# Abhi Kumar - Aerospace Industry Operator, Advisor, and Investor
Source: https://hello.cv/abhikumar
San Francisco Bay Area

## Links
- LinkedIn | linkedin.com/in/abhikj
- X | x.com/abhithespaceguy

## About
Versatile Leader Specializing in autonomy + emerging tech in the Space + Aerospace Industry

Strategic Mindset | Industry Understanding | Product and Partnerships | Leadership

## Work
### Tech and Strategy Lead | Archer Aviation
- Leading all technical and strategic aspects of autonomous technologies
- Managing multiple government contracts ($3.5M+) to accelerate technology demonstration
- Working with C-suite, finance, and product to create technology roadmaps (2-, 5-year horizon)
### Manager, Strategic Programs | Planet Labs
- Managed strategic programs and stakeholders (across Middle East, APAC, North America)
- Nurtured strategic partnerships with government agencies and other commercial players (15+)

## Education
### Wharton School of Business (UPenn) | Finance, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
### University of Colorado at Boulder | Aerospace Engineering Sciences

## Certificates
### New Space Economy - Professional Certificate Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2024-01-01
### LEAD Business Program
Stanford University | 2023-01-01
### System Architecture - Professional Certificate Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2020-01-01

## Projects
### Wharton Clubs: Entrepreneurship, VC, and Aerospace & Defense
Founding member for the West Coast chapters
### Caltech Space Challenge
Received 1st place award. An intensive and selective one-week residential challenge for space
mission design is conducted every two years at the California Institute of Technology.
### Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition
Pitched a virtual reality headset concept to investors and reached the last round in Los Angeles
### NASA Great Moonbuggy Race
Led a team to design a human-powered lunar rover
### Defense Research & Development Organization
Led a team to design an unmanned aerial system for defense surveillance

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