Paige Kassalen

Paige Kassalen has an electrical engineering degree from Virginia Tech and a Master of Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon. Kassalen began her career as the only American engineer working with Solar Impulse 2, the first solar-powered airplane to circumnavigate the globe. This role landed Kassalen a spot on the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 list along with feature articles
in Glamour, Teen Vogue, and Fast Company.

Since Solar Impulse, Kassalen worked in the manufacturing and finance industries to create implementation strategies for a range of emerging technology trends from autonomous vehicles to machine learning. She was the Chief Operating Officer at CrowdAI, a start-up named by Forbes as one of the most promising AI companies in 2021. CrowdAI was acquired by Saab, Inc. in 2023,
and Kassalen lead an initiative to launch Saab Inc’s autonomy and artificial intelligence accelerator, Skapa by Saab. Kassalen is currently the Business Operations Manager for the Land Systems division within Saab, Inc. and focuses on scaling organizations with data-driven insights.