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Paul Puopolo
An American Airlines plane parks at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport at sunset. [Adobe Stock]
DFW Airport Creates New Role to Lead AI Push
by John Egan | Oct 13, 2026
The airport, a founding member of the Airports AI Alliance, wants its new principal AI lead to put up guardrails, launch pilot projects and help drive a cultural shift.
by David Seeley |
Mar 18, 2024
Puopolo told Cities Today that leaders at DFW Airport have "identified a location and are developing our strategy" for moving air taxis forward—and upward—in the region.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Aug 11, 2023
Already carbon neutral, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport hosted an internal competition with one goal: turning the airport into a zero-waste zone. “We need all hands on deck to get there," says Chris McLaughlin, EVP of operations at the airport.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 6, 2023
From a cute rolling robot to a hulking DC fast charger that can juice up to five EVs at a time, check out the next-gen mobile EV charging solutions being demonstrated during two weeks in June at DFW Airport.
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Paul Puopolo, EVP of Innovation at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
The Last Word: Paul Puopolo on DFW Airport’s First Innovation Week
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 22, 2022
Beginning today, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is hosting its first-ever Innovation Week—a four day-event promoting "a culture of innovation, discovery, and engagement." The week will include speaker panels, education sessions, workshops, and tech demos to celebrate what Puopolo calls the "the everyday innovator."
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by Dave Moore |
May 26, 2022
Engaging in passionate debates “sounds pretty typical if you’re a tech company,” said DFW Airport Executive Vice President of Innovation Paul Puopolo. “But if you’re a large, regulated organization—healthy debate, that’s different." Having people around the table is one thing, he says. Getting them to challenge each other and not be offended, well, that’s another thing.
"To do innovation effectively, you’ve got to have healthy conflict," Puopolo said.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 7, 2022
The pilot is funded through the NCTCOG’s Regional Transportation Council’s (RTC) Automated Vehicles Program.
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by Dave Moore |
Oct 12, 2020
"The downside of a pandemic is that it's frightening. The good thing is, sometimes it speeds up things that probably needed to happen. Like telemedicine," Nicole Small, CEO of LH Capital/Lyda Hill Philanthropies, said during the event.
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