{"id":28574,"date":"2024-05-06T20:13:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28574"},"modified":"2024-05-06T20:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:14:21","slug":"magnix-appoints-reed-macdonald-as-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/magnix-appoints-reed-macdonald-as-chief-executive-officer\/%20","title":{"rendered":"magniX Appoints Reed Macdonald as Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

magniX<\/a>, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, announced that Reed Macdonald has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Macdonald, with more than 25 years\u2019 experience in aerospace, finance, defense, and manufacturing, will lead magniX as it readies its revolutionary electric powertrains for Entry Into Service.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reed Macdonald<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Macdonald, with more than 25 years\u2019 experience in aerospace,\nfinance, defense, and manufacturing, has held several board and senior\nexecutive roles, including as CEO and Board Member at FDS Avionics, a\nmanufacturer of electronics equipment for the business aviation and military\nmarkets. Macdonald also brings deep financial and commercial experience to the\nCEO role at magniX, having led investments in companies across diverse\nsectors.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pioneering the Future of Aviation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

magniX\u2019s fully integrated electric powertrains are leading\nthe race to certification and ushering in a new era of clean aviation. magniX\nis the only company to have powered groundbreaking flights by five different\naircraft, including the maiden flight of the first all-electric commuter\nairplane, Eviation\u2019s Alice, and the longest and highest altitude flights by a\nhydrogen electric plane. In April, magniX received a Letter of Intent from\nNorth America\u2019s largest seaplane airline, Harbour Air, for 50 magni650 engines.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is an exciting time for magniX as its groundbreaking\ntechnology takes giant leaps toward making zero emissions flight a commercial\nreality,\u201d said Reed Macdonald, magniX\u2019s incoming CEO. \u201cI look forward to\nworking with the magniX team to bring our industry-leading electric powertrains\nto the marketplace and to accelerate the transition to sustainable aviation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cmagniX is entering a significant new phase in our\ngame-changing technology\u2019s progress toward Entry Into Service,\u201d said John\nSaabas, Chairman of magniX. \u201cReed\u2019s commercial experience and expertise are\nwell-suited to steward magniX through this chapter in our journey to change the\nhistory of aviation.\u201d    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, announced that Reed Macdonald has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Macdonald, with more than 25 years\u2019 experience in aerospace, finance, defense, and manufacturing, will lead magniX as it readies its revolutionary electric powertrains for Entry Into Service.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Macdonald, with more than 25 years\u2019 experience in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28578,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28574\/revisions\/28578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}