US Participants Sought for NASA Competition Think Tank and Solutions

What a fascinating conversation Melanie Boylan recently had with Keith Wichman. A special opportunity has opened up for this US competition with NASA Convergent Aeronautics and they have cast a very wide net for people of all ages, ranges of knowledge and either in a group or as an individual to come back with their Aviation and Aeronautics ideas and solutions.

Listen in for full details and learn what types of industries they would love to hear from.

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Check out the earlier press release here: https://irishtechnews.ie/nasa-crowdsources-with-shoshin-works-and-herox-to-future-scape-aviation/

Keith D. Wichman: Leader of NASA’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Keith returned to NASA this year after 24 years in industry. He was brought back to lead the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Project within NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. He started his career with 12 years of Flight Research in Flight Controls and Handling Qualities at NASA Armstrong. Since then, he has worked Reusable-Launch-Vehicle reentry guidance, control, and simulation at Draper Laboratory. Keith led technology development for Avionics and Air-Traffic Management for General Electric Aviation and was GE’s Flight Management Systems Chief Engineer. During this time, he was expatriated for two years to Europe, operating from Toulouse, France as a delegate for various European Commission Air-Traffic Management projects. Migrating to the business side of product and technology development, Keith was immersed in merger and acquisition efforts for aviation-services businesses at GE. Then, for 8 years before his return to NASA, Keith was a business-unit and customer-experience leader for a small, airline operations-efficiencies software company. Keith holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Michigan respectively. He is an instrument-rated Commercial Pilot and was a Certified Flight Instructor for 10 years.

ABOUT SHOSHIN WORKS 

Shoshin Works advisors are specialists in platform-enabled ecosystem operations. Known for  collaborating with intent to expand the known boundaries of organizational performance – CEO  Dyan Finkhousen is a global authority on enterprise application of expert ecosystem and  platform operational models, designing highly contextualized business model innovation to  optimize results at scale.

www.shoshinworks.com 

In contrast to single-community open talent or open innovation marketplace models, the proprietary Shoshin Works Expert Operating SystemSM delivers a strategic and highly contextualized open innovation system designed for performance, sustainability, scalability, and compliance.The Shoshin Expert Operating System configures and orchestrates a diverse ecosystem of precision-curated experts, open innovation marketplaces, and digital signals synthesis to drive outcomes that uniquely align with our client aspirations and operations. This system is also easily extensible to integrate the field of open talent solutions that enable the engagement of precision resourcing and outcomes acquisition. In all cases, implementation of these transformational systems requires the installment of a change management program to achieve sustained behaviors and benefit.

ABOUT HEROX 

HeroX is a social network for crowdsourcing innovation and human ingenuity, co-founded in  2013 by serial entrepreneur, Christian Cotichini and XPRIZE Founder and Futurist, Peter  Diamandis. HeroX offers a turnkey, easy-to-use platform that supports anyone, anywhere, to  solve everyday business and world challenges using the power of the crowd. Uniquely  positioned as the Social Network for Innovation, HeroX is the only place you can build, grow and  curate your very own crowd.

Explore the latest challenges at www.herox.com 

About Melanie Boylan

Melanie has been a Freelance Journalist on the Irish Tech News senior team for 2 years.  Her background knowledge and interest in a diverse field has allowed for some great chats with some amazing podcast guests.

Melanie also is a Social Media Trainer, Social Media Manager, Co-Founder of The Monday Morning Marketing Podcast, Mentor and Brand Ambassador for AgoraPulse UK and Ireland.  She is also a Moderator on Clubhouse for Small Steps and Giant Leaps and Space for All Nations at @melanieboylan

If you would like to learn more, please visit her LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanieboylan/