19 Facts About Paul Eremenko

Paul Eremenko was formerly the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of United Technologies Corporation.

Paul Eremenko is a former Google executive and head of Google's Project Ara, an effort to create an open, modular smartphone platform.

Paul Eremenko has come out as a strong proponent of artificial intelligence and autonomy research.

Paul Eremenko has cited his desire to build a starship as the motivation underpinning his career.

Paul Eremenko earned a bachelor's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, a Master's in Aeronautics from Caltech, and a JD degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

Paul Eremenko trained as a pilot at Aretz Airport near Purdue University.

On 23 September 2020, Paul Eremenko announced Universal Hydrogen, a new business venture in aviation conversion systems for hydrogen fuel cells.

On 30 November 2017, Paul Eremenko was named Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, effective 1 January 2018.

Paul Eremenko will provide strategic leadership for the company's research, engineering and development activities in the global aerospace and building systems industries.

On 29 May 2015, Paul Eremenko was named the founding CEO of Airbus Group Silicon Valley technology and business innovation center.

Paul Eremenko became Airbus Group CTO in July 2016 and left Airbus on 31 December 2017 citing pressures on his work-family life balance.

At Google, Paul Eremenko created and headed Project Ara, which seeks to democratize the mobile phone hardware ecosystem and to make the mobile internet accessible to the next five billion people.

Paul Eremenko served as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Tactical Technology Office at DARPA, the office responsible for the agency's drones, robotics, X-planes, and satellite programs.

Paul Eremenko was responsible for a crowd-sourced military vehicle effort called XC2V which was said to revolutionize auto manufacturing.

At DARPA, Paul Eremenko developed two education-themed efforts: DARPA's MENTOR program focused on building a manufacturing workforce, and InSPIRE which made the SPHERES robotic platform on the International Space Station accessible to high school students.

Paul Eremenko started his career as an associate in the defense business segment of Booz Allen Hamilton, consulting in particular for DARPA, which he later joined.

The 100 Year Starship, which Paul Eremenko headed at DARPA, was named by US Senator Tom Coburn as one of the 100 most wasteful government spending projects.

Paul Eremenko was one of the creators and early proponents of a systems engineering strategy for creating more flexible and adaptable products known as value-driven design.

Paul Eremenko was one of the most senior aerospace industry executives who is openly gay.