Billy is the co-founder and CEO of REGENT.  Since co-founding REGENT in late 2020, Billy has overseen growth of the company to over 100 employees, accumulated a commercial backlog of seaglider orders worth more than $9 billion, and raised over $90M from world-class investors like Founders Fund, Mark Cuban, Peter Thiel, Japan Airlines, and Lockheed Martin.  Billy honed his skills in human-crewed electric aircraft development at Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, where he was responsible for aircraft design, program management, and business generation for Boeing's portfolio of future air mobility solutions. Billy holds a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and is a licensed aerobatic pilot.