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Aditya Rathi
Rachelle Strong
Our graduates work for some of the largest and most innovative companies, and they’re making their marks on the world and beyond. ALUMNI EMPLOYERS • American Airlines • The Boeing Company • Collins Aerospace • Delta Air Lines • General Dynamics • General Motors • Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) • Lockheed Martin • NASA
Embry-Riddle alumni obtain jobs with prestigious employers in both private industry and government, while others carve their own paths as successful entrepreneurs.
• Northrop Grumman • Southwest Airlines • Textron • United Airlines
KIRSTEN BAUERNSCHMIDT Spaceflight Operations, B.S., ’21 Human Factors, M.S., ’23
RACHELLE STRONG Aerospace Engineering, B.S., ’11 Project Management, M.S., ’15 Aviation, Ph.D., ’20 As a Flight Deck Chief Engineer at
During her professional development journey, Bauernschmidt has worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee as an air tasking order space operations intern for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and as a government affairs intern at Relativity Space. In her current position, she works as a range coordinator, who functions as a liaison between government regulatory agencies (like the Space Force and the FAA) and her employer.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Strong has leveraged a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, an M.S. in Project Management and a Ph.D. in Aviation to become a leader at the global aerospace giant, an achievement that highlights her abilities as an engineer, pilot, manager and human factors specialist. XAVIER CISNEROS Professional Aeronautics, B.S., ’97 MBA, Aviation, ’06 While on active duty, Cisneros earned his first degree from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus and a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics (now the B.S. in Aeronautics) in 1997. After landing his job with Hawaiian Airlines, he earned his second Embry‑Riddle Worldwide degree, a Master of Business Administration in Aviation, in 2006. Today, Cisneros works as a maintenance controller at Hawaiian Airlines headquarters in Honolulu.
Embry-Riddle is shaping the next generation of aviation and aerospace leaders. This specialized focus and its new innovation complex is the perfect combination to help startups strengthen and scale their ideas as part of the aerospace ecosystem . STEVE NORDLUND Vice President and General Manager, Air Dominance Division, Boeing
ADITYA RATHI Safety Science, M.S., ’22
After interning in corporate safety at Emirates Airlines, Rathi was awarded the opportunity to partake in the ISASI- Robertson Fellowship Program at Embry-Riddle, which gave him a full scholarship and allowed him to work in the Aviation Safety and Security Archives on the Prescott Campus. Since graduating as a distinguished graduate, Rathi is now a flight safety specialist for Delta Air Lines.
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