VP of the Americas, provides a global perspective on a range of topics, including his perspective on AAM.
#8 Chris Anderson, Kittyhawk
Chris Anderson, the COO and Chief Product Officer of Kittyhawk, discusses importance Kittyhawk is placing on autonomy and an affordable aircraft.
# 7 David Grizzle: A Bright Future
David Grizzle, former Chief Operating Officer of the FAA, has a refreshing perspective on how change in transportation will occur – and that “muddling through” is the likely way to a different world vs. waiting for perfection, which may never come.
#6 Brendan Groves from Skydio
Brendan Groves, from Skydio, discusses policy – and address why bold policy and policy goals are important.
Podcast #5: Brandon Suarez from General Atomics
Brandon Suarez from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems discusses autonomy, certification, technology, standards, integration of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace system and a lot more.
Podcast #4 Scott Drennan: engineering and manufacturing
Scott Drennan, an accomplished aerospace innovator and executive, discusses the DC-3 and Model T "moments" for advanced air mobility.
Podcast #3 Mike Whitaker from Supernal, a Hyundai company
Mike Whitaker, the former Deputy Administrator and Chief NextGen Officer of the FAA, and now a senior executive at Supernal, Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility subsidiary, discusses the transition from today’s air transportation system – with its remarkable safety record, to discussing what is required to transition to AAM.
Podcast #2 Jesse Kallman of XWing: use cases and building a business in AAM
Jesse Kallman of XWing, discusses the importance of understanding the customer problem and quantifying the value proposition, even for things that are difficult to quantify, like customer service or customer satisfaction.
Why we launched The Vertical Space (podcast)
Jesse Kallman of XWing, discusses the importance of understanding the customer problem and quantifying the value proposition, even for things that are difficult to quantify, like customer service or customer satisfaction.