10 American Airlines engineering leaders

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · American Airlines

Chief Technology Officer at American Airlines since September 2023. Anchal Gupta was Managing Director - Global Head of Card Technology at JPMorganChase (2022–2023), Managing Director - Global Head Product, Platform and Data Engineering at DTCC (2020–2022), Head of Engineering at Barclays (2018–2020) and Vice President Engineering at American Express (2016–2018).

Experience: MD, Cabin and Configuration Engineering · American Airlines

MD, Cabin and Configuration Engineering at American Airlines since July 2021, based in the Dallas area. Bryan Riffe was Director Aircraft Acquisitions and Configuration Management (2020–2021) and Director, Engineering Services (2019–2020) at American, and an Aircraft Systems Engineer there from 1996 to 2000.

Experience: Managing Director Powerplant, Support and Services Engineering · American Airlines

Managing Director Powerplant, Support and Services Engineering at American Airlines since May 2025. Casey Gillespie was Director of Cabin and Regulatory Standards Engineering (2024–2025), Director of Powerplant Engineering (2021–2024), Director of Hub Adminstration and Planning (2019–2021) and Sr. Manager A320 Fleet Engineering (2018–2019) at American.

Experience: Director Fleet Engineering · American Airlines

Director Fleet Engineering at American Airlines since May 2018, based in Fort Worth, Texas. James Leslie was Sr. Manager Airframe & Systems Engineering at American Airlines (2011–2018). The Director Fleet Engineering role is listed at Director level in the engineering and technical department.

Experience: Director Aircraft Acquisitions, Configuration and Engineering Services · American Airlines

Director Aircraft Acquisitions, Configuration and Engineering Services at American Airlines since May 2024, based in Arlington, Texas. Jason Tims also held Sr Manager Power Plant Engineering, Lead Reliability Engineer and Systems Engineer roles at American Airlines, and was an Avionics Engineer at American in 2003.

Experience: VP-Engineering, Quality & Training · American Airlines

Retired VP-Engineering, Quality & Training at American Airlines, a role held from 2017 and described as responsible for the airline's engineering, per the profile, which lists retirement from American in 2020. John Beavers also held the role Mng Dir Power Plant A/C Engineering at American Airlines from 2008.

Experience: Director, Data Engineering · American Airlines

Director, Data Engineering at American Airlines since November 2024, based in Fort Worth, Texas. Nilay Bhagat also held American Airlines roles as Sr Manager, Data Engineering and Analytics (2021–2025), Manager, Data Engineering & Analytics (2017–2021), Principal Data Architect (2015–2017) and Technical Lead - Data Engineering (2010–2015).

Experience: Director, Operations Engineering · American Airlines

Director, Operations Engineering at American Airlines since July 2026, based in Cypress, Texas, and Sr Manager Operations Engineering there from 2025 to 2026. Ravin Agarwal was Director of Performance and Operations Engineering at National Airlines (2024–2025) and Director Flight Operations Engineering at United Airlines (2020–2024).

Experience: Director, Servicing & Mobile Technology · American Airlines

Director, Servicing & Mobile Technology at American Airlines since June 2024, leading the Mobile Engineering organization responsible for product delivery and 24/7 worldwide operations of American's mobile apps, per the profile. Rosendo Salazar was Sr. Manager, IT Applications (2020–2024) and Principal Application Architect (2016–2018) at American.

Experience: Vice President of Engineering & Quality · American Airlines

Vice President of Engineering & Quality at American Airlines since July 2020, based in Flower Mound, Texas. Stacy Morrissey was MD Fleet Engineering (2017–2020), MD Base and Strategic Planning (2016–2017) and Director Quality Assurance, CASS and Operational Excellence (2007–2016) at American Airlines.