Armando Poeta was born in Bari, Italy. He is passionate about his work at Boeing, an organization he joined in  2019. Before joining Boeing, he was a cadet at the Italian Air Force Academy and went on to become a military navigator trained in the USA. Armando Poeta served in the Italian Air Force for 19 years after which he moved to the US, where he continued his journey as a commercial pilot working for companies such as Republic Airline, Compass Airline, American Airlines etc.  He is a certified FAA commercial pilot license and a Certified Flight Instructor license. Armando Poeta holds a BS in Physics with a Major in Astrophysics, as well as a master's degree in systems engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology.