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VP, Innovation & Future Programs, Gulfstream Aerospace

Angel Barboza is the vice president of Innovation and Future Programs at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. The Innovation and Future Programs group, which includes Preliminary Design and Advanced Flight Deck, is responsible for integrating customer requirements, providing a one-stop shop for aircraft and system capability roadmaps, streamlining requirements management and tracking, and providing process and strategy for disciplined innovation. Angel reports to Vicki Britt, senior vice president of Innovation, Engineering and Flight.

Angel has served at Gulfstream since 2010, most recently as director of Preliminary Design. Among his contributions, he has managed a team to provide subsonic and supersonic aircraft concepts, established a cross-functional Advanced Products Team, and integrated a 20-year product roadmap with a refresh strategy and timeline for a new product segment. Prior to joining Gulfstream, he worked at Boeing for 14 years, during which time he led multidisciplinary design teams, defined the configuration development plan for 787 derivative aircraft and served as 787-9 configuration leader.

Angel received his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Cal Poly State University and his master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Washington.