Aerolane's mission is to ensure aviation's second century is clean, affordable and ubiquitous.
Aerolane Senior Leadership
A track record of success in aviation and logistics
Todd Graetz
Co-founder
BNSF Railway field operations & innovation team, Co-Founder BNSF Railway UAS Program & Advanced Train Operations group, FAA Pathfinder 3 (BVLOS), FAA/BNSF CRDA Program, FAA Drone Advisory Committee/ AAAC member, multiple FAA Advisory
and Rule-making committees, Board of Directors AUVSI,
Active private pilot.
Gur Kimchi
Co-founder
Ex. VP and Co-Founder of
Amazon Prime Air, Former FAA Drone Advisory Committee member, multiple FAA, NASA, SESAR, ICAO, IETF, ITU-T, ETSI and RTCA standards committees,
5 start-ups, 3 exits, 1 IPO,
5 M&As, 600 Patents.
Doron Appelboim
Co-founder
Chief UAS Test Pilot, Amazon Prime Air, Thin and Long arcs logistics specialist, Amazon Transportation, Israel Aerospace Industries, Co-author NATO STANAG (NATO UAV standards) Pilot: Israeli Air Force (Fighter, Cargo and UAS)
Pilot since 1979. Airline Captain, Check Airman/Chief pilot. ISR/CAS pilot for 12 years flying L-39 and C-310 for Coastal Defense JTAC training. Lifelong glider pilot. Test pilot for Gemini international and NAWEC. Aircraft design for Global ResQ. Warbird instructor. A&P mechanic, CFII, MEI, ATP with 5 type ratings.
Todd Graetz
Co-founder
BNSF Railway field operations & innovation team, Co-Founder BNSF Railway UAS Program & Advanced Train Operations group, FAA Pathfinder 3 (BVLOS), FAA/BNSF CRDA Program, FAA Drone Advisory Committee/ AAAC member, multiple FAA Advisory
and Rule-making committees, Board of Directors AUVSI,
Active private pilot.
Gur Kimchi
Co-founder
Ex. VP and Co-Founder of
Amazon Prime Air, Former FAA Drone Advisory Committee member, multiple FAA, NASA, SESAR, ICAO, IETF, ITU-T, ETSI and RTCA standards committees,
5 start-ups, 3 exits, 1 IPO,
5 M&As, 600 Patents.
Doron Appelboim
Co-founder
Chief UAS Test Pilot, Amazon Prime Air, Thin and Long arcs logistics specialist, Amazon Transportation, Israel Aerospace Industries, Co-author NATO STANAG (NATO UAV standards) Pilot: Israeli Air Force (Fighter, Cargo and UAS)
Pilot since 1979. Airline Captain, Check Airman/Chief pilot. ISR/CAS pilot for 12 years flying L-39 and C-310 for Coastal Defense JTAC training. Lifelong glider pilot. Test pilot for Gemini international and NAWEC. Aircraft design for Global ResQ. Warbird instructor. A&P mechanic, CFII, MEI, ATP with 5 type ratings.
Aerolane Advisory Board
Dean Wise
Dean provides strategic advisory
services to the transportation, logistics and infrastructure sector, particularly transformational technologies.
Previously, Mr. Wise was VP of
Network Strategy at BNSF Railway.
Lt. Col Jennifer “JJ” Snow
Former AFWERX CTO and SOFWERX CIO working emerging technology solutions across 43 critical requirement areas for DoD, Allied and Interagency Partners. Distinguished Graduate of the NPS Defense Analysis (SOF) and the NSA JOCCP internship.
Myron Wright
Leading expert in the aviation industry with a special interest in UAS and UAM. Founder and first president of UPS Flight Forward Inc., a UPS subsidiary focused
Arpit Mehta
Advisor, has over decade of experience in Autonomous & AI/ML technology within DoD and Commercial Sector. Ex-Amazon, Boeing, Northrop, USAF, General Atomics
Sara Jones
Formerly SVP at New Vista Capital focusing on Aerospace and Defense tech investments and partnerships, and previous Innovation Director of Digital and Emerging Aviation at Boeing HorizonX.
Marty Schlenker
Brings 25 years of railroad experience. Marty held AVP roles at BNSF from 2012 to 2021 in service planning and IT and led BNSF Service Design team. Marty now leads service design for Parallel Systems
Fred Lopez
President of AeroAgility Consulting Group Inc. and former President of UPS Flight Forward Inc. Specialization in Aviation, UAS, AAM, and Management.
Prescott Watson
Investor and entrepreneur focused on transportation & energy sectors. Co-founder of Port Power, leading fleet charging infrastructure technology startup. Operating partner at RedBlue Capital, invested in Aerolane, EVage Motors, and others.
Dean Wise
Dean provides strategic advisory
services to the transportation, logistics and infrastructure sector, particularly transformational technologies.
Previously, Mr. Wise was VP of
Network Strategy at BNSF Railway.
Lt. Col Jennifer “JJ” Snow
Former AFWERX CTO and SOFWERX CIO working emerging technology solutions across 43 critical requirement areas for DoD, Allied and Interagency Partners. Distinguished Graduate of the NPS Defense Analysis (SOF) and the NSA JOCCP internship.
Myron Wright
Leading expert in the aviation industry with a special interest in UAS and UAM. Founder and first president of UPS Flight Forward Inc., a UPS subsidiary focused
Arpit Mehta
Advisor, has over decade of experience in Autonomous & AI/ML technology within DoD and Commercial Sector. Ex-Amazon, Boeing, Northrop, USAF, General Atomics
Sara Jones
Formerly SVP at New Vista Capital focusing on Aerospace and Defense tech investments and partnerships, and previous Innovation Director of Digital and Emerging Aviation at Boeing HorizonX.
Marty Schlenker
Brings 25 years of railroad experience. Marty held AVP roles at BNSF from 2012 to 2021 in service planning and IT and led BNSF Service Design team. Marty now leads service design for Parallel Systems
Fred Lopez
President of AeroAgility Consulting Group Inc. and former President of UPS Flight Forward Inc. Specialization in Aviation, UAS, AAM, and Management.
Prescott Watson
Investor and entrepreneur focused on transportation & energy sectors. Co-founder of Port Power, leading fleet charging infrastructure technology startup. Operating partner at RedBlue Capital, invested in Aerolane, EVage Motors, and others.
Career
Join us in revolutionizing air cargo
Aerolane is building a dynamic, experienced team of aviation and logistics professionals to help us revolutionize air cargo. We welcome interested engineering, flight test, operations, certification, safety, logistics, program management, marketing, and sales professionals to reach out to us.
If you are interested in joining our collaborative, innovative and fast-growing team, you can view our current openings here.
