Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer of Nexteon Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Doll is a renowned entrepreneur, private investor, and senior executive in the finance and technology industries. Since 2003, he has served as Managing Director of Longstreet Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture seed fund and technology startup incubator. He is also a limited partner in multiple funds operated by DCM, a multi-billion-dollar global stage-agnostic investment firm, and Ten Eleven Ventures, a $1B cybersecurity firm backed by KKR.
Mr. Doll has decades of experience in institutional fundraising, M&A, and taking companies public. From 2020 until 2022, he was founder and Co-CEO of ROMAN DBDR, a publicly-traded $230M SPAC. During his tenure, the company successfully launched Compo Secure, a leading FinTech company specializing in payment cards and digital assets storage. Mr. Doll also founded and served as CEO of DBM Cloud Systems in 2016, a pioneer in data replication and management software. Prior to DBM, he was COO and Director of Violin Memory, a memory storage company, and an angel investor in data security company FireEye, which went public in 2013. Mr. Doll has served as a senior executive in sales and business development roles in numerous software technology companies, including Fusion-io, Recourse Technologies, and New Era of Networks. He began his career in technology at Oracle in 1994, where he won numerous sales awards and helped expand the company’s US Business Alliances program.
Mr. Doll is a graduate of Georgetown University and received an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School.
Dr. Wittels is an experienced strategic thinker specializing in technology-driven businesses. She has served as a board director and consultant, and has experience in business plan execution and development, innovation, new business initiatives, acquisitions, partnership and license agreement negotiations and executive management. Jill has worked with early-stage startups as well as established companies seeking transformative growth. Over the course of her career, Jill has built a knowledge base across a myriad of areas including strategic growth initiatives, negotiations, business plan development, business strategy, technology trends, big data, cyber issues, M&A, finance, diversity/demographics, social media, sustainability and globalization.
For nearly 11 years through July 2011, Dr. Wittels was Corporate VP Business & Technology Strategy at L-3 Communications. Her portfolio included corporate and business unit strategy development, business case development for innovative strategic thrusts, and assessment of technologies and influence management. Prior to L-3, Jill held management positions including Business Unit President, Business Unit GM, Vice President of Night Vision Products, Vice President of Engineering and Director of Programs. Jill earned her SB and PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Kaimowitz has 25 years of experience being strategically involved at the intersection of Wall St. and the commercial aerospace industry. Rob's Wall Street career gained traction as the #1 ranked analyst in Commercial Space & Satellite Communications. He participated in research, strategic development and institutional capital raises for the world’s leading Commercial Satellite & Space companies including: DirecTV, DISH Network, EchoStar Communications, Eutelsat, Globalstar, Hughes Electronics/Hughes Networks, Globecomm Systems, ICO Global, Inmarsat, Loral Space, Orion Network Systems, SS/L, SES, Sirius & XM, SpaceHab, ViaSat - plus many others.
Mr. Mortenson is a seasoned investment professional with experience across multiple asset classes. Since its founding 10 years ago, Mr. Mortenson has overseen Long Lake, a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm that focuses on designing and managing investment portfolios for individuals and institutional investors. Long Lake invests in publicly traded equity and debt securities, with an emphasis on small-to-medium-sized growth companies. Additionally, Long Lake maintains privately held venture and growth stage investments across a variety of industries.
Prior to Long Lake, Mr. Mortenson served as portfolio manager and equity analyst, focusing on the Aerospace and Defense sector, at a $4B asset management firm with offices in Birmingham, MI and New York City.
Mr. Mortenson is a graduate of Albion College and received an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Mr. Stallard is an accomplished executive in the logistics industry. Since joining Argus Logistics in 2007, he has been instrumental in steering the company to new heights through his visionary leadership and innovative strategies. Parker quickly distinguished himself by spearheading the expansion of Argus’s global operations - notably enhancing the company's presence in Mexico and Europe. His success solidified his reputation as a strategic leader, especially in aligning the company’s IT vision with its overarching goals.
Mr. Stallard, alongside business partner Jeff Lau, acquired Argus Logistics in 2016. Under their leadership, the company has grown by an impressive 600%. Argus’ growth to a multi-billion-dollar portfolio is attributed to management’s IT innovation, culture and putting data into action - and has led to the company being recognized as a leader in the transportation and logistics industry. In addition to his work at Argus, Parker has also led several logistics-based technology start-ups that have proven valuable as an enhancement to visibility and optimization for goods in transit.
Mr. Stallard received his B.A. from the University of South Carolina.
Mr. Brinton is the President, CEO and Senior Principal Analyst at Mosaic ATM. Chris has over 30 years of experience in the research and development of advanced concepts and automation for Air Traffic Management. During his career, Chris has led analysis, concept development, software development, and field trials that have advanced the state of knowledge about the National Airspace System.
Mr. Brinton led Mosaic ATM’s work and operation field evaluations of Surface Traffic Management (STM) capabilities, including the Collaborative Departure Queue Management (CDQM) and Collaborative Departure Scheduling (CDS) concepts. He also led Mosaic ATM’s research of integrated arrival, departure and surface concepts, including the research, design, development, and analysis of algorithms for event prediction, taxi routing and taxi conformance, airport configuration management, and runway assignment. Significant contributions have been made through this project in the state of the art of Surface Traffic Management.
Mr. Brinton has led numerous FAA and NASA research studies related to airport surface traffic, air traffic complexity, Traffic Flow Management, Dynamic Airspace, measuring ATM concept benefits, and Collaborative Decision Making concepts. He has conducted research on Virtual ATC Towers, and computer vision and speech recognition applications to Unmanned Aircraft System operations in the NAS. Chris also led the development of the Surface Operations Data Analysis and Adaptation tool. Chris frequently authors technical papers and participates in industry workgroups.
Mr. Brinton received a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Chris is an instrument-rated and commercially licensed pilot.
Mr. Chulik runs a family office which invests in public, private, and startup companies. Previously, Steve was co-founder of Redstone Investors, LLC, a long-short small and mid-capitalization focused domestic growth hedge fund. Redstone was founded in 2002 and peaked at $850M in assets.
Prior to Redstone, Mr. Chulik was a Portfolio Manager of Morgan Stanley’s Small and Mid-Cap Growth team which managed $8 Billion. Steve's focus was on Technology, Healthcare, Industrials and Energy.
Before receiving an MBA from The Wharton School in 1997, Mr. Chulik was a Mechanical Engineer assisting in satellite design for Lockheed Martin. Steve received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences with Honors with Distinction.
Head of the Aerospace and Defense M&A Advisory Practice at Perella Weinberg Partners
Founder of Redstone Management and Former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Asset Management
Former Senior Vice President - Government Affairs, Delta Airlines
Founder of Meedance and Faculty at Harvard Negotiation Institute
Mr. Doll currently is an independent advisor and private investor. For more than 40 years, he has influenced and guided entrepreneurs, investors and executives in the computer, communications, and internet industries. In the mid 1980s, Dixon cofounded the VC industry's first fund focused on telecom while at Accel Partners. Following his tenure at Accel, Dixon founded DCM, formerly (Doll Capital Management), where he built a top global VC firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing and Tokyo. DCM is widely regarded as the first Silicon Valley venture firm to successfully invest in China, Japan and the US. His diverse experience also includes strategy consulting, teaching, authoring two books, regular Bloomberg Television appearances, economic policy leadership, serving on public boards like DirecTV, non-profit fundraising, TED Talks and innovative philanthropic accomplishments.
In 2021, Mr. Doll received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Venture Capital from the U.S. National Venture Capital Association. He was named to the Forbes Midas List for four consecutive years and received the 2013 Special Achievement Award in VC from the International Business Forum. Dixon was elected to the Board of the National Venture Capital Association in 2005 serving on the Executive Committee and as Chairman in 2008/9. Under Dixon’s leadership, the NVCA developed a widely embraced set of recommendations (NVCA 4-Pillar Plan) to stimulate liquidity in the U.S. venture capital industry. This plan resulted in bipartisan Congressional support for new job creation legislation and simplification of the IPO process for young emerging companies. Known as the JOBS Act, President Obama signed it into law in 2012.
Dixon received his B.S. degree (cum laude) from Kansas State University plus M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from the University of Michigan, where he was a National Science Foundation scholar.
Mr. Friedman is a Senior Advisor and former Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, a firm he joined in 2006. Prior to his current role in the Aerospace/Space/Defense Advisory business, he led business development for its Asset Management division and ran an Aerospace, Defense and Security long/short fund. He is active in venture capital, with a focus on global New Space and other high technology companies. He is currently, or has previously served, as a Board member, Advisory Director and Founder of several New Space Companies, both in the US and in Israel.
Mr. Friedman was previously a Senior Consultant at Accenture. He began his Wall Street career and spent more than a decade as a sell-side Aerospace and Defense Electronics analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Morgan Stanley (ultimately achieving #1 Institutional Investor status in both categories). He subsequently ran the 200-person North American Equity Research department at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Friedman then became a buy-side investor and was head of the New York Active Equity business at Morgan Stanley (where he was a member of the $400 billion Risk Management Committee of MSAM). He later became a Senior Portfolio Manager and CIO at John Levin and Company. Phil is also a retired Partner at Permanens Capital, an outsourced CIO and multi-family office asset management firm.
Mr. Friedman received a BA from Rutgers University in 1978 where he was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude. He received his Masters of Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with highest honors. Phil passed his CPA exam in New York.
Ms. Armstrong is a veteran equity investor with over 30 years of professional investment management experience. Arden has built successful portfolios for a wide range of clients in institutional separate account management, mutual funds, and hedge funds. As a private investor, Arden has also invested in a wide range of private companies.
Ms. Armstrong spent 16 years at Miller Anderson & Sherrerd and Morgan Stanley (which acquired Miller Anderson in 1996). There, as a US equity portfolio manager and Managing Director, she headed the Small and Mid-Cap Growth Investment team, which managed institutional separate accounts and mutual funds totaling over $6 billion.
Subsequent to leaving Morgan Stanley in early 2002, Ms. Armstrong co-founded Redstone Investment Management, LP, a long short equity hedge fund that raised over $800 million dollars in small and mid-cap growth assets. At Redstone, she had portfolio management responsibility for selecting long and short investments in the Consumer, Healthcare, Technology, and Telecom sectors. As Managing Partner, Arden acquired deep knowledge of the investment management business along with a broad range of business management experience.
Ms. Armstrong graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1982 with a BA in Economics. She first joined American Management Systems, then Evans Economics as a research analyst. In 1986 she received her MBA from The Wharton School. Arden is a holder of the CFA designation.
Andrea Fischer Newman served as Senior Vice President – Government Affairs for Delta Air Lines from 2008 -2017, including responsibility for International, Regulatory, Federal, State, and Local government affairs. From 2001-2008, she was Senior Vice President – Government Affairs for Northwest Airlines and oversaw the regulatory approvals required for the Delta-Northwest merger in 2008. Ms. Newman joined Northwest in 1995, also serving as Vice President for State & Local Government Affairs and as Managing Director – Law and Government. Prior to her airline career, she was a Senior Counsel and Senior Partner at Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone from 1988 to 1994. She currently serves on the Boards of three private equity backed companies.
Ms. Newman's public service includes serving in President Ronald Reagan’s Administration as Special Counsel to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Logistics and Deputy Assistant to Vice President George H.W. Bush. She has been appointed to the Department of Education’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the National Board for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. She is a member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel first appointed by President George W. Bush and reappointed by President Trump. Ms. Newman was an elected member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1995 thru 2018. She has been a Vice President of the Detroit Economic Club, a Director of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. She also served as a board member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), and as a member of the Michigan Strategic Fund from 1987- 1990.
Michael Huerta served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from 2013 to 2018. He joined the agency in 2010 as Deputy Administrator. He currently provides strategic consulting services in the aerospace, aviation and transportation sectors. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines, Inc.
During his FAA tenure, Michael redefined the FAA's regulatory relationship with the aviation industry to achieve greater levels of safety through increased collaboration and widespread sharing of data. He led the agency's efforts to modernize the nation's air traffic control system while preparing the way for the safe integration of commercial space operations and small unmanned aircraft systems. He is also well known for eliminating the decades-old ban on the use of portable electronic devices aboard airplanes during takeoff and landing, making it possible to use many devices from gate to gate.
Prior to joining the FAA, Mr. Huerta served in executive positions at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Port of San Francisco and the New York City Department of Ports, International Trade and Commerce.
Mr.Huerta holds a BA from the University of California, Riverside and an MPA from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
Mr. Davidson is founder and Managing Partner of Near Earth LLC, an investment bank focused on the space industry and providing M&A, strategic and financial advisory services and equity private placements. Formerly, Hoyt was a Managing Director at CSFB and DLJ where he co-founded Wall Street’s first dedicated coverage group for the commercial satellite industry. While there, he participated in financings totaling over $15 billion.
Mr. Davidson serves on the Board of XO Markets Holdings, the parent of NanoRacks, and on the Advisory Board of Lynk Global. In addition, he is on the Board of the Space Foundation and its Finance Committee and the Board of the National Space Society and its Policy and Investment Committees. Before his Wall Street career, Hoyt was a Senior Research Engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. He received his B.S. in Physics from MIT and won the Henry B. duPont III Scholarship for academic excellence while earning an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School.
Mr. Dinnar is a consultant, board advisor and mediator with more than 25 years of international experience as an entrepreneur, executive, board member and venture capital investor. He is an instructor at Harvard’s Program on Negotiation and a lecturer at the MIT Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership.
Mr. Dinnar is founder and president of Meedance, and builds on decades of general management, strategic growth and operations team leadership in hi-tech and aerospace, including two start-ups that revolutionized their industry while dealing across various continents and cultures. Samuel was involved in the early days of composite materials for aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, commercial integrated flight decks and general aviation datalink systems.
Mr. Dinnar’s academic education includes technical degrees in both aerospace engineering and computer sciences, and a PMD from the Harvard Business School. He is also an FAA-certified flight instructor and rated jet pilot. Samuel is the co-author of the 2019 award-winning book “Entrepreneurial Negotiation: Understanding and Managing the Relationships that Determine Your Entrepreneurial Success” (Palgrave Macmillan).
Mr. O’Connell is Founder and CEO of Space Economy Rising, LLC., a firm that supports the economic growth of the space industry. His career spans more than 35 years of experience in government, research organizations and industry, including over 25 years of work on space commercialization. From 2018 to 2020, he served as a space industry advocate within the Executive Branch as Director of the Office of Space Commerce. Previously, Mr. O’Connell was Chair of NOAA’s federal advisory committee on remote sensing and served as senior consultant to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as well as an independent advisor to the Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. He is also an expert on national security and intelligence matters, with previous positions in the Department of Defense, Department of State, National Security Council and the Office of the Vice President.
Mr. Schwartz has extensive experience utilizing a global network to secure early-stage funding for technology startups and building technology teams capable of developing and commercializing new products. He served as ThermoLift’s CEO from its 2012 founding to 2019, helping the company secure over $50M in Angel, Series A and Series B financings - in addition to grants from the US Department of Energy, the New York State Energy and Research and Development Authority and the Wells Fargo IN2 Incubator program through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Mr. Schwartz serves as the Director of Strategy for CEBIP, the Clean Energy Business Incubator at Stony Brook University.
Mr. Schwartz is a member of the board of directors of ThermoLift and led an international effort focused on the company’s commercialization, utility collaboration, and strategic partnerships through June of 2022. He has previously worked with early-stage tech firms including Advanced Propulsion Technologies and EcoMotors, where he helped land investments from Bill Gates and Vinod Khosla. During his career, Mr. Schwartz has spent over 20 years on Wall Street working on early-stage IPO’s and private placement investment banking activities.
Mr. Wolford has over thirty years of experience in airline flight operations as a flight dispatcher, instructor, air traffic coordinator, and operations specialist. Don has continuous service for over a decade as an SME and consultant for various FAA and industry sponsored initiatives. Mr. Wolford continues to collaborate with major organizations including flight operators, government agencies, manufacturers of cockpit and dispatch automation, and research organizations. He participated in the FAA/ATO video announcing CTOP.
From April 2016-Present, Mr. Wolford has been the Principal Aerospace Consultant of Don Wolford Consulting LLC. From 1990 through 2016, Don served at United Airlines’ as Chief ATC Coordinator, Flight Dispatch Instructor, and CDM Representative.
Captain Osborne is a senior airlines operations executive with 34 years of airline experience at one of the world’s largest carriers. He is an expert at optimizing complex airline networks across multiple fleets and entities, responding to airline crisis events, and achieving industry-best flight planning fuel performance. During his thirteen years as a Managing Director in Flight Operations, System Operations Control and Operation Integration, Jeff has led teams of up to 13 direct reports and 4,000 indirect reports. He also has been responsible for establishing protocols for operational decision making among his carrier's alliance partners.
Captain Osborne has substantial flight experience, including roles as Fleet Captain and Fleet Training Manager for B737s and F100s. Prior to that, he was a Check Airman and Line Pilot for multiple types of aircraft. Captain Osborne also served in the USAF Reserve as a C-141B Aircraft Commander.
Dr. Erzberger is the internationally-recognized father of air traffic control research. His work at the NASA Ames Research Center spanned half a century and laid the foundation for a wide range of air traffic control advancements, some of which today we take for granted, as well as others which are in the research stage. Among his many honors, Heinz is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Erzberger conceived, designed, and oversaw the implementation of the Center-TRACON Automation System (CTAS), consisting of both en route and terminal area components. CTAS was foundational for a wide range of air traffic control enhancements. For instance, the the FAA Time-Based Flow Management (TBFM) system, now implemented across the National Airspace System, is an outgrowth of CTAS. CTAS also laid the ground work for the Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR) system, and advanced dynamic routing in general.
Mr. Sandford is the Chief Technology Officer of Psionic and focused on adapting next-generation lidar for commercial and government use, such as machine and vehicle perception, non-GPS navigation and other markets. Prior to his current position, Mr. Sandford was Director for Space Technology and Exploration at NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. There he led teams of engineers, researchers and mission architects focused on the toughest human exploration challenges, and was responsible for the Center's program implementation of space and technology programs.
Mr. Sandford’s 28-year career in aerospace with NASA spanned electro-optical engineering and research, systems engineering, line and project management and senior leadership positions at Langley Research Center, with long-term assignments at Johnson Space Center and in Washington. He has contributed to the development of space-based electro-optical remote sensing systems and flight test vehicles enabling Earth Science research, novel space technologies, and planetary and human exploration. As Langley’s Engineering Director he led the organizations’ engineering work on many successful flight projects like Shuttle return-to-flight, experimental vehicles for next generation human spaceflight - including the successful flight tests of inflatable reentry systems, the Ares 1-X vehicle and the Pad Abort test for the Orion Launch Abort System and Earth Science satellite instrumentation.
Mr. Sandford received his B.S. in Physics from Randolph Macon, M.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Virginia and his M.S. in Optical Science from the University of Arizona.
Mr. Briskman co-founded Sirius XM Radio as Satellite CD Radio Inc. in 1991. During his career with Sirius, he served as the company’s Technical Executive, Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President, Engineering, where he was responsible for the development, implementation and operation of Sirius’s broadcast distribution system. He also supervised the launch of three Sirius satellites and designed their operational orbital constellation. Previously, Mr. Briskman directed the implementation of satellite telecommunications systems at COMSAT and NASA for more than three decades. He is the recipient of multiple space industry awards and has been inducted into the Halls of Fame of the Space Foundation, the Consumer Electronics Association, the International Astronautical Federation, the University of Maryland Innovation and the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI).
Mr. Doll is a renowned entrepreneur, private investor, and senior executive in the finance and technology industries. Since 2003, he has served as Managing Director of Longstreet Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture seed fund and technology startup incubator. He is also a limited partner in multiple funds operated by DCM, a multi-billion-dollar global stage-agnostic investment firm, and Ten Eleven Ventures, a $1B cybersecurity firm backed by KKR.
Mr. Doll has decades of experience in institutional fundraising, M&A, and taking companies public. From 2020 until 2022, he was founder and Co-CEO of ROMAN DBDR, a publicly-traded $230M SPAC. During his tenure, the company successfully launched Compo Secure, a leading FinTech company specializing in payment cards and digital assets storage. Mr. Doll also founded and served as CEO of DBM Cloud Systems in 2016, a pioneer in data replication and management software. Prior to DBM, he was COO and Director of Violin Memory, a memory storage company, and an angel investor in data security company FireEye, which went public in 2013. Mr. Doll has served as a senior executive in sales and business development roles in numerous software technology companies, including Fusion-io, Recourse Technologies, and New Era of Networks. He began his career in technology at Oracle in 1994, where he won numerous sales awards and helped expand the company’s US Business Alliances program.
Mr. Doll is a graduate of Georgetown University and received an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School.
Dr. Wittels is an experienced strategic thinker specializing in technology-driven businesses. She has served as a board director and consultant, and has experience in business plan execution and development, innovation, new business initiatives, acquisitions, partnership and license agreement negotiations and executive management. Jill has worked with early-stage startups as well as established companies seeking transformative growth. Over the course of her career, Jill has built a knowledge base across a myriad of areas including strategic growth initiatives, negotiations, business plan development, business strategy, technology trends, big data, cyber issues, M&A, finance, diversity/demographics, social media, sustainability and globalization.
For nearly 11 years through July 2011, Dr. Wittels was Corporate VP Business & Technology Strategy at L-3 Communications. Her portfolio included corporate and business unit strategy development, business case development for innovative strategic thrusts, and assessment of technologies and influence management. Prior to L-3, Jill held management positions including Business Unit President, Business Unit GM, Vice President of Night Vision Products, Vice President of Engineering and Director of Programs. Jill earned her SB and PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Kaimowitz has 25 years of experience being strategically involved at the intersection of Wall St. and the commercial aerospace industry. Rob's Wall Street career gained traction as the #1 ranked analyst in Commercial Space & Satellite Communications. He participated in research, strategic development and institutional capital raises for the world’s leading Commercial Satellite & Space companies including: DirecTV, DISH Network, EchoStar Communications, Eutelsat, Globalstar, Hughes Electronics/Hughes Networks, Globecomm Systems, ICO Global, Inmarsat, Loral Space, Orion Network Systems, SS/L, SES, Sirius & XM, SpaceHab, ViaSat - plus many others.
Mr. Mortenson is a seasoned investment professional with experience across multiple asset classes. Since its founding 10 years ago, Mr. Mortenson has overseen Long Lake, a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm that focuses on designing and managing investment portfolios for individuals and institutional investors. Long Lake invests in publicly traded equity and debt securities, with an emphasis on small-to-medium-sized growth companies. Additionally, Long Lake maintains privately held venture and growth stage investments across a variety of industries.
Prior to Long Lake, Mr. Mortenson served as portfolio manager and equity analyst, focusing on the Aerospace and Defense sector, at a $4B asset management firm with offices in Birmingham, MI and New York City.
Mr. Mortenson is a graduate of Albion College and received an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Mr. Stallard is an accomplished executive in the logistics industry. Since joining Argus Logistics in 2007, he has been instrumental in steering the company to new heights through his visionary leadership and innovative strategies. Parker quickly distinguished himself by spearheading the expansion of Argus’s global operations - notably enhancing the company's presence in Mexico and Europe. His success solidified his reputation as a strategic leader, especially in aligning the company’s IT vision with its overarching goals.
Mr. Stallard, alongside business partner Jeff Lau, acquired Argus Logistics in 2016. Under their leadership, the company has grown by an impressive 600%. Argus’ growth to a multi-billion-dollar portfolio is attributed to management’s IT innovation, culture and putting data into action - and has led to the company being recognized as a leader in the transportation and logistics industry. In addition to his work at Argus, Parker has also led several logistics-based technology start-ups that have proven valuable as an enhancement to visibility and optimization for goods in transit.
Mr. Stallard received his B.A. from the University of South Carolina.
Mr. Chulik runs a family office which invests in public, private, and startup companies. Previously, Steve was co-founder of Redstone Investors, LLC, a long-short small and mid-capitalization focused domestic growth hedge fund. Redstone was founded in 2002 and peaked at $850M in assets.
Prior to Redstone, Mr. Chulik was a Portfolio Manager of Morgan Stanley’s Small and Mid-Cap Growth team which managed $8 Billion. Steve's focus was on Technology, Healthcare, Industrials and Energy.
Before receiving an MBA from The Wharton School in 1997, Mr. Chulik was a Mechanical Engineer assisting in satellite design for Lockheed Martin. Steve received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences with Honors with Distinction.
Mr. Brinton is the President, CEO and Senior Principal Analyst at Mosaic ATM. Chris has over 30 years of experience in the research and development of advanced concepts and automation for Air Traffic Management. During his career, Chris has led analysis, concept development, software development, and field trials that have advanced the state of knowledge about the National Airspace System.
Mr. Brinton led Mosaic ATM’s work and operation field evaluations of Surface Traffic Management (STM) capabilities, including the Collaborative Departure Queue Management (CDQM) and Collaborative Departure Scheduling (CDS) concepts. He also led Mosaic ATM’s research of integrated arrival, departure and surface concepts, including the research, design, development, and analysis of algorithms for event prediction, taxi routing and taxi conformance, airport configuration management, and runway assignment. Significant contributions have been made through this project in the state of the art of Surface Traffic Management.
Mr. Brinton has led numerous FAA and NASA research studies related to airport surface traffic, air traffic complexity, Traffic Flow Management, Dynamic Airspace, measuring ATM concept benefits, and Collaborative Decision Making concepts. He has conducted research on Virtual ATC Towers, and computer vision and speech recognition applications to Unmanned Aircraft System operations in the NAS. Chris also led the development of the Surface Operations Data Analysis and Adaptation tool. Chris frequently authors technical papers and participates in industry workgroups.
Mr. Brinton received a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Chris is an instrument-rated and commercially licensed pilot.
Michael Huerta served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from 2013 to 2018. He joined the agency in 2010 as Deputy Administrator. He currently provides strategic consulting services in the aerospace, aviation and transportation sectors. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines, Inc.
During his FAA tenure, Michael redefined the FAA's regulatory relationship with the aviation industry to achieve greater levels of safety through increased collaboration and widespread sharing of data. He led the agency's efforts to modernize the nation's air traffic control system while preparing the way for the safe integration of commercial space operations and small unmanned aircraft systems. He is also well known for eliminating the decades-old ban on the use of portable electronic devices aboard airplanes during takeoff and landing, making it possible to use many devices from gate to gate.
Prior to joining the FAA, Mr. Huerta served in executive positions at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Port of San Francisco and the New York City Department of Ports, International Trade and Commerce.
Mr.Huerta holds a BA from the University of California, Riverside and an MPA from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
Andrea Fischer Newman served as Senior Vice President – Government Affairs for Delta Air Lines from 2008 -2017, including responsibility for International, Regulatory, Federal, State, and Local government affairs. From 2001-2008, she was Senior Vice President – Government Affairs for Northwest Airlines and oversaw the regulatory approvals required for the Delta-Northwest merger in 2008. Ms. Newman joined Northwest in 1995, also serving as Vice President for State & Local Government Affairs and as Managing Director – Law and Government. Prior to her airline career, she was a Senior Counsel and Senior Partner at Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone from 1988 to 1994. She currently serves on the Boards of three private equity backed companies.
Ms. Newman's public service includes serving in President Ronald Reagan’s Administration as Special Counsel to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Logistics and Deputy Assistant to Vice President George H.W. Bush. She has been appointed to the Department of Education’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the National Board for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. She is a member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel first appointed by President George W. Bush and reappointed by President Trump. Ms. Newman was an elected member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1995 thru 2018. She has been a Vice President of the Detroit Economic Club, a Director of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. She also served as a board member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), and as a member of the Michigan Strategic Fund from 1987- 1990.
Ms. Armstrong is a veteran equity investor with over 30 years of professional investment management experience. Arden has built successful portfolios for a wide range of clients in institutional separate account management, mutual funds, and hedge funds. As a private investor, Arden has also invested in a wide range of private companies.
Ms. Armstrong spent 16 years at Miller Anderson & Sherrerd and Morgan Stanley (which acquired Miller Anderson in 1996). There, as a US equity portfolio manager and Managing Director, she headed the Small and Mid-Cap Growth Investment team, which managed institutional separate accounts and mutual funds totaling over $6 billion.
Subsequent to leaving Morgan Stanley in early 2002, Ms. Armstrong co-founded Redstone Investment Management, LP, a long short equity hedge fund that raised over $800 million dollars in small and mid-cap growth assets. At Redstone, she had portfolio management responsibility for selecting long and short investments in the Consumer, Healthcare, Technology, and Telecom sectors. As Managing Partner, Arden acquired deep knowledge of the investment management business along with a broad range of business management experience.
Ms. Armstrong graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1982 with a BA in Economics. She first joined American Management Systems, then Evans Economics as a research analyst. In 1986 she received her MBA from The Wharton School. Arden is a holder of the CFA designation.
Mr. Friedman is a Senior Advisor and former Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, a firm he joined in 2006. Prior to his current role in the Aerospace/Space/Defense Advisory business, he led business development for its Asset Management division and ran an Aerospace, Defense and Security long/short fund. He is active in venture capital, with a focus on global New Space and other high technology companies. He is currently, or has previously served, as a Board member, Advisory Director and Founder of several New Space Companies, both in the US and in Israel.
Mr. Friedman was previously a Senior Consultant at Accenture. He began his Wall Street career and spent more than a decade as a sell-side Aerospace and Defense Electronics analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Morgan Stanley (ultimately achieving #1 Institutional Investor status in both categories). He subsequently ran the 200-person North American Equity Research department at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Friedman then became a buy-side investor and was head of the New York Active Equity business at Morgan Stanley (where he was a member of the $400 billion Risk Management Committee of MSAM). He later became a Senior Portfolio Manager and CIO at John Levin and Company. Phil is also a retired Partner at Permanens Capital, an outsourced CIO and multi-family office asset management firm.
Mr. Friedman received a BA from Rutgers University in 1978 where he was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude. He received his Masters of Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with highest honors. Phil passed his CPA exam in New York.
Mr. Doll currently is an independent advisor and private investor. For more than 40 years, he has influenced and guided entrepreneurs, investors and executives in the computer, communications, and internet industries. In the mid 1980s, Dixon cofounded the VC industry's first fund focused on telecom while at Accel Partners. Following his tenure at Accel, Dixon founded DCM, formerly (Doll Capital Management), where he built a top global VC firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing and Tokyo. DCM is widely regarded as the first Silicon Valley venture firm to successfully invest in China, Japan and the US. His diverse experience also includes strategy consulting, teaching, authoring two books, regular Bloomberg Television appearances, economic policy leadership, serving on public boards like DirecTV, non-profit fundraising, TED Talks and innovative philanthropic accomplishments.
In 2021, Mr. Doll received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Venture Capital from the U.S. National Venture Capital Association. He was named to the Forbes Midas List for four consecutive years and received the 2013 Special Achievement Award in VC from the International Business Forum. Dixon was elected to the Board of the National Venture Capital Association in 2005 serving on the Executive Committee and as Chairman in 2008/9. Under Dixon’s leadership, the NVCA developed a widely embraced set of recommendations (NVCA 4-Pillar Plan) to stimulate liquidity in the U.S. venture capital industry. This plan resulted in bipartisan Congressional support for new job creation legislation and simplification of the IPO process for young emerging companies. Known as the JOBS Act, President Obama signed it into law in 2012.
Dixon received his B.S. degree (cum laude) from Kansas State University plus M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from the University of Michigan, where he was a National Science Foundation scholar.
Mr. Wolford has over thirty years of experience in airline flight operations as a flight dispatcher, instructor, air traffic coordinator, and operations specialist. Don has continuous service for over a decade as an SME and consultant for various FAA and industry sponsored initiatives. Mr. Wolford continues to collaborate with major organizations including flight operators, government agencies, manufacturers of cockpit and dispatch automation, and research organizations. He participated in the FAA/ATO video announcing CTOP.
From April 2016-Present, Mr. Wolford has been the Principal Aerospace Consultant of Don Wolford Consulting LLC. From 1990 through 2016, Don served at United Airlines’ as Chief ATC Coordinator, Flight Dispatch Instructor, and CDM Representative.
Captain Osborne is a senior airlines operations executive with 34 years of airline experience at one of the world’s largest carriers. He is an expert at optimizing complex airline networks across multiple fleets and entities, responding to airline crisis events, and achieving industry-best flight planning fuel performance. During his thirteen years as a Managing Director in Flight Operations, System Operations Control and Operation Integration, Jeff has led teams of up to 13 direct reports and 4,000 indirect reports. He also has been responsible for establishing protocols for operational decision making among his carrier's alliance partners.
Captain Osborne has substantial flight experience, including roles as Fleet Captain and Fleet Training Manager for B737s and F100s. Prior to that, he was a Check Airman and Line Pilot for multiple types of aircraft. Captain Osborne also served in the USAF Reserve as a C-141B Aircraft Commander.
Dr. Erzberger is the internationally-recognized father of air traffic control research. His work at the NASA Ames Research Center spanned half a century and laid the foundation for a wide range of air traffic control advancements, some of which today we take for granted, as well as others which are in the research stage. Among his many honors, Heinz is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Erzberger conceived, designed, and oversaw the implementation of the Center-TRACON Automation System (CTAS), consisting of both en route and terminal area components. CTAS was foundational for a wide range of air traffic control enhancements. For instance, the the FAA Time-Based Flow Management (TBFM) system, now implemented across the National Airspace System, is an outgrowth of CTAS. CTAS also laid the ground work for the Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR) system, and advanced dynamic routing in general.
Mr. Sandford is the Chief Technology Officer of Psionic and focused on adapting next-generation lidar for commercial and government use, such as machine and vehicle perception, non-GPS navigation and other markets. Prior to his current position, Mr. Sandford was Director for Space Technology and Exploration at NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. There he led teams of engineers, researchers and mission architects focused on the toughest human exploration challenges, and was responsible for the Center's program implementation of space and technology programs.
Mr. Sandford’s 28-year career in aerospace with NASA spanned electro-optical engineering and research, systems engineering, line and project management and senior leadership positions at Langley Research Center, with long-term assignments at Johnson Space Center and in Washington. He has contributed to the development of space-based electro-optical remote sensing systems and flight test vehicles enabling Earth Science research, novel space technologies, and planetary and human exploration. As Langley’s Engineering Director he led the organizations’ engineering work on many successful flight projects like Shuttle return-to-flight, experimental vehicles for next generation human spaceflight - including the successful flight tests of inflatable reentry systems, the Ares 1-X vehicle and the Pad Abort test for the Orion Launch Abort System and Earth Science satellite instrumentation.
Mr. Sandford received his B.S. in Physics from Randolph Macon, M.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Virginia and his M.S. in Optical Science from the University of Arizona.
Mr. Briskman co-founded Sirius XM Radio as Satellite CD Radio Inc. in 1991. During his career with Sirius, he served as the company’s Technical Executive, Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President, Engineering, where he was responsible for the development, implementation and operation of Sirius’s broadcast distribution system. He also supervised the launch of three Sirius satellites and designed their operational orbital constellation. Previously, Mr. Briskman directed the implementation of satellite telecommunications systems at COMSAT and NASA for more than three decades. He is the recipient of multiple space industry awards and has been inducted into the Halls of Fame of the Space Foundation, the Consumer Electronics Association, the International Astronautical Federation, the University of Maryland Innovation and the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI).