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Presented by the Innovation Showcase, held at the Future ‘n Flight Forum Tent on Friday, 12 April 2024, at 9:00 am, Day four of the 50^th Anniversary Celebration of the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo at Lakeland International Airport, Lakeland Florida.

A Panel Discussion of the Flying Car Revolution. Moderated by Author and Podcast Host, Chuck Martin. He will lead the discussion with three Florida based CEOs leading the revolution: Santh Sathya, Founder and CEO of LuftCar LLC, Doron Merdinger, Founder & CEO Doroni Aerospace, and Sean Borman, CEO Aeroauto.

Participant Bios Below

Chuck Martin

Author, Flying Vehicles

Podcast Host

The Voices of the Internet of Things

Founder, Net Future Institute

Chuck Martin is a New York Times Business best-selling author, futurist, and has been a leader in digital technologies for more than two decades. He is considered one of the foremost emerging technology thinkers in the world. His latest book, “Flying Vehicles” (The Emergence of Personal Air Travel, Flying Cars, and Air Taxis), details the coming global electric aerial revolution.

Martin has been named #1 in Internet of Things Top 10 Influencers by IT Chronicles as well as “IoT Thought Leaders to Watch.” He hosts a worldwide podcast titled “The Voices of the Internet of Things with Chuck Martin,” where he converses with top executives from the companies driving emerging technologies. Martin is the author of numerous business books, including Net Future, Mobile Influence (The New Power of the Consumer) and The Third Screen. Chuck is the former Editor of the MediaPost AI & IoT Daily, the largest AI and IoT daily publication in the world, and also wrote the widely read column “Connected Thinking,” sent to more than 100,000 subscribers each day.

Martin has spent his career defining the future impacts of developing technology on business around the world. As a futurist and visionary, in 1998, Martin wrote in his worldwide bestseller Net Future the following: “Wearable computers will venture out of the labs into the workplace, disposable chips will allow appliances to communicate with each other, and more networked devices will connect to more networked devices.” Martin essentially predicted the coming arrival of the Internet of Things a decade ahead of time.

Sean Borman

CEO Aeroauto

Sean Borman, CEO of Aeroauto Global, established in 2021, is the co-founder and visionary of the World’s First Specialized Flying Car Showroom and Dealership providing a wide array of sales services and support for the latest trends in Advanced Air Mobility solutions. A long-time serial entrepreneur in multiple sectors and industries, he saw there was a need to provide the sales and support side of the eVTOindustry from manufacturing. Through his team’s efforts, Aeroauto has established its showroom and flight academy while securing multiple contracts with eVTOL manufacturers from around the world. Growing up with humble beginnings in a family of four in the suburbs of Chicago, he saw the dedication to business ownership by his parents who instilled a work ethic for success. His parents were owners of the largest retail chain of office supply stores in the Chicago area prior to the big box store explosion. They taught him the intricacies of business ownership, how to see trends in an industry, and the benefits that ownership provides. Sean has never backed away from a challenge and is able to see the big picture creating large opportunities for small business. He thrives in the chaos of starting a new business and has become well known in the eVTOL industry as a visionary and innovator.

Website: WWW.AEROAUTOSALES.COM

Santh Sathya

Founder and CEO of LuftCar LLC

Santh Sathya founded LuftCar – an autonomous air and road mobility eVTOL mobility company in March 2021. Santh deeply cares for environment sustainability and is a relentless innovator of technologies that solve complex problems, improve lives, build social equity and fuel progress.

Santh served as the Director of Strategy for L3Harris, managing $ 2B P&L for the Sector CEO. Santh was head of systems engineering at Boeing – Insitu drones, and led Model Based Systems Engineering and digital twin development. He held a position as Vice President of Strategy for Johnson Controls joint venture in Asia Pacific, where he laid out a five year strategy for EVs, Electrification and Smart Cities, increasing revenue by 25% in energy and transportation markets. Santh managed operations for a $ 1B P&L at GE Energy, where he pioneered lean product development. Santh’s greatest accomplishment was in developing and building 300 hydrogen fuel cell cars for Ford Motor Company. Santh has core expertise in hydrogen fuel cells, propulsion, AI architectures and lean start up.

Santh has a MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, MS in mechanical engineering from Ohio University and BS in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy. Santh also holds an Artificial Intelligence Strategy Certification from MIT.

https://youtu.be/AovKfxrfYYE?si=FybQuuWsdU8SCeaZ

Website

http://www.luftcar.com

Doron Merdinger

Founder & CEO Doroni Aerospace

Founder, Investor, Owner, and Managing Director A serial entrepreneur and problem solver, Doron Merdinger is Doroni Aerospace’s founder, chief executive officer, and owner. After graduating from New York University’s renowned Stern School of Business, Merdinger embarked on a successful career, starting and expanding his own companies and managing eight-figure firms to unprecedented revenue growth. Over the last 25 years, he has gained vast experience in management, product design, manufacturing, sales, and vendor relationships. These experiences guided his design and engineering of the company’s single-seat, electric-powered hovering vehicle that served as the inspiration and forerunner of the Doroni flying car prototype. His vision continues to provide the foundation of Doroni’s mission. A well-regarded collaborator and communicator, Merdinger has assembled a best-in-class technical team whose complementary expertise and experiences are leading the way to bring practical personal urban flying vehicles to fruition. Served in the Israeli Air Force. Honor student. Bs. Stern School of Business, New York University.

Introducing The Doroni H1-X (youtube.com)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqXCHkByZKY

Website: www.doroni.io/