What companies are making waves in the local aerospace sector? Who are the people behind those organizations driving that innovation? What could their impact mean for New Mexico?
Those were the questions the editorial team at Albuquerque Business First asked as we began to assemble our Who’s Who in Aerospace list. The answers to those questions led us to eight individuals who we felt were worth highlighting. The selection process was purely editorial based and did not involve an application or outside judges.
From legal expertise to lunar mission endeavors and everything in between, each of the honorees comes to the industry from a different background. But each person's work is helping to propel the sector to new heights.
The commonality amongst them is that they all seem to agree that New Mexico has a big role to play in advancing aerospace on both a national and global scale.
Below, you can learn more about the exact initiatives the honorees are spearheading and how those out-of-this-world efforts (pun definitely intended) could move New Mexico forward. A special Who's Who in Aerospace section can also be found in the Nov. 11 print edition of Business First.
– Profiles were assembled by Jacob Maranda and Meagan Nichols
President/CEO, New Mexico Partnership
Number of years in current role: 3
Number of years with your company: 5
What companies have you previously worked at? URENCO USA; Economic Development Corp. of Lea County
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