About Us
Philippe A. Bonnefoy, PhD
Founder and CEO
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Dr. Bonnefoy is Founder and CEO at BlueSky. He focuses on analytics and strategy consulting in Aviation, Energy and Environment and on aviation decarbonization through technology, operations, sustainable aviation fuels and market-based measures. He leads a team of experts who provide thought leadership, technical and decision support on projects in the public (federal) and commercial sectors, in the United States and abroad.
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Dr. Bonnefoy led and/or contributed to key assessments in support of major aviation energy and environmental policies e.g., the development of the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), ATAG Waypoint 2050 (Editions 1-3), the ICAO Long Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) report, the 2021 and 2024 U.S. State Action Plans.
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Dr. Bonnefoy is an expert nominated by the United States (since 2009) to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) where is currently leading several task groups, including the Working Group on CORSIA (WG4) and the Long-Term Aspirational Goal Task Group Monitoring and Reporting group. He is also contributing to several ICAO CAEP groups; MDG, FESG, WG1, WG3, WG5 and ACCS. He is also the former co-rapporteur of the ICAO CAEP Modeling and Database Group (MDG).
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Dr. Bonnefoy has over 20 years of experience in data and decision analytics in the air transportation industry. He started and led the Data and Decision Science group at Booz Allen Hamilton in Aviation, Energy and Environment. He was also Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he conducted research in several areas related to; air transportation, energy and the environment. At MIT, he lectured on flight vehicle engineering, airport development and operations, and the mitigation of environmental impacts of aviation. He also worked and consulted for aviation operators and startups as well as private equity firms.
Dr. Bonnefoy holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Systems and a Master of Science in Aeronautics & Astronautics both from MIT and a bachelor in Aerospace Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in Canada. Dr. Bonnefoy received an award as part of a group Superior Honor Award by the U.S. State Department in 2016 and the 2010 Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award by the Federal Aviation Administration. He is on the Advisory Board of the Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT). He also holds a private pilot license with instrument and seaplane ratings.
Nadir Ougazzaden
Senior Associate
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Mr. Nadir Ougazzaden is Senior Associate in aviation analytics at BlueSky. He specializes in system engineering, modeling, and analysis.
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Mr. Ougazzaden received his B.S and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. As part of his M.S., he was a Research Assistant at the Aerospace Systems Design Lab (ASDL) at Georgia Tech where his research focused on new generation low-boom supersonic aircraft fleet assessment and route analysis (in support of an ASCENT project for the FAA center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment).
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At Georgia Tech, he was the student lead of the Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory. He was involved in Undergraduate Research focused on the ice formation and ingestion by gas turbine engines at ASDL.
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Mr. Ougazzaden also has global experience. He was a System Engineer intern at the French Ministry of Defense where he worked in the propulsion testing division.