Robie Samanta Roy Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; Former COO/Federal Strategy, Electra.aero

Dr. Robie I. Samanta Roy is a managing director at Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm with strategic interests in the national security sector. Prior to joining Cerberus in 2022, Robie was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Federal Strategy Officer at Electra.aero, an advanced air mobility startup. He came to that position from Lockheed Martin where he was the Corporate VP for Technology Strategy and Innovation (Deputy CTO) and then the VP for Technology for Government Affairs. Robie joined Lockheed Martin after almost a decade of service in the Federal Government, including the Congressional Budget Office as the Strategic Analyst, the Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy – under both the Bush and Obama Administrations, and as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Armed Services Committee overseeing the Department of Defense’s science and technology portfolio. He started his career as a Research Staff Member in the Systems Evaluation Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses. Robie earned his Ph.D, Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees in aeronautics and astronautics at MIT as well as a master’s degree in space policy from George Washington University and diplomas from the International Space University and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He continues to serve in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and the FAA’s Advanced Aviation Advisory Council.