John Foggia

John Foggia has over 20 years of experience in aviation and aerospace technology. From 1990 to 1997, they worked as an Airport Manager at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport system, where they managed the largest airport noise program in the United States and specialized in aviation technology program management, GPS/GIS implementation, radar tracking, and complex statistical analyses. In 1997, they became President and Chief Pilot of Aviation, Navigation, and Satellite Programs, Inc. (ANSP). From 2003 to 2007, they worked as a NASA Contract Engineer/Principal Investigator/Flight Test Pilot and developed Concepts of Operation, created Research Plans, and performed risk-based decision modeling for NASA’s UAS efforts, Aviation Safety, and Aviation Security technology programs, as well as for the Space Exploration Directorate’s Lunar Architecture Team. From 2007 to 2014, they were the Partner and Principal Engineer of Logic Evolved Technologies, Inc. and performed modeling and analysis for NASA NextGen and UAS research. From 2014 to 2015, they were the Project Manager - CERTAIN UAS Test Environment at the National Institute of Aerospace/NASA Langley Research Center and lead the design, development, and implementation of a relevant test environment for autonomous UAS. From 2015 to 2018, they were Vice President, Engineering / Director, Enabling Technologies at Flirtey, where they oversaw all aspects of aircraft design and development, ground control station capabilities, and launch/recovery systems, and led development of safety systems and technologies that enable routine drone delivery operations. Since 2018, they have been Vice President, Unmanned Systems / Chief Aviation Officer at Periculum Labs, where they are responsible for employing Decision Intelligence across all modes of transportation, with a current emphasis on unmanned aircraft systems.

John Foggia has an education history that includes a Ph.D Candidate in Fluid Dynamics Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1987 to 1988, an MS in Atmospheric Physics/Meteorology from Texas A&M University from 1981 to 1982, and a BS in Mathematics from Northern Arizona University from 1977 to 1978. John also holds certifications from PADI for Advanced Open Water / Enriched Air / Emergency Responder Scuba Diver and from the FAA for Commercial/Multi Engine/Instrument.