Team

Carl Dietrich
Co-Founder, President / Chief Designer

Prior to founding Jump Aero, Carl led the flying car company Terrafugia from founding through acquisition by the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. He served Terrafugia as CEO, CTO, and as a board director for 13 years. He is the current Chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association committee on Simplified Vehicle Operations.

He is the inventor or co-inventor on multiple issued patents and patents pending, and he has won numerous awards through his career including Aviation Week and Space Technology’s 40 under 40 award and the Lemelson-MIT student prize. Carl received his bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.

Jeff Myjak
Co-Founder, Head of Fabrication

Jeff is the President of Still Water Design, Inc., a company that manufactures approximately one hundred high performance composite boats per year. These boats are used extensively by rowing coaches and have served as camera platforms for many international rowing competitions including the Olympic Games.

Jeff has has traveled to support and gather feedback from customers across the globe. He has decades of hands-on experience with all types of composite production and has advised many companies regarding the design of cost-effective composite production. He has developed techniques with CNC equipment to facilitate rapid fabrication of both prototype and production composite tooling. Jeff received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and master's degree in Transportation Science from MIT.