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Alexander Hoekje List
Founder FlyShirley.com • S.M. (CS), MIT • Commercial Pilot (AMEL)
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About
Founder at FlyShirley.com - AI Flight Trainer & Copilot for Pilots. I previously led flight simulation at Beta Technologies (electric aviation) and Merlin Labs (flight autonomy). Computer science masters at MIT with thesis work in aerospace engineering. Apple Design Award winner. Commercial pilot's license in airplanes. Former Techstars Boston CEO/co-founder. Entrepreneurial software engineer building multimodal agentic systems for real-time pilot assistance and aviation training. Product-oriented background in aerospace, mobile, and web application domains.
Experience
Integrated Simulation Team Technical Lead & ManagerMerlin Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Feb 2023 to Mar 2024
Feb 2023 to Mar 2024
Team Member (Simulation Software Team Technical Lead)BETA TECHNOLOGIES Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Sep 2020 to Feb 2023
Sep 2020 to Feb 2023
Autonomy Software EngineerBoeing Research & Technology Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Aug 2019 to Mar 2020
Aug 2019 to Mar 2020
Research AssistantICAT Lab, Aero-Astro department, MIT Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2018 to Aug 2019
Jan 2018 to Aug 2019
Teaching Assistant, Research AssistantMIT Programming Languages Group Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2017 to May 2019
Jan 2017 to May 2019
Contract Software EngineerE55 Inc., Gigster Inc., MANNA Inc. Basic company page — company details not listed yet
May 2015 to Jan 2017
May 2015 to Jan 2017
CEO and Co-founderHeadtalk Inc Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2014 to Nov 2015
Jan 2014 to Nov 2015
iOS for Designers InstructorCodePath Basic company page — company details not listed yet
May 2015 to Jul 2015
May 2015 to Jul 2015
Co-Founder, Apple Design Award WinnerMosaic.io Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2013 to Jan 2013
Jan 2013 to Jan 2013
Swÿp LeadMIT Media Lab, Fluid Interfaces Group Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2011 to Jan 2012
Jan 2011 to Jan 2012
Laboratory Research DeveloperDrexel University Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2008 to Jan 2011
Jan 2008 to Jan 2011
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters of Engineering (M-Eng), Computer Science
2018 to 2019
Masters of Engineering (M-Eng), Computer Science
2018 to 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Engineering
2016 to 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Engineering
2016 to 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aerospace Engineering
2011 to 2014
Aerospace Engineering
2011 to 2014