TallyAero / About
Built by the people who fly it,
teach it, maintain it, and ship it.
TallyAero is built by fighter instructors, flight instructors, an A&P mechanic, and a defense software engineer working on one problem: turning every flight into better training before the next one.
01 / The founders
Cockpit
and code.
Steven
F/A-18 Pilot & Instructor · U.S. Navy
Steven brings together tactical aviation, aerospace engineering, and learning science. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate and F/A-18 pilot/instructor, he pairs an engineering foundation with graduate research in educational psychology. At TallyAero, he leads the data and safety IP behind the flight intent and training intelligence layer.
Nicholas
F/A-18 & Typhoon Instructor · CFI · A&P
Nicholas has lived nearly every role TallyAero serves. A Virginia Tech graduate, F/A-18 instructor, and former Eurofighter Typhoon exchange pilot with the Royal Air Force, he brings 12 years of military aviation experience into general aviation. He is also an aircraft owner, flight-school CFI, FAA A&P mechanic, and Gold Seal instructor with CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, and IGI credentials.
John
CTO · Defense Mission Planning Systems · Cornell MS CS
John builds complex software at defense speed. He led development of WIDOW, a joint DoD mission-planning system, from contract to deployment on DoD Platform One and SIPR in under six weeks. At TallyAero, he brings startup velocity, commercial architecture, and secure DoD delivery experience to the platform.
Together, they bring a 100% first-attempt practical-test pass rate, Gold Seal instruction, FAA A&P certification, U.S. and U.K. fighter-instructor experience, and DoD-deployed software.
02 / Safety advisor
John Goglia
Safety Advisor · Former NTSB Board Member
John Goglia brings five decades of aviation safety, maintenance, accident investigation, and SMS experience, including service as a Member of the NTSB from 1995 to 2004.
- Nat'l Aviation Hall of Fame 2025
- Charles Taylor Master Mechanic
- President, Aerospace Maintenance Council
03 / The IP
Defensible
safety IP.
TallyAero is developing cockpit and simulator IP that turns flight intent, approach stability, and training gaps into usable flight-deck guidance.
Guide Vector: approach-stability and guidance IP for simulator and cockpit integration.
04 / What's at stake
The 2023 general aviation
safety picture.
fixed-wing: pilot-related
Source: AOPA Air Safety Institute, Richard G. McSpadden Report, 2023 data
05 / Our stand
Preventable accidents leave patterns.
The next flight should learn from them
before it leaves the ground.
We are building for the accidents preparation could prevent.
06 / What we're building
It starts with
the flight intent record.
TallyAero captures what a flight was intended to be, compares it with what happened, and turns the gap into targeted training.