Timothy Sestak

Timothy Sestak is a former Naval Aviator flying both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. He directed high technology military aviation programs and has extensive experience in the pilot-vehicle interface. Following his military career, he evangelized Systems Engineering discipline to NASA, the FAA, and Industry on the Advanced General Aviation Transportation Experiment (AGATE) program. As a Senior Systems Engineer for The Boeing Company, he managed flight deck certification for wide-body airliners and helped create the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter Program and the F-22 training systems. As an IBM executive, he developed opportunities for integration of the Cell Broadband Engine into existing and developing military and aerospace systems. Timothy currently is a researcher and Professor at the College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, in Prescott, AZ. An avid skydiver and wingsuit flyer, he is the University faculty advisor to the skydiving and hang gliding club and is completing research for the new Embry-Riddle Ph.D. in Aviation. Timothy has an MSAE, and an MBA, and is a graduate of the Naval War College. He also has his FAA Commercial Pilot license and instrument ratings in both fixed-wing and helicopters and is a CFI, CFII, and AGI for both fixed-wing and rotorcraft.