Zunum Aero CEO and leadership

Ashish Kumar is Founder of Zunum Aero. Inspired by the disruptive power of electric aircraft, he founded Zunum Aero following a long record of commercial leadership across Microsoft, Google, Dell, and McKinsey. His startup experience includes helping launch Aeroxchange, now the largest electronic marketplace for the aviation industry. Ashish has a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University, and spent his early career as Professor of Engineering at Brown University, and as research fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. Whether hiking or sailing, he is excited to combine his love for the outdoors with his work on sustainable flight.

''I was inspired by the team's dedication to building something that truly and respectfully serves their customers.'' Sandi focuses on corporate communications and marketing, and brings a breadth of experience that spans marketing, management consultancy, entrepreneurship and software development. Most recently, she served as Director of Strategy and Marketing at Provide Commerce, a subsidiary of Liberty Media. There, she drove consistent growth in major areas of the business, managing both P&L and functional areas of strategy, branding, public relations and customer insights. She also served as CEO of Maven Cosmetics, where she was recognized as one of Crain's Chicago Business 40 under 40 rising stars in business. Sandi's work history includes positions with America Online, Andersen Consulting, Morgan Stanley and McKinsey & Company. Sandi received a B.S. in Fiber Science (Polymers and Composite Materials) from Cornell University with honors, and an MBA from Duke University, where she was awarded a merit-based Fuqua Fellowship, and has been a makeup artist for a number of film and television actresses.

Ashish Kumar is Founder of Zunum Aero. Inspired by the disruptive power of electric aircraft, he founded Zunum Aero following a long record of commercial leadership across Microsoft, Google, Dell, and McKinsey. His startup experience includes helping launch Aeroxchange, now the largest electronic marketplace for the aviation industry. Ashish has a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University, and spent his early career as Professor of Engineering at Brown University, and as research fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. Whether hiking or sailing, he is excited to combine his love for the outdoors with his work on sustainable flight.