Douglas Coleman

Douglas Coleman is the Chief Legal Officer at Reliable Robotics. Douglas has been with the company for 1 year, and is responsible for leading the legal function and implementing strategic initiatives to bring remotely piloted capabilities and autonomy to commercial aviation.

Prior to joining Reliable Robotics, Douglas Coleman was the General Counsel & EVP Governance and Compliance at Aerion Supersonic. Douglas was with Aerion for 2 years and 4 months, and was a pioneer, innovator, member of the executive leadership team, and General Counsel for Aerion Corporation and its subsidiaries including Aerion Supersonic and Aerion Technologies in its mission to transform civil aviation and bring back commercial supersonic flight.

Before their time at Aerion Supersonic, Douglas Coleman worked at Spirit AeroSystems for 4 years. Douglas held the positions of Deputy General Counsel, Commercial Customer Programs and Intellectual Property, as well as Deputy General Counsel, Boeing and Regional Jet Programs. In these roles, they were responsible for providing legal services, support, and advice for the company's entire intellectual property portfolio, as well as being the lead transactional commercial attorney and in-house generalist responsible for Boeing, Airbus, Regional Jet, Military & Defense programs and new business opportunities (representing >98% of company's revenue).

Douglas Coleman began their career as an Associate General Counsel at Curtiss-Wright Corporation, where they worked for 2 years.

Douglas Coleman attended the University of North Dakota, where they earned their BBA in Aviation Administration/Aerospace, magna cum laude. Douglas also attended Dickinson Law, where they studied law and was a member of the Honor Society. Douglas Coleman is also a FAA Licensed Commercial Pilot ASEL & AMEL and CFII, with over 2,250 hours logged. Douglas is also a member of the PA & WI Bars and CA Registered In-House Counsel. Douglas has a US Government Security Clearance (inactive) and experience working under an SSA and operating in FOCI companies.