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  • Alex List

    Alex List

    Commercial Multiengine Pilot & Co-Founder

    Prior to founding Shirley, Alex led flight simulation at BETA Technologies and Merlin Labs. A software entrepreneur from a young age, Alex studied Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, receiving his undergraduate and Master's degrees while earning his pilot's license.

  • Jack Burns

    Jack Burns

    Student Pilot & Co-Founder

    Jack led Air Force funded R&D for NLP-driven autonomy capabilities for Merlin Labs. His research on aviation-domain programming languages has been published in top software engineering conferences like ECOOP, IROS, ICRA, and ICSE.

  • Hayley Walters

    Hayley Walters

    Sim Pilot & Intern

    Hayley is a software development intern and senior at Harvey Mudd College studying Computer Science with an emphasis in Data Science.

  • Vale Rasmussen

    Vale Rasmussen

    Private Pilot & Intern

    Vale is a private pilot and Aero/Astro Engineering student at Stanford University. With prior experience in flight simulation and instruction, Vale assists with development and testing of Shirley's pilot training scenarios.

  • You

    You

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