From scientist to the boardroom
I started as an atmospheric scientist, studying volcanic ash, ice clouds and how they affect aircraft. That work took me from Michigan Tech to Cambridge, Oslo and the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, where I ran technical pre-sales and flight test campaigns with Airbus and easyJet.
In 2013 I founded SATAVIA to turn that science into products. I sold alone at first, then built a sales team selling to airline CFOs and COOs across the Middle East, Europe and the UK. We created a new market: contrail avoidance that turns a sustainability cost into a carbon-credit revenue stream. In 2024 GE Aerospace acquired the company, and I ran the business there as General Manager.
Where I've worked
- 2026 – now
Founder
Disclozure Inc - 2024 – 2026
General Manager
GE AerospaceOwned the P&L for the DECISIONX product line after the acquisition, co-selling into airlines with GE Aerospace's commercial teams.
- 2013 – 2024
Founder & CEO
SATAVIA, CambridgeBuilt the sales function from zero and signed over £10M in contract value, including a seven-figure contract on a new product and what Etihad called the world's first multi-year commercial contrail management contract. Customers and partners included Etihad, Emirates, KLM, Boeing and GE. Raised £2.5M and led the company to acquisition.
- 2007 – 2018
Research scientist and technical pre-sales
NILU, University of Oslo, University of Cambridge, University of BristolAviation weather modelling with NCAR and Rolls-Royce, a volcanic-ash detection consortium with Airbus and easyJet, and grant-funded sensor and satellite IoT projects.
12 granted patents, six families
- Sole inventor
Optimising the climate impact of aircraft by forecasting and validating contrail formation
US 12210356 B2 · GB 2599918 B · EP 4229493 B1 - Sole inventor
Method and system for determining improved flight trajectory
- Lead inventor
System and method for aircraft flight control
US 12462700 B2 · EP 3850553 B1 · GB 2577064 B - Lead inventor
System and method for generating an aircraft flight trajectory
US 12140432 B2 · GB 2584499 B - Co-inventor
System and method for aircraft contaminant monitoring and operation scheduling
- Co-inventor
Meteorological hazard identification apparatus and method
GB 2529271 B · GB 2561996 B
Education, family and life outside work
- PhDMichigan Technological University · 2005–07
- MSMichigan Technological University · 2002–05
- MSciUniversity of Bristol · 1997–2001
- DadFamily ski trips in the Alps
- RYA Yachtmaster OffshoreSailing
- Cycling and off-piste skiingMountains and roads
- KitesurfingWind and water
