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Manal Habib

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CEO and Founder at MightyFly

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedMightyFly

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Manal Habib is the founder and CEO of MightyFly and holds degrees from MIT and Stanford in aerospace engineering. She previously led flight controls at Zipline, where she developed the company's first commercial flight controller. She is a private pilot and is building her own airplane.

CEO and Founder at MightyFly

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MightyFly's investors · 5

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2026At One VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026Halogen Ventures Management Company LlcLos Angeles · $100K – $1M checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2022

Co-founders at MightyFly

SPScott Parker
Scott Parker

Experience

  1. MightyFlyCEO and Foundercurrent2019 — present
  2. Self employedBuilding RV7 aircraftcurrent2018 — present
  3. Self employedPrivate Pilotcurrent2014 — present
  4. ZiplineSabbatical2018 — 2019
  5. ZiplineFlight Controls Lead2017 — 2018Half moon bay
  6. AstranisGNC Software Engineer2016 — 2017Astranis
  7. OracleSoftware Engineer2012 — 2015San Francisco
  8. Cummins Inc.Controls System Engineering2011 — 2012Columbus, Indiana
  9. MIT, Human and Automation Lab/ UTRCResearch Associate2011
  10. MIT, Human and Automation Lab/ UTRCUndergraduate Researcher2010 — 2011
  11. MIT, Human and Automation Lab/ UTRCUndergraduate Researcher2010 — 2011
  12. MIT, Human and Automation Lab/ UTRCUndergraduate Researcher2009 — 2010
  13. MIT, Human and Automation Lab/ UTRCUndergraduate Researcher2009
  14. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Flight CenterIntern2011
  15. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight CenterIntern2008

Skills & more

LeadershipUnmanned VehiclesSystems EngineeringEngineeringSimulationsData AnalysisResearchC++MatlabLaTeXSolidworksSQL
+6 morePythonJuliaJava, C++, Matlab, Solid Works, Adobe, Althium, MPLAB, Computer applications.Fluent in Arabic, French, English and Spanish.CNC, water-jet and laser-cutter.ADF, SQL, UI design

Languages Arabic · English · French · Spanish

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Who is Manal Habib?
Manal Habib is the founder and CEO of MightyFly and holds degrees from MIT and Stanford in aerospace engineering. She previously led flight controls at Zipline, where she developed the company's first commercial flight controller. She is a private pilot and is building her own airplane.
Where does Manal Habib work?
Manal Habib is CEO and Founder of MightyFly.
What companies did Manal Habib found?
Manal Habib founded MightyFly.
Where did Manal Habib go to school?
Manal Habib studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics); Stanford University (Graduate Program, Aerospace); West Valley Flight School (Private Pilot).

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