The Global Connected Aircraft Summit brings together the world’s largest airlines and companies from all across the aerospace and avionics industries to assess market lessons, potential demand and best practices in global connected solutions for the passenger, airline efficiency, and cutting edge services.
Ken Munro
Ken is Partner and Founder of Pen Test Partners, a firm of ethical hackers. He regularly blogs on everything from satellite communication hacking to maritime security and the Internet of Things. This has led to regular appearances on BBC TV and BBC News online as well as the broadsheet press. He also writes for various newspapers and industry magazines in an effort to get beyond the unhelpful scaremongering put about by many security vendors. Ken has become a voice for reform and legislative change in the largely unregulated IoT, briefing UK and US government departments as well as being involved with various EU consumer councils. He has also spoken about satellite communication security at various maritime events such as Digital Ship Rotterdam/Oslo/Limassol and CMA Shipping.
Amanda Fish
Amanda Fish is the General Manager of Inflight Connectivity at Delta Air Lines, one of the world’s leading international commercial airlines. Mrs. Fish leads a cross-functional team of Program Managers, Engineers, and Marketing professionals in developing onboard connectivity specifications and strategies to optimize the Wi-Fi customer experience. Her team is responsible for conceptualization, design, implementation, and maintenance of the onboard connectivity solutions.
Mrs. Fish began working with in flight connectivity systems in 2016. Prior to that, she served as a Program Manager focused on nose to tail upgrades of the A320FAM fleet. Before coming to Delta Air Lines in 2013, Mrs. Fish worked in the Food Manufacturing industry in both Operations and Continuous Improvement. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University, holds a Six Sigma Green Belt certification, and is a certified Project Management Professional.
Paulo Miranda
At GOL since 2013, Mr. Miranda is the Chief Experience Officer responsible for the customer viewpoint through the entire travel experience, with direct responsibilities over product design, customer experience and customer care, and customer surveys and data. Mr. Miranda has helped transform GOL´s business model with a differentiated strategy leading to the consolidation as the #1 airline in Brazil for both corporate and leisure customers. Key projects implemented include GOL+ Conforto (economy plus), connectivity wi-fi and IFE with live TV, GOL Premium class on international flights, GOL Premium lounges (domestic and international), new service/training standards for customer facing staff (airports, onboard, call centers), and others. He started his career in aviation in 1998 with Delta Air Lines, with experience in Revenue Accounting, Revenue Forecasting, Finance, and Alliances, participating in the negotiation and implementation of the Delta-AirFrance/KLM joint venture, and the GOL, Aeromexico, Virgin Atlantic equity investments. Mr. Miranda is a graduate of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, and is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Angela Vargo
Angela Vargo is Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for JetSuiteX. For nearly two decades, Angela has been innovating new products and services within air travel to enhance the passenger experience while generating millions of dollars in revenue for airlines.
For seven years, Angela served as the project lead for Southwest Airline’s inflight WiFi program. In that time, Angela developed the industry’s first personal device-driven entertainment platform and introduced “TV Flies Free” on over 550 aircraft, giving customers access to live streaming sports, news and other television content. Angela was also responsible for spearheading Southwest’s interiors program including “Evolve” and the newest interior, “Heart” incorporating cutting-edge materials and design aimed at reducing weight and improving passenger comfort.
Angela left Southwest in 2015 to pursue her passion for building new and disruptive forms of air travel outside of commercial flying. She helped build RISE, a membership-based air travel provider, and saw through the successful acquisition to Surf Air in July 2017. Angela soon joined JetSuiteX, a rapidly growing air carrier that offers public flights from private terminals in the Western part of the U.S., and is energetically championing the development of IFEC solutions that will meet the evolving business models and needs in the industry.
Angela is a graduate of Texas A&M University and lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband of 19 years and their two young sons.
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