Board of Directors

Jeremiah Todd Siena

Founder, Director & CEO

A Tokyo-born American aviation entrepreneur with over 16 years of commercial aerospace experience, Todd Siena is an Aviation Week "40 Under 40" executive dedicated to digitizing global aircraft asset management.

Todd serves as Founder, CEO, and Board Signatory of Block Aero Technologies. With over 16 years across commercial aerospace manufacturing, MRO, aftermarket trading, and aviation finance, he founded Block Aero in 2017 to build the industry's first productionized aviation blockchain network and asset-management platform. He previously founded Avia-Tek, an aviation consulting and trading firm that closed high-value transactions with airlines, MROs, OEMs, and private-equity investors across Asia-Pacific.

Siena is a member of the Airbus STARS Leadership Program and an Aviation Week & Space Technology "Top 40 Under 40" honoree. A frequent keynote speaker, he has presented on aviation blockchain and digital asset tracking at the ICAO Aviation Blockchain Summit, Paris Air Lab at Le Bourget, the SpeedNews Aerospace Suppliers Conference, and MRO Asia-Pacific.

Watch the webinar: Aerospace & Blockchain

Arthur Burton "Burt" Pinoli

Director & Secretary

An international aviation executive with over 30 years of leadership across Delta, Northwest, and Transamerica, Burt Pinoli pioneered historic US–China aviation routes and commercial agricultural partnerships.

Burt serves as Director and Secretary on Block Aero's Board. He brings over three decades of corporate development and Asia-Pacific leadership: Director of China and General Manager of Asia for Delta Air Lines, General Manager of China for Northwest Airlines, and Managing Director of Asia for Transamerica Airlines. At Northwest he launched the Beijing–Detroit non-stop in 1996, the first non-stop route operated by a U.S. airline into mainland China; at Delta he ran business units generating over $100 million, launched the Shanghai–Atlanta and Seoul–Atlanta routes, and negotiated code-shares with China Southern and China Airlines.

Earlier, at Transamerica Agricultural Development Corporation in the 1980s, Pinoli negotiated the first Sino-U.S. turnkey dairy joint venture, a $10 million "compensation trade" that air-imported milk cows to build foundation herds for dairy farms in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and later served as a Director of Kowloon Dairy (GZ) Ltd.

Tom Covella

Board Director

A legendary component aftermarket executive, Tom Covella revolutionized aircraft MRO supply chains by becoming the first in the industry to dismantle a CFM56 engine for parts.

Tom joined Block Aero's Board in March 2025. With more than 30 years across commercial aircraft maintenance, engineering, component distribution, and fleet operations, he is widely credited as the first in the aftermarket to dismantle a CFM56 engine specifically for component supply, a blueprint for modern engine material management that showed how high-demand components could be repurposed to lower maintenance costs and improve fleet availability.

In 2001 he founded his component solutions company, acquired by STS Aviation Group in 2008. He then served over 14 years as Division President of STS Component Solutions, building a global OEM distribution network before moving into a Group Advisory role focused on strategic growth and technology innovation.

Reference: STS Aviation Group announcement

Kim Schulze

Board Director

A distinguished aviation asset trading and compliance executive, Kim Schulze co-founded KP Aviation and is widely recognized for her leadership in regulatory integrity and corporate philanthropy.

Kim joined Block Aero's Board in June 2025. Co-founder and former CEO, now Principal & Chief Compliance Officer, of KP Aviation, she has spent over two decades shaping the global aftermarket material and asset-management industry, growing KP Aviation from a boutique supplier into an international powerhouse with facilities in Arizona, Europe, and South Africa across teardowns, engine leasing, and inventory distribution.

In early 2024 she moved into the Chief Compliance Officer role, expanding global operational compliance, risk management, and regulatory frameworks. She is also a respected philanthropic leader and champion for diversity, prioritizing community engagement, corporate social responsibility, and mentorship to cultivate diverse talent across the aerospace industry.

Reference: KP Aviation announcement

Toby Man Hon Chan

Board Director

A climate-tech venture capitalist and former Macquarie banker with over 16 years of experience, Toby Chan invests in sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen infrastructure, and clean technology.

Toby joined Block Aero's Board in February 2022. He is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Audacy Ventures, a venture firm scaling climate technology, decarbonization, and energy-transition solutions. He began his career at Macquarie Capital and was a founding team member at Kerogen Capital, an energy private-equity fund with over $2 billion in AUM, executing more than $15 billion in corporate transactions over his institutional career.

Through Audacy and his board seats, Chan backs aviation-decarbonization and clean-tech companies: liquid hydrogen infrastructure (GenH2), carbon capture (Cool Planet Technologies), battery energy storage (Moment Energy), and digital supply-chain solutions for commercial aerospace.

Reference: Audacy Partners profile