Pierce Aerospace has appointed industry veterans Michelle Duquette and Warren Katz to its Board of Directors. Duquette most recently served as a Senior Principal at The MITRE Corporation, where she was the UAS Portfolio Manager. Katz is currently Chairman at The Alliance for Commercial Technology in Government.
Duquette brings extensive experience in commercial airline and federal aviation operations. At The MITRE Corporation, Duquette managed a multi-million-dollar research portfolio and counseled the United States Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense on technical advancements, security vulnerabilities, forecasting and regulatory matters, while fostering government-industry collaboration. In addition to her new director role at Pierce Aerospace, she is the recent founder and CEO of 3 MAD Air, a consultancy focused on UAS and AAM operations, civil-military integration and public-private partnerships.
Katz previously co-founded MÄK Technologies in 1990, a specialist in the distributed simulation market, which was later acquired by VT Systems. He’s a champion of interoperability standards, having received numerous industry awards, and has since gone on to mentor, invest in and lead initiatives that have helped shape a better industry-government business ecosystem. He previously served as the President of Neurala, an AI company, and currently advocates for policy improvement and reducing barriers for the private tech sector and small businesses to do business with the US government.
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