Ade is the Global Senior Director in the Microsoft Autonomous Systems group. He acts as business lead for global ecosystem and Go To Market efforts for Microsoft’s Project AIRSIM’s – an AI-first simulation platform for aerial and terrestrial robotics. With over 22 years in the industry, he’s worked in various roles in Engineering, Sales, Consulting and Business strategy roles in the United States and EMEA. He is also heavily engaged in ecosystem and community advocacy for Advanced Aerial Mobility Working Group, is a member of the ASTM-F38 committee for Unmanned Aerial Systems Standards, and the SAE G34/EUROCAE WG114 Joint Artificial Intelligence in Aviation committee, tasked with evolving AI means of compliance standards globally. He also spent time in the aerospace defense sector while at Lockheed Martin and graduated from Morgan State University with a Computer Science degree, Masters from Columbia University, and received his Artificial Intelligence training from MIT.