Dr. Poe is currently the CTO at Blueshift, the leader in thermal protection systems for aerospace and defense applications. He has successfully bridged the “valley-of-death” three times in startups, and his specialties include high-performance materials, product development, and intellectual property, which has resulted in substantial revenue growth through long-term production contracts with the top ten eVTOL customers and Fortune 500 leading aerospace and defense OEMs. Past experience includes key growth roles at defense firm NeXolve Corporation and web publisher Sherdog.