LEADERSHIP
Christopher Thein
(Co-Founder & CEO) 10+ years of startup leadership in spacecraft power & control electronics, workflow automation, and software development. |
Paul E Smith
(Co-Founder & COO) 25+ years of geospatial technology expertise, C-level posts at startups acquired by Apple, Nokia, and DigitalGlobe (Maxar Technologies). |
Tim Debenedictis
(Director of Compute) 25+ years software engineering leadership from startups to large enterprises. Original developer of SkySafari family of astronomy & telescope control apps. |
Nathan Rosenblad
(Co-Founder & Chief Engineer) 10+ years' experience in spacecraft power electronics, industrial robotics, and propulsion hardware with multiple items in space. |
Brian Leslie
(VP Business Development) 25+ years in international business development at Google, Skybox Imaging, DigitalGlobe, and Space Imaging. |
Wayne Fornwalt
(Director of Avionics) 30+ years in space hardware design including RF, power, avionics, and payload systems engineering with over 200 satellites in space. |
ADVISORY BOARD
Herb Satterlee (board member)
Former CEO at DigitalGlobe and MDA Information Systems (Maxar Technologies), chairman NOAA’s ACCRES (Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing). |
Jim McClelland
VP Mission Architecture at Maxar Technologies. Former CTIO at Airbus US Space & Defense, CTO at OneWeb Satellites, V.P. at Skybox Imaging. |
Joseph Cosumano
Lieutenant General, US Army (retired). Board at CFD Research Corporation, Senior VP Kellogg, Brown, and Root, and ATK Thiokol. |
Martin France
Brigadier General, US Air Force (retired). Professor Air Force Academy, Air Force SMC, DARPA, and Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
Jim Friedel
Former Vice President Radiant Solutions and MDA Information Systems, and Senior Director DigitalGlobe (all Maxar Technologies companies). |
John Carrico
CTO Space Exploration Engineering. Astrodynamics, Space Missions Operations at NASA, Google, Skybox Imaging, AGI, and Applied Defense Solutions. |
Indra Hornsby
Former EVP Development at Rocket Labs, General Council at Spaceflight Industries, VP Legal at Saab Technologies, and Corporate Council at MDA. |
Daniel CaJacob
Consultant & Investor in the NewSpace sector, Former Senior Director Space Systems at Hawkeye360, and Project Manager & Systems Engineer at SpaceQuest Ltd. |
Conrad Mueller
Founder & Principal at 5CI, International Business Development Lead at Skybox, Vice President at Space Imaging, Director Business Development at Lockheed Martin. |
Majid Azad
Principal at Government Contract Consulting in corporate finance, government contracting, budgeting, debt restructuring, and supplier negotiations. |
