Dr. Antonini Puppin-Macedo is a Sr Director of Product Development Integration at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where he leads aircraft configuration, systems engineering, certification, and advanced concepts. He previously directed engineering integration roles within Boeing and served as managing director of Boeing Research & Technology Brazil, driving collaborative innovation and sustainability initiatives. Before Boeing, he spent 12 years at Embraer in aerodynamic design, program leadership, and product strategy, and earlier led the projects division at the Brazilian Space Agency. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with research in acoustic scattering and supersonic aeroelasticity for the US Navy and Air Force.