Founder/ President

Shane M.I. Pierce

Shane has been a consultant Mechanical Systems FAA DER since the age of 29 and subsequently founded SMIP Engineering in 2012.  Shane has a strong love for aviation and engineering.  Shane has been designing and building balsa stick and tissue airplanes starting at 9 years old and now works on some of the largest and most sophisticated designs that travel to the upper stratosphere (and beyond).  When not working on the next innovative aerospace project, you can find him camping and fly fishing with his wife and three young children.