Congratulations to Top 100 Aerospace and Aviation Professionals to Follow on LinkedIn 2021


1. Adva Amir Co-Founder & CEO at Direct | TEDx Speaker | Pilot
2. Vincent Mauchamp Manager Sales Development, Marketing & Customer Relations at United Airlines
3. Grazia Vittadini Chief Technology Officer Designate at Rolls-Royce
4. Fred North Film motion picture helicopter pilot flying worldwide
5. Erika Arsmtrong 433,147 Aviation Enthusiast Followers | Airline and Business Aviation Captain | A Chick in the Cockpit | Author | Pilot Trainer | Keynote Speaker | Networking = Sales!
6. Yumna Majeed Medical Lab Technologist | Space Educator | Aspiring Astronaut
7. Nyika Allen Assistant Director of Aviation, Port of Oakland
8. Sebastian Asprella CEO and Co-founder of ThinkOrbital 🛰 MIT trained. Mindfulness and Compassion Practitioner. Dad. 🌱
9. Priyanka D. Rajkakati Co-Founder & GNC Engineer at The Exploration Company
10. Dr. Ovilia Fernandes Golden Visa💥UAE National Awardee💥FIFA World Cup 💥Expo2020 Dubai💥Ozzone Group LLC 💥Dir-Inflight services💥Goodwill Ambassador💥Pilot 💥Forbes💥UN💥
11. Christina Korp Astronaut Wrangler | Space Connector | Strategic Partnerships | Marketing Executive | Executive Producer | Content Creator | Social Media Expert
12. Amanda Kandawire Pilot (ICAO ATPL) | Digital Illustrator | Founder of Fly Like a Girl | Layover Art
13. Margarita Deveikyte Head of Sales. Engine, Airframe and Materials Services at FL TECHNICS, Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organisation
14. SARAH QURESHI CEO Aero Engine Craft Visiting Academic Cranfield University PhD Aerospace Propulsion MS Aerospace Dynamics Private Pilot
15. Jim Cantrell CEO and Co-Founder at Phantom Space
16. Bharti Singh Assistant professor- Faculty in charge Transportation at UPES || Aviation Consultant || PhD || IATA-Trainer
17. Gloria Bouillon Top 40 under 40 | Airport Director | Commercial Pilot | International Speaker | Top Women in Aviation & Aerospace Award | Board Director | Innovator | French/American Citizenship
18. Shreya Santra Assistant Professor at the Space Robotics Laboratory, Tohoku University
19. Sam Eckholm YouTube & Social Media Creator | Air Force Officer, United States Air Force
20. Rikhi (Rukmini) Roy FAA Graduate Researcher | Aviation Week & AIAA 20 Twenties | Brooke Owens Fellow | Founder of Singapore’s first ‘Women Leaders in Aerospace Conference’, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)
21. Vilma Vaitiekunaite Chief Communications Officer at Avia Solutions Group, Avia Solutions Group
22. Shawna Pandya, MD Director of Medical Research at Orbital Assembly Corporation, Luxsonic Technologies Inc
23. Bianca Cefalo CEO & Co-founder, Space DOTS Ltd | Director, International Business Development, Carbice | Space Scientist & Engineer | Public Speaker, Carbice Corporation
24. Enrico Stoll Full Professor | Chair of Space Technology, Technische Universität Berlin
25. Vishal Hiremath Founder and CEO , JetClub
26. Agne Mileikaite CMO at Avia Solutions Group, Avia Solutions Group
27. Chloé Carrière Management of Technologies MS | Sustainable Space Entrepreneur, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
28. Jeanette (Neri) Quinlan Senior Program Manager, NASA & Civil Space at SpaceLink | Advocate for Women in Aerospace | Space Professional | Speaker
29. Sahit Reddy Madara SpaceTech Consulting
30. Rohit Goyal Product @ Joby | ex-Uber | Investor | Venture Capital @ NZVC | Faculty @ FIT
31. Agnieszka Elwertowska My ambitions are crossing the Karman Line ????
32. Agne Totilaite Sales Executive in Base Maintenance Department at FL Technics, Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organisation
33. Karin Nilsdotter Astropreneur, Future Astronaut, Board professional, Tech Woman of the Year, Speaker, Women & Girls in Space & Tech
34. Eric Ingram CEO at SCOUT Inc. – Techstars ’21, SCOUT Inc.
35. Julius Norkunas New Tech Business Manager at Avia Solutions Group | Mobility Expert | Corporate Innovation | Aviation | Startup Partnership
36. Timo Mustonen CFO Aurora Propulsion Technologies
37. Baratunde Cola Motivator | Scientist | CEO
38. Arnold Morales President and Executive Director
39. Joshua Chou Senior Lecturer/ Group Leader | CEO
40. Michaela Musilova, PhD Director of HI-SEAS missions at the International MoonBase Alliance
41. Moriba Jah Astrodynamicist | Space Environmentalist | TED Fellow | Global Space Evangelist | Professor | Spacecraft Navigator
42. Alessandra Testa Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Sales at JetClub
43. Nandita Bhatt Airport Director Udaipur ,General Manager Arch. at Airports Authority of India ,WICCI National Aviation Council Member
44. Fiona McKay Credentialed Executive Coach, Speaker, Trainer| Chief Badass Officer | Courageous Leadership Expert | Lightening Rod | A&D Leader
45. Courtland Savage CEO MX Ledger
46. Mariam Naseem Consultant | Tech Strategist | Business Development | Engineer | Space Advocate.
47. Giorgio Lorini SSP21 – ISU | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Student RepresentativeP
48. Aastha Kacha Architectural Designer | Space Architect | TEDx Speaker | Philanthropist | Athlete
49. Mariya Tarabanovska MEng Aerospace Engineer / UAM advisor
50. Kanchana Gamage Founder | Director | Pilot | STEM Engagement Lead | Former Headteacher
51. Manuel Ntumba Regional Partnership Manager @UN SGAC-United Nations Programme on Space Applications | Geospatial Expert | Inventor | Strategist | SDGs 2030 | Agenda 2063
52. Christelle Astorg-Lepine BLAST Program Director at Starburst Aerospace
53. Jason Michaud Chief Executive Officer
54. Janine K. Iannarelli Founder & President | Par Avion Ltd.
55. Sunny Kabrawala Assistant Founder and Director Space Technology & Aeronautical Rocketry
56. Ben Griffiths Communications Director specialising in Aviation, Aerospace and Defence. Pilot | Journalist | Adviser
57. Chille (AJ) Bergstorm Aerospace Engineer
58. Charlotte Pouwels Test Engineer Airbus Defence and Space, Physicist, Analogue Astronaut and mission organizer EuroMoonMars.
59. Paolo Ferri Space Operations Expert. Former Head of ESA Mission Operations
60. Nikki Malcom Aerospace Connector| Sales Coach | Board Chair – PNAA Mobile (206) 250-4902
61. Hania Mohiuddin Aerospace Systems Engineer | Chairwoman
62. Jill Meyers Aviation & Aerospace Management Consultant, STEM Advocate & Mentor, Inspirational Speaker, and the Assistant & Constituent Services Director for New Mexico House Representative Day Hochman-Vigil.
63. Dr. Mindy Howard Future Astronaut /Astronaut Trainer and TEDx & Keynote Speaker
64. Marilyn Smith Director GT Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence and Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
65. Antonio Stark International Business Developer & Space Policy Analyst
66. Andrew Crowe Leader of the New American Manufacturing Renaissance | “Reed Richards Meets Nipsey Hussle”| Diversity In Manufacturing
67. Michael Hill Drone Technology Expert ♦ Certified Search and Rescue Drone Pilot ♦ Aviation Consultant ♦ Keynote Speaker ♦ Public Safety UAS Compliance & Regulatory SME ♦ UAS Test Pilot ♦ NIST Certified UAS Proctor ♦, Civil Air Patrol
68. Francesco Ventre Space Engineer | CEO, Walle Mobility
69. Anca Gosling Aviation Training Professional, Aeroclass
70. Dr. Biance Capra Senior Lecturer | Aerospace Engineer | Superstar of STEM | STEM Outreach | Gender Equity in Engineering | @DrBiancaCapra | @aerobianca
71. Andrew Lee Talent Management Leader | Tedx Speaker, Collins Aerospace
72. Ruvimbo Samanga Space Law & Policy Analyst | Research Fellow at Open Lunar Foundation | Ban Ki-Moon Global Citizen Scholar | Top 10 Under 30 African Space Industry | Top Talents Under 25 in the World
73. Gitika Gorthi Founder and CEO of IgnitedThinkers | 2021-2022 Girl Scout Nation’s Capital Teen Board of Director
74. J. Brant Arseneau Space and Fintech | Capital Markets | Investor | Advisor | Ambassador | Engineer
75. Lukasz Wilczynski Space Evangelist▫️PR&Communication advisor▫️TEDx Speaker▫️Founder of the European Rover Challenge▫️Space Talks podcast host, Planet Partners
76. Claude Vuichard President of the Vuichard Recovery Aviation Safety Foundation, Safety Award Winner 2018 Helicopter Association International, Keynote Speaker, Airspeed GmbH
77. JJ Snow Chief Technology Officer at United States Air Force/AFWERX
78. Yulia Akisheva An unstressed stress engineer with a mindset for deep space exploration and international collaboration. PURPLE PhD candidate, Space Generation Advisory Council
79. Torsten Kriening Publisher, SpaceWatch.Global
80. Wannes Elias Cargo Charter Manager Benelux at Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering
81. Stacey Rudser Director at Association for Women in Aviaton Maintenance (AWAM)
82. Dr. Benjamin Pothier Ph.D . Fellow International, the Explorers Club / Mission Commander and analog Astronaut , Lunares / Human Factors Expert, International Astronautical Federation
83. Ray Stott Space Industry Consulting, Training & Recruitment worldwide. SpaceMates Online – weekly global event: space news, guest interviews, Q&A and networking, SpaceSpecialists Ltd.
84. Anthony Yuen Asst Prof of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine | Co-Chair at Space Generation Advisory Council
85. Anne Nderitu Co-Founder and COO at Swift Lab Limited
86. Isil (Isil Sakraker, PhD) Sakraker Ozmen, PhD Project Manager at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
87.Kirsten Bartok Touw Investor & Executive in Aerospace, Defense and Space
88. Graham Lau Astrobiologist / Communicator of Science / Sci-fi Geek / Orator / “The Cosmobiologist”
89. Teddy Zidza Final Year Aeronautical Engineering Student, Communities @work
90. Shelli Brunswick Visionary Thought Leader | Innovative & Entrepreneurial | Strategic C-Level | Agile | Chair | PMP | P&L | Biz Dev | Policy | Speaker & Author | Space Pro | Space4Women | Mentor & Coach |
91. Karin Brünnemann, PMP Project Manager | Trainer & Coach | Mars Pioneer Slovakia Contact info Borospace
92. Rami Ibrahim Founder at Orbofleet Space Company
93. Marnie (Irwin) Munns BSc MSc FRAeS Airline Captain
94. Michaelyn Thomas Head of Affordability and Executive Sponsor of Teammates for Women Empowerment at Virgin Orbit
95. Paulie Rose Partnering with engineers to design lightweight, fire-proof solutions for high-temp applications in challenging environments l Marketing for Manufacturers
96. Babacar N. SECK Aviation & Aerospace | Decentralized Finance
97. Kenneth Dsouza AME Training Manager at Vision Concept Aviation Training Institute
98. Hady Milani Space Advocate | Forbes 30 under30 | Suborbital Scientist Astronaut Candidate | Space Artist Moon Gallery
99. Elliot Mintzer C
100. Bernardo Nunes Head of Data Analytics ¦ Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering
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After a heavy heart surgery in France that saved his life, I had the pleasure to take Ibukun back home in Benin, last July 21st. You can hardly imagine the joy of this 5 year old little guy during the flight from Paris to Cotonou and upon arrival when he finally met his father after a 2-month separation. I had the chance to share this moment with him and with 700,000 readers of this post:
Top Six Aerospace and Aviation Professionals with 100K+ Followers
In our quest for Top 100, we found six professionals with 100K+ followers. Top two of which are included in our list.
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Top Collaborators
We didn’t get to where we are today alone. Along the way we had help from some of the most incredible, brilliant, and passionate people in the world. Although 2021 and COVID isolated us, in many ways it brought us closer together and for that we’re thankful. Special shoutouts and mucho aloha to Fiona McKay of Leading Ladies Of… and Mark Schulz, founder of #DigitalAircraft. Both have been a tremendous help in supporting our mission by featuring us on their podcast and live stream as well as our coaching conversations. Not to mention they’re amazing people.
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Thank you once again to everyone for your hard work and dedication to the industry. Onwards and upwards!

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