#5 - Cyril Mani: From Failing School to Winning Canada's Largest Scholarship and Becoming a Rocket Engineer
09/18/20 • 98 min
Cyril Mani is the Chief Marketing Officer and Engineering Design Lead at Vitol, a startup dedicated to building self-flying long-distance drones transporting emergency supplies to people in need. He is attending McGill University as a Schulich Scholar, working as the Propulsion Project Lead at the McGill Rocket Team. He is also Scientific President of Expo-Sciences/Science Fairs of Greater Montreal.
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Cyril Mani is the Chief Marketing Officer and Engineering Design Lead at Vitol, a startup dedicated to building self-flying long-distance drones transporting emergency supplies to people in need. He is attending McGill University as a Schulich Scholar, working as the Propulsion Project Lead at the McGill Rocket Team. He is also Scientific President of Expo-Sciences/Science Fairs of Greater Montreal.
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Joe Rogan & Garrett Reisman Podcast
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