Co-founder, CEO
Paul is a leading aviation pioneer, having served as CTO of both Airbus and United Technologies Corporation (UTC), leading both companies aggressively toward electrification. He is the founder of Acubed, Airbus’ Silicon Valley innovation center (as well as one in Shenzhen, China). Paul launched E-Fan X and Project 804 (Airbus’ and UTC’s hybrid-electric flight demonstrators, respectively), as well as Vahana and City Airbus (Airbus’ eVTOL demonstrators for urban air mobility). Earlier in his career, Paul led DARPA’s X-plane and large systems office, and also held senior positions at Google and Motorola. Paul studied aeronautics at MIT and Caltech, and law at Georgetown.