Gabriel Massey

As President and Managing Director of Pipistrel, Gabriel Massey oversees the company’s growth strategy, product development and integration within Textron. Gabriel has gained significant integration experience throughout his career with Textron, managing strong international stakeholder relationships across employees, customers, suppliers and distributors. Gabriel joined the Textron enterprise following graduation through the Textron Leadership Development Program where he completed rotations with Textron Aviation, Lycoming and Textron Systems businesses. Following that program, he held several positions at Bell, including integrated product team lead for the 525 Relentless program, and also served as the general manager of Able Aerospace Services. Most recently, Gabriel served as vice president, Asia-Pacific Customer Service at Textron Aviation, where he was responsible for the company’s Asia-Pacific service network, including all company-owned maintenance facilities and authorized service facilities. Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He and his family reside in Ljubljana, Slovenia.