Leon Villegas

As vice president of manufacturing, Leon leads the definition, planning and deployment of the production system for Wisk Aero. He is responsible for leading Wisk’s transformation from R&D prototypes to certified production. Leon’s team is composed of manufacturing techs, manufacturing engineers, quality management, supply chain management and production certification. Before joining the Wisk team, Leon was senior manager on Boeing’s 777X Program, overseeing the deployment of the automated Wing Horizontal Build Line (HBL) for the new airliner. He also served as program senior manager for Boeing’s Freighter Conversions, leading a team to Launch the 737-800BCF Program. Leon attended the MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Program, where he earned an MS in Engineering Systems, Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains and an MBA.