Summary
Adam Nagel is a seasoned technical leader and Head of Engineering with 12 years of experience building model-based engineering and digital thread solutions for aerospace, defense, and deeptech startups. He has scaled and led teams of 10–14 engineers, delivered cross-organizational platforms (including an Ontology Hub for semantic graphs), and consistently translated complex engineering needs into production software and governance processes. Comfortable engaging executives, legal teams, and engineers alike, he has a track record of shipping pilots and multi-solution portfolios across organizations like Airbus, Raytheon, and NASA. At P-1.ai he now leads engineering at the intersection of AI and digital engineering, bringing a pragmatic mix of product, platform, and operations experience. Not obvious from titles: he has repeatedly driven organizational change—instating DevOps, ConOps, and model governance—to accelerate delivery while reducing risk. Trained as a computer engineer from Vanderbilt, he combines deep technical fluency with client-facing program leadership.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University