JEREMY C. H. WANG, PhD

Jeremy is an aerospace engineer and entrepreneur driven by an intense curiosity and social duty about people, systems, and their problems. Over the last 9 years, he has led 10 to 100-person teams to achieve key milestones in aerial robotics and aircraft automation—e.g. Canada’s first automated gate-to-gate flight on an airplane, regulatory approvals for large remotely piloted aircraft, multi-million B2B and B2G revenue and LOIs to commercialize new products and services, 70 to 75% of R&D expenditures subsidized via grant and tax strategy.

Jeremy’s foray into aerospace started in high school, assisting research on vision-based aircraft collision avoidance at York University. As an undergraduate student, Jeremy held various technical and leadership roles with the University of Toronto Aerospace Team, ending his time as Executive Director having doubled sponsorships to 63 corporate and academic partners providing $19M of annual in-kind and cash support. Jeremy then served three years as CTO at The Sky Guys, one of Canada’s top commercial drone operators. While there, he founded a self-sustaining engineering division developing special-purpose and long-range drones, and helped scale operations across North America. Most recently, Jeremy co-founded and serves as COO of Ribbit, a cargo airline that builds and operates self-flying airplanes for civil, defence, and humanitarian customers. Ribbit is venture-backed, credited with various firsts, and works with several wholesalers, retailers, and government clients.

Besides his professional work, Jeremy supports the broader aerospace and defence community through service at universities (e.g. U of T, UW, RMC), colleges (e.g. Centennial, George Brown), associations (e.g. AIAA, CASI), standards councils (e.g. RTCA), and government (e.g. Transport Canada, RCAF Aerospace Warfare Centre). Since 2023, he has served as an adjunct professor of systems design engineering at the University of Waterloo. Jeremy also regularly speaks on tech, startups, and leadership, including regular media appearances.

Jeremy completed a BASc in Engineering Science (Toronto) and a PhD in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (Waterloo). Outside work, he plays piano, reads WWII history, and enjoys trying new food with his partner. Jeremy believes that anyone can lead, everyone must lead no matter their title or position, and the best leaders do so by example, expertise, and empathy.

Résumé — see LinkedIn
CV — short CV on University of Waterloo homepage, full CV available on request
Those interested in project details should consult Projects or contact me directly.

Last Update: 2024-04-14