MEET THE TEAM

TEAM

Ronaldo Zhang

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Chief Executive Officer

Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace Engineering

My undying passion for aviation cultivates me to be a compassionate person and enables me to form strong intercultural relationships with people with diverse backgrounds. Ever since I was a child, I was captivated by aircraft and amazed by the way aviation shapes the world. Integrating my frequent in-flight experience with my passion, I have acquired valuable insights and built my expertise in aviation to not only understand the sky-high expectation from passengers but also to anticipate future trends across the industry. Driven to redefine the aviation industry, I aim to challenge the status quo by leveraging my knowledge and global perspective through a series of innovations to the products that we proudly design through our disciplined work ethics.

Mikee Zeng

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Chief Operating Officer

Economics & Data Science

The sky has been a symbol of freedom and fantasy, with countless possibilities. People with diverse backgrounds come into this world with distinct stories. The aviation industry carries these stories and connects these potential storytellers from all over the world. As a great listener, I appreciate every story that people share with me. While listening to their stories, I want to build up an innovative airline business model with our team, meeting our storytellers’ vision of flight and creating values for them. Viva La Vida (Live Life). Life will be better cherished for everyone deserves a blossoming life through their customized journey in the inviting sky.

X Sun

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Chief Technology Officer

Mechanical Engineering & EECS

The aviation industry is one of the most ingenious industries in human history. Every time I think about how inventors back in the twentieth century could possibly build the machine that flew in the sky, I am inspired and motivated to contribute to this rapidly developing industry. I aim to utilize my knowledge of manufacturing, robotics, control, and product design to better travel experience for people all around the world and to build a global community in which everyone can be properly served by highly technological innovations.

Johnson Du

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Chief Information Officer

Computer Science & Statistics

To me, the power of numbers lies within its ability of abstraction and synthesis. The Latin numerals are not solely used for computation: they store information and tell stories. And the way to apply this power in its rawest form is statistics. Aviation is like numbers in many aspects. It is an abstraction of our living, a miniature, as it touches every detail of our extraordinary life. It never is a standalone industry, rather, the synthesis of every industry there is. At Sky&X, I am honored to implement my mastered skills in statistical analysis and employ the most quintessential power of numbers on its industry-counterpart.

Jacky Li

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Vice President of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering & EECS

" Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality", says Caproni in Miyazaki's film. As a Mechanical Engineering student at Cal, I have immense interest in heat transfer and multi-phase flow, and I used to do research in a Lab at the University of Florida to produce micro-channels. My goal is to apply my knowledge in engineering to the infinite opportunities in the aviation industry and to create a better way to travel.

Ricky Han

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Vice President of Product Design

Mechanical Engineering

Having strong interest and prior experience in product design and manufacturing, I have conducted several independent projects and graduated from Fab Academy in 2018. Specifically, I invented the battery recollector, a machine that measures the remaining power of cell batteries and classifies them, made a portable axis draw, designed a true wireless earphone in 2014, before the invention of apple airpods, and led a portable smart greenhouse project: plant computer.

Tony Lee

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Vice President of Research and Development

Economics & Political Science

Ever since I was a child, I've loved to gaze at the sunset from the windows of an aircraft. For me, aviation has always been something that helps me reach new frontiers, both physically and emotionally. As the world becomes increasingly connected over the past decades, it is clear that a tremendous amount of potential is yet to be discovered within the industry as more people continue traveling via aviation in the foreseeable future. Being an international traveler myself, I’ve personally witnessed significant evolution of cabin products. Meanwhile, there are still countless possibilities for these products to be further ameliorated and optimized. At Sky&X, our mission is to turn those possibilities into realities and provide passengers with more fantasy as they fly ceaselessly into the horizon.

Lulu Zhang

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Assistant Vice President of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

As an aspiring Mechanical Engineer, one of my areas of interest lies in aerospace technology. I have been fascinated with aircrafts for as long as I can remember, and distinctly recall the times when I would request my parents to arrive at the airport an hour earlier than planned, just so I could go to the viewing gallery and observe all the planes taking off and landing. With the growing demands in air travel brought on by our increasingly globalized world today, I believe that the aviation industry is going to become even more fast-paced and exciting, and I look forward to embarking on this challenging yet rewarding journey of innovating and pioneering new technologies that can make air travel better, faster and smoother.

Dylan Potter

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Assistant Vice President of Product Design

Mechanical Engineering & Material Science Engineering

As technology in the aviation industry has improved over the past decade, its versatility has grown significantly. Whether it is reusable rockets making extensive space exploration more viable or enhanced aircraft improving the experience of international travel, the aviation field will shape our world over the upcoming decades. I find this prospect to be exhilarating and aim to contribute to the future of this developing, bringing quality, accessible, sustainable air travel to the general public

INDUSTRY ADVISORS

Pauline Pan

Chief Strategy Officer

  • Qatar Airways
  • Cabin Crew since 2017
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Shuang Cong

  • Qatar Airways
  • Cabin Crew since 2017
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Tiffany Liu

  • Qatar Airways
  • Cabin Crew since 2017
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Sylvia Sun

  • Emirates
  • Cabin Crew since 2016
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Candice Lai

  • Singapore Airlines
  • Cabin Crew since 2015
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Amanda Hu

  • All Nippon Airways
  • Cabin Crew since 2017
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Gemma Song

  • Emirates
  • Cabin Crew since 2016
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Sophie Dye

  • Singapore Airlines
  • Cabin Crew since 2017
  • Expertise in:
    • Passenger's demand
    • Cabin products
    • Service procedures

Bingnan Li

  • China Eastern Airlines
  • Management Trainee since 2019
  • Berkeley Alumni
  • Expertise in:
    • Airline operation
    • Sales and services

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