Here you’ll find testimonials and endorsements that I have received on my LinkedIn profile from colleagues and industry experts who have worked closely with me throughout my career. These words of support reflect my dedication to excellence, professionalism, and the positive impact I aim to create in every project. I take pride in building strong, collaborative relationships and delivering results that exceed expectations.

 

  • Stephen Bailey, VP and GM space-ng. Founder of Deep Space Systems, Littleton, Colorado, USA: "Super smart and hard working is a powerful combination. On multiple occasions Alexis carried our team to meet deliveries of very complex systems, with truly exceptional personal commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. Alexis is an all star."

 

  • Mohinder Grewal, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA. "Dr. Alexis Benini took my short course “Application of Kalman Filtering to GPS, INS, & Navigation” in May 2023. She was very much involved in the course, asked good questions, and discussed the material in great length. She had a solid background that allowed her to fully comprehend the material. I teach this course twice each year with different groups each time. However, I remember Dr. Benini very well because of her intense interest in the material. She was eager to learn and apply the material. She was conscientious and hardworking—an outstanding professional. I recommend her for a position in any demanding engineering field."

 

  • Tracy Thompson, MBA, DoD - FP&A, Strategy and Contracts, St. Louis, Missouri, USA: "I worked with Alexis at Deep Space Systems in 2018, which is now Redwire Corp. She is a very intelligent professional in her field and was always very focused on the projects she was working on. Her work was highly regarded by the leaders of our company, as well as by our customers. Alexis' office was next to mine at the time, and she was very pleasant to be around and to work with in collaborative environments."

 

  • Chris Hanson, CTO, AlphaPixel, Evergreen, Colorado, USA: "We worked with Alexis on the Artemis/CLPS project with Firefly Aerospace. Alexis is organized, detailed and very knowledgeable in vision navigation & GNC and was a great partner to work with. Alexis is one of the good ones. I look forward to working with Alexis on future projects!"

 

  • Emmett Nelson, Owner and Principal Engineer, Laramie, Wyoming, USA: "It was my pleasure to work with and get to know Alexis during my time at Redwire Space. She’s a very willing team player, full of excellent ideas and has the grit to follow those ideas through. Her enthusiasm and drive toward project and customer success is exceptional. Her attitude, easy going demeanor, and professionalism made it a delight to work with her."

 

  • Enrico Quatraro, Principal Hardware & Sensor Engineer at Civitanavi Systems, Fermo, Marche, Italy: "I had the pleasure of working with Alexis for about one year, few years ago. It wasn't a very long period, but it was enough to appreciate her mindset, attitude and professional approach in her job. She was eager to learn and to give her valuable contributions in any assigned task. She is a very smart person, and I'm happy to know about her success in pursuing her dreams and ambition in US."

 

  • Nicolas Brieger, Head of Vertical Mobility, Bern, Berne, Switzerland: "Alexis was one of the best coworkers I have ever had and I can recommend her for every challenge she might face in the future. She did a terrific job as a software engineer due to her focused and organized work. She has excellent communication skills, can work independently and is able to effectively handle high workloads. She was always willing to offer help with additional projects and has been a tremendous asset to the company. Please let me know if you have any further questions."

 

  • William Coogan, Lunar Lander Chief Engineer at Firefly Aerospace, Austin, Texas, USA: "Alexis was an integral team member leading spacecraft vision navigation. She was always responsive, communicated challenges as they arose, and was well prepared for program reviews, traveling as needed to support our demanding schedule."

 

  • Jeff Szmyd, Director of Flight Software, True Anomaly, Englewood, Colorado, USA: "I worked with Alexis on a lunar lander simulation funded by NASA. Alexis was an invaluable team member and worked diligently to get the optical tracking working to the expected level. I also got the chance to continue working with Alexis on a NASA CLPS program. Again, her subject matter expertise was invaluable to the program. Personally, she is a pleasure to work with and just a fine person overall. I strongly recommend having Alexis on your team if you are looking for an optical tracking/computer vision expert."

 

  • Adrian Adamson, Subject Matter Expert at Deep Space Systems, Denver, Colorado, USA: "Alexis is brilliant and dedicated. She went above and beyond on our project to augment her own strong experience with machine vision from her PhD, by recruiting world-class machine vision experts to ensure that we had the best possible machine vision performance for lunar feature recognition and pose estimation. She is also very willing to do whatever it takes to make the team successful. In one case she taught herself FPGA development and SpaceWire protocol so that she could provide assistance to a struggling team member."

 

  • Mohammad H. Mahoor, Professor at University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA: "Alexis is very knowledgeable in Computer Vision. She taught Computer Vision at the graduate level during first quarter of 2016 at the University of Denver, and she did a great job. Alexis meticulously and thoroughly prepared for the course and covered lots of CV concepts in just 10 weeks. I found her very passionate and enthusiastic about teaching as well. Mohammad"

 

  • Andrea Pizzarulli, CEO & co-founder at Civitanavi Systems, Macerata, Marche, Italy: "It was very enjoyable to work with Alexis because of her team oriented attitude and her strong determination and her problem solving attitude. In Civitanavi Systems Alexis worked mainly on the development of an Inertial Navigation System and North Finder Systems for Defence Airborne applications, based on Civitanavi's Proprietary Fiber Optic Technology. The developed INS was based on Kalman Filter based on Sensor Fusion between Inertial Data and Military-level GPS receiver. During the above period Alexis was involved also on the development of calibration algorithms for Fiber Optic Gyroscopes evaluating novel calibration."

 

  • Fabrizio Avantaggiato, Prototyping Manager at AWS | Helping the World’s Largest Enterprises Explore Generative AI, Machine Learning and other Emerging Technologies on AWS, Milan, Lombardy, Italy: "Alexis is a hardworking engineer. I recall many nights we spent together preparing for university exams, and how determined we were. She taught herself almost every programming language and began developing software and websites alongside her university studies. Alexis is consistently dependable and a person you can rely on."

 

  • Ralf Ferner, Digitally transforming the asset management sector, one process at a time, Luxembourg: "It has been a privilege to work with Alexis, her contribution towards making our VTOL autopilot a deployable product was immense. She is a true team-player, always interested in bringing the project forward while maintaining her calm even in the most stressful situations. Alexis and her unique style and sense of humour will be missed at Germandrones. I wish her the very best for her future career."

 

  • Sean Nolan, Polymath, Hardware and Software Technical Manager, League City, Texas: "Alexis' curiosity is contagious. She drove herself to understand the resource utilization of the FSL computer clusters in order to help others complete work effectively. She is technically proficient and a pleasure to work with."