Cyrus Sigari is a venture capital investor at UP Partners who spent decades as an aerospace engineer, test pilot, and aviation operator before becoming an investor, including personally leading the design and FAA certification of the first new aircraft fire-suppression system in over 50 years. He co-founded and served as executive chairman of jetAVIVA, one of the world's largest business aircraft brokerages with hundreds of millions in annual sales, and created the UP.Summit conference known as the Davos of Mobility while serving as chairman of Arkansas's Future Mobility Council.