Rebecca Longo is the Owner & Brand Strategist of R3 Aviation Marketing, devoted Mother, renowned speaker, and inspirational coach. Longo has over 27+ years in Aviation & Aerospace Marketing and has worked with Fortune 500 clients. Her firm supports companies with branding, digital marketing, social media management, event planning, public relations, trade show management, video production and crisis management. Prior to starting R3, she has held roles as Vice President of Marketing & Vice President of Consumable and Expendable sales for GA Telesis, Chief Marketing Officer for Linden Capital’s Sage Dental and Vice President of Sales & Strategic Development for PartsBase.

Her experience led her to work on the first AX-1 Space Mission to the International Space Station with AXIOM Space & SpaceX and facilitated events & schedule for the 1st Israeli Astronaut, Eytan Stibbe and the Nation of Israel. Longo has served as Co-Producer of the PBEXPO Tradeshow in Miami, Florida since 2018. She currently is an active Board Member of the Greater Miami Aviation Association that raises scholarship funds for low-income students who are trying to pursue a career in Aviation & Aerospace.

She has a great appreciation of what it takes to drive innovation in the Aviation industry. Her career has taken her to over 50 countries, introduced her to over 5,000 connections and understands what it takes for a brand to stand out and get noticed.

Willard Shepard is one of the most trusted professionals in Florida. The attorney, Gulf War Air Force fighter pilot, and as a 6 time Emmy award winning investigative reporter and news anchor at NBC in Miami, Shepard guided thousands through hurricanes, turmoil in America’s streets, military conflicts, tragedies, presidential campaigns, and landmark court rulings. Shepard has brought comfort, peace, and a sense of justice to families who turned to only him to deliver their message on the heels of an accident or disaster that forever altered their lives.

An expert in the military and aviation, Shepard called on his combat experience to guide viewers through the ongoing threats at home and abroad, including the war in Ukraine. He provided an inside look at the federal, state, and local efforts to keep America safe. His work detailing anti-terror efforts underwater to protect ports and cruise ships earned him an Emmy award. During the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, his military background brought a detailed perspective on the battlefront. He has also covered military conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo. He has guided viewers through the return of Boeing’s 737 Max to service after two fatal accidents.

For the Air Force Reserve today, he assists high school students in obtaining ROTC scholarships and appointments to the USAF Academy. As a member of the USAF Civil Air Patrol, he has flown search and rescue missions and countless sorties showing middle and high school students aviation opportunities in the USAF and beyond. He is an FAA aircraft Advanced Ground and Instrument Instructor and is an FAA certified Unmanned Aerial Systems pilot.

Willard Shepard is one of the most trusted professionals in Florida. The attorney, Gulf War Air Force fighter pilot, and as a 6 time Emmy award winning investigative reporter and news anchor at NBC in Miami, Shepard guided thousands through hurricanes, turmoil in America’s streets, military conflicts, tragedies, presidential campaigns, and landmark court rulings. Shepard has brought comfort, peace, and a sense of justice to families who turned to only him to deliver their message on the heels of an accident or disaster that forever altered their lives.

An expert in the military and aviation, Shepard called on his combat experience to guide viewers through the ongoing threats at home and abroad, including the war in Ukraine. He provided an inside look at the federal, state, and local efforts to keep America safe. His work detailing anti-terror efforts underwater to protect ports and cruise ships earned him an Emmy award. During the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, his military background brought a detailed perspective on the battlefront. He has also covered military conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo. He has guided viewers through the return of Boeing’s 737 Max to service after two fatal accidents.

For the Air Force Reserve today, he assists high school students in obtaining ROTC scholarships and appointments to the USAF Academy. As a member of the USAF Civil Air Patrol, he has flown search and rescue missions and countless sorties showing middle and high school students aviation opportunities in the USAF and beyond. He is an FAA aircraft Advanced Ground and Instrument Instructor and is an FAA certified Unmanned Aerial Systems pilot.

Bennett Wetherald is a seasoned professional with an impressive 17-year tenure at FedEx, dedicating 12 of those years to Avionics Data Management. His expertise lies in flight data analytics and avionics engineering, fields where his passion truly shines. Outside of his professional life, Bennett is an avid softball player and coach, he enjoys indulging in culinary delights.

Family plays a central role in Bennett's life. He is happily married to Brittney and is a proud father to two wonderful children, Brady, 14, and Brooklyn, 11. Despite a busy schedule, Bennett always finds ways to balance his professional responsibilities with his family life, although he humorously notes that free time is a rare commodity. Bennett's dedication to his work, love for his family, and enthusiasm for his interests paint the picture of a well-rounded and committed individual.

Daniel Barcenas is a passionate aviation expert with over 43 years’ experience in the Mexican Aviation Industry, he started his aviation career as Aviation Mechanic and Flight Dispatcher in the largest Mexican air carriers, where he reached management levels and responsibilities for the Flight Control Centers, Airports and Maintenance.

He was part of the Viva’s founder team, being responsible of obtaining the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and startup operations of the airline in 2006 as the real ultra low cost carrier of Mexico, leading the Flight Operations of the airline for the first 10 years, achieving the most efficient fuel consumption for a Boeing 737-300 fleet in the world, stated by Boeing.

Affter several deep analyses for choosing the best aircraft model for the low cost carrier, he was responsible of directing the successful Fleet Transition Team from 25 Boeing 737-300 aircrafts to a growing fleet of 54 Airbus A-320 aircraft. Achieving this goal in the last 3 years with zero incidents in the period.

Taking advantage of his deep knowledge and experience in the Operations and Maintenance areas, Daniel was appointed as Safety, Security and Quality Assurance VP in December 2016, In order to keep the surveillance of the operation and implementation of the Safety Management System (SMS), including the FOQA/FDM and Fatigue Risk Management System.

He is Actually Chief Safety & Quality Officer, along with rest of the C suite Mgmt. leading the successful expansion of VivaAerobus.

Andrew Drake leads the Aviation Cybersecurity function at NetJets Inc. He is responsible for the identification and remediation of cybersecurity risk of the aircraft, flight operations and aircraft maintenance. In addition, he also partners with cross-functional industry leaders to ensure NetJets and business aviation are connected and aligned to aviation industry standards.  Andrew has been in the aviation industry for over 20 years and is an active pilot. Prior to focusing on cybersecurity, he had a range of experience, including roles as a Flight Instructor, an Aircraft Dispatcher and a Software

Captain Rameau is a former French Air Force pilot and graduate of the Ecole de l'Air et de l'Espace, the military academy that trains all Air Force and Space Force officers. During his 21-year career with the French Air Force, he has held various management positions, from A310 technical pilot to Airbus Chief Pilot to Deputy Chief of Training. Bertrand has developed extensive knowledge of a wide range of subjects, both technical and training-related, thanks to in-depth cooperation with ATOs, MROs, flight test centers and OEMs.

One of his most successful projects was to participate in program development and operational testing, and to be directly involved, as an evaluation pilot, in the entry into service of "FENIX", the French Air Force's new Airbus A330 MRTT.

Bertrand is the founder and CEO of Be-Air, a company he set up to specialize in the provision of comprehensive consulting and operational services, ranging from technical expertise to flight and simulator training, as well as special operations. Captain Rameau currently holds the position of Flight Operations Manager for San Marino Executive Aviation, an airline that operates Airbus A330-300, A300-600F and Boeing 737F aircraft for charter and ACMI operations.

Since 2015, Captain Rameau has been flying NOVESPACE's special Airbus A310 Zero-G. As pilot-in-command and flight safety officer, his piloting skills are put to good use to exploit meandering flight profiles to provide a weightless cabin environment for scientists and space discovery researchers, as well as for astronauts’ training. Bertrand is also involved in astronauts flight training with A310 ZeroG, including French astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

Since 2008, Bertrand has also been a very active member of "Rêves de Gosse", a French charity offering flights to disabled children. Since 1996, over 30,000 children have taken part in this program, which has enabled them to discover the beauty of the earth from above, bringing a ray of sunshine into their difficult daily lives.

With a total of nearly 10 000 hours' flying experience and being qualified as an instructor and examiner on Airbus A300, A310, A330 and A340 and as a single-engine piston aircraft with aerobatic and mountain qualifications, Bertrand is always happy to share his passion for flying.   

After a little experience in the maintenance industry, I joined Transavia France in 2020 as a Flight data monitoring engineer, under the supervision of V. DUREL. Today, i'm  in charge of the safety management system of the airline, and responsible of all the associated processes (Safety reports analysis, Flight Data monitoring program, risk assessments and safety promotion).

Captain Vincent DUREL graduated from ENAC (the French National School of Civil Aviation in Toulouse, France) as an engineer in Aviation Safety and Navigation Systems.

He started his career as an engineer in the RadioNav Support Team for the North Directorate of the French Authority (DGAC DAC-N). After completing his Commercial Pilot training, Captain DUREL has been hired by his former school (ENAC) as a project manager, developing a new A320 flight simulator dedicated to ENAC’s research projects (of-the-shelves design, CRM studies, ATC sim-Flight Sim connection). His experience in flight simulator design strengthened by his Flight Instructor experience led Captain DUREL to be deeply involved with ATR in the development of Mechtronix's (now TRU Simulation) innovative FFT-X flight simulator.

Captain DUREL is qualified on the ATR, Embraer ERJ and Boeing 737NG.

His attraction to aviation safety led him to take the lead on the TRANSAVIA FRANCE’s project to evaluate, select and adapt their new flight data monitoring system back in 2017.

Captain DUREL has played a key role in opening up new ways of distributing flight data and creating new avenues to give pilots broad access to their flight data, and allow them intimate analysis of their own performance, deploying a Pilot Web Interface by the end of 2020.

Vincent is a regular participant and speaker at the JSV France seminars (French Flight Safety Officers Group) and Transavia Pilots Training sessions.