XTI Aerospace

Scott Pomeroy

Scott Pomeroy is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of XTI Aerospace. Scott brings over 35 years of executive experience to XTI. He previously served as the CFO of Dex Media, overseeing equity and debt capital raises of more than $10 billion, and was CEO and founder of Local Insight Media. He also co-founded Gen3 Financial Services, a boutique merchant bank providing capital raising and business advisory services to clients in a variety of industries including aerospace. He has served on several boards, including the Board of Directors of AVX Aircraft Company since 2009, a U.S. military defense contractor and a leading-edge aviation research and engineering company with particular expertise in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft and unmanned aircraft development. Scott began his career at KPMG Peat Marwick. He has a BBA in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Tobin Arthur

Tobin Arthur’s 30-year business career has centered around companies bringing innovation and disruption to the market. Out of college he joined Starbucks Coffee when it was a newly public and rapidly growing company where he held leadership roles in both the operations and technology groups. He later transitioned to building, investing in and advising startups including iMedExchange, CureUs and AngelMD. The common theme with each venture was a focus on technology, crafting strategy and building high performance teams. Along with two partners, he later formed Catalyst Fund LP, a medtech-focused venture capital fund. In 2018 he launched the Innovation4Alpha podcast which evolved into an advisory firm focused on helping companies with strategy, storytelling and capital formation. Tobin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Southern California.

Brooke Turk

Brooke Turk serves as Chief Financial Officer of XTI Aerospace. Over her 30+ year career, Brooke has played a key role in multiple corporate transactions — including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; restructures and reorganizations; debt and equity capital raises, a Chapter 11 restructuring and an IPO. Previously, she provided CFO services as founding principal of Springboard Ventures, since August 2011 and principal of C Squared Solutions LLC since October 2019. During her time with Springboard Ventures and C Squared Solutions, Brooke has acted as the chief financial officer of several businesses, including MADSKY from March 2017 to October 2018 and CB Scientific Inc. since November 2021. Brooke began her career at Arthur Andersen. She received a Master of Science in Business Administration from Colorado State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication from Western Colorado University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mara Babin

Mara Babin serves as the Head of Legal of XTI Aerospace. Mara is a business lawyer with extensive international and U.S. business and legal experience. She brings expertise in management, operations, corporate governance, capital formation, M&A, private equity, venture capital, fund raising, compensation and business development. She was also a partner at Squire, Patton Boggs, a global law firm as well as served as managing director of Golden Seeds, an angel investment network investing in high-growth women-led businesses. Mara received a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis and a JD from University of Michigan Law School.

Saleem Zaheer

Saleem Zaheer is the Chief Commercial Officer of XTI Aerospace. Saleem brings over 40 years of experience in the aviation industry including corporate aviation, the airlines, and the military in the US, the Middle East, and South Asia. He previously served as Vice President Flight Operations & Special Projects for IndiGo, India’s largest airline. He has led flight operations functions at three airlines and is a former United Airlines captain and a pilot with 15,000 flight hours on 28 different aircraft including the MiG 21, Learjet, Airbus 320 and Boeing 777. Saleem serves as Senior Advisor – Airline Operations & Advanced Air Mobility for CAPA India Centre for Aviation, South Asia’s leading specialist aviation advisory, research and knowledge practice.

Don C. Purdy

Keith Davis

Keith Davis is Vice President of Programs at XTI Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of XTI Aerospace. He is responsible for guiding all matters related to program planning, infrastructure formation, and process development. Keith has over 30 years of aerospace development and project management experience. Over the course of his career, he has worked with nearly all major business jet manufacturers. Most recently, he worked for Aerion Supersonic in Program Integration where he was instrumental in supporting program and business development goals. Keith has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.

David Ambrose

Dave Ambrose is Vice President of Engineering at XTI Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of XTI Aerospace. He is responsible for all matters related to product development. Dave has over 30 years of aerospace development and technical leadership experience in both the commercial and military domains. He started his career at Cessna Aircraft and Beechcraft working on the Citation X, Citation Bravo and Premier I programs as a Propulsion Engineer. He then worked at the famed Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for 21 years solving complex technical problems on the X-35 and F-35 for the Joint Strike Fighter program, the Presidential Helicopter, and various other classified and unclassified programs. At the Skunk Works, Dave specialized in conceptual, structural, and subsystem design, and in aircraft integration, including mission systems and stealth technology. More recently, he was part of the Aerion Supersonic AS2 team developing a supersonic business jet, where he was the Vehicle Integration Lead and Wing Integrated Product Team (IPT) Manager. Dave has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering.

John Griffo

John Griffo is the Vice President of Finance at XTI Aerospace overseeing the finance, accounting, and human resources functions. John has over 20 years of professional experience including 10 years working in Big 4 public accounting both domestically and in Switzerland. Throughout his career in public accounting and as an independent consultant, he has serviced dozens of companies across many industries advising on M&A due diligence projects or serving as VP of Finance and Controller. John graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He is an active volunteer in the Denver metro community including serving as a mentor for 10 years with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Colorado.

Marylou Van Rossem

Marylou Van Rossem is the Vice President of People Operations at XTI Aerospace. Marylou brings over 20 years of experience with a focus on strategic culture growth initiatives with positive people programs, performance, talent acquisition, and more. She manages People Operations across XTI’s worldwide offices. Prior to joining XTI, Marylou served as the Global Head of People Operations at Inpixon as well as had a successful track record of scaling up HR at evolving companies.

David Westgate

David Westgate serves as the Executive Vice President of IT Operations at XTI Aerospace. Throughout his 22 years of experience, David has developed expertise in designing, deploying, and operating critical IT systems (including military applications), cloud infrastructure, virtualization technology, corporate networks, and data center design and operations. After leaving the U.S. Air Force in 1996, he served as the Director of IT Services for McBride and Associates, managing both internal and client technology projects focused on modernizing and securing network and application infrastructure. In 2003, David joined Sysorex (now Inpixon) as Director of IT Services, then Senior Director of IT services, and in 2015 attained Vice President of IT Operations.