 The first small step in my career was the decision to come to Purdue and study engineering. It's a dynamic environment where I learned what it is truly to be an engineer. The second small step in my career was becoming a design engineer at Scale Composites where I learned clean sheet aircraft design and how to solve aerospace problems using simple innovative solutions. The giant leap in my career was the decision to join startup companies in new aerospace like the company I'm at now, Supernal. The risk is high establishing a new industry and building new products. The reward is even higher, connecting people in new ways and moving people with new transportation systems. I'm Ben Dietschen, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1999. I am a Purdue engineer.