Reliable Robotics appoints ex-Apple exec as CFO

Deep Dive

by Yves Le Marquand

21 May 2025

Reliable Robotics has appointed Marc Stoll as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

Stoll (pictured below) has more than two decades’ of experience in developing high-growth companies. Previous roles include partner at Eclipse Ventures, president and chief operating officer of Nextiva and vice president of finance at Apple.

“Marc’s impressive track record of driving growth and operational efficiency in technology-driven companies makes him an invaluable addition to our leadership team,” said Robert Rose, co-founder and CEO of Reliable Robotics. “We are excited to bring his experience to the team as we scale our business and deliver autonomy to aviation.”

In his role as CFO, Stoll will oversee all financial operations, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury and investor relations.

“Autonomy is the answer to unlocking the $1t aviation market by solving safety and human scalability problems,” Stoll told us. “This will happen and Reliable is far and away in the lead. This is the most experienced team in developing and shipping modern safety-critical systems and the only company with a clear and approved path to FAA certification.”

As a partner at Eclipse Ventures Stoll focused on investing in and scaling innovative hard-tech companies like Reliable. During his time at Nextiva he was responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and played a key role in capital raising and growth. Stoll also held the position of vice president of finance at Apple, where he managed the financial aspects of Apple’s global sales organisation during the scale of the iPhone and launch of the iPad.

“I want to bring the same experience and intensity to the rest of the Reliable business that the engineering teams have brought to solving certifiable autonomy for aviation,” said Stoll.

“You could say that I have worked my whole career to be right here at this important moment with Reliable. It is incredibly rare when a single technology –autonomy if you will–has the ability to double a trillion dollar market. I can only think of my experience in scaling the iPhone and launching the iPad as bigger market impacts. Aviation autonomy will be this large of a global impact and I want to be a part of it!”

Beyond his executive roles, Stoll has served on the board of directors of numerous public and private boards, including Arista Networks and Windstream. He has salso erved as a member of the board of advisors for Mayo Clinic’s pediatric congenital heart disease programme and is currently on the board of advisors for HeartWorks.

Despite his experience in high-growth companies, aviation is a sector not known for its prevalence of them. Stoll is convinced aviation has to transform this.

“Aviation has to change if we are to maintain high levels of safety and support the need for a doubling in demand,” he explained. “This isn’t just my view, it’s all over the news every day. It takes an experienced team with a clean sheet of paper to solve the complex problem of delivering safety-first, certified autonomy for aviation. Reliable has solved this and I want to be a part of driving the global adoption.