LEADERSHIP
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Christopher Thein
(Co-Founder & CEO)
10+ years of startup leadership in spacecraft power & control electronics,  workflow automation, and software development.
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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).
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Majid Azad
(Co-founder & CFO)
35+ years in corporate finance, government contracting, budgeting, debt restructuring, and supplier negotiations.
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​Nathan Rosenblad
(Co-Founder & Chief Engineer)
10+ years' experience in spacecraft power electronics, industrial robotics, and propulsion hardware with multiple items in space.
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Brian Leslie
(VP Business Development)
25+ years in international business development at Google, Skybox Imaging, DigitalGlobe, and Space Imaging.
ADVISORY BOARD
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​Herb Satterlee (board member)
Former CEO at DigitalGlobe and MDA Information Systems (Maxar Technologies), chairman NOAA’s ACCRES (Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing). 
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​Jim McClelland
Chief Technology Innovation Officer at Airbus US Space & Defense. Former CTO at OneWeb Satellites, V.P. at Skybox Imaging, Dir. Technology at DigitalGlobe (Maxar Technologies).
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Joseph Cosumano
Lieutenant General, US Army (retired). Board at CFD Research Corporation, Senior VP Kellogg, Brown, and Root, and ATK Thiokol.
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Martin France
Brigadier General, US Air Force (retired). Professor Air Force Academy, Air Force SMC, DARPA, and Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Jim Friedel
Former Vice President Radiant Solutions and MDA Information Systems, and Senior Director DigitalGlobe (all Maxar Technologies companies).
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​John Carrico
CTO Space Exploration Engineering. Astrodynamics, Space Missions Operations at NASA, Google, Skybox Imaging, AGI, and Applied Defense Solutions.
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Meagan Crawford
Managing Partner at Spacefund, Co-Founder at Brand Delta-V, Former COO at Deep Space Industries and Tech Transfer Specialist at NASA.
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Daniel CaJacob
Consultant & Investor in the NewSpace sector, Former Senior Director Space Systems at Hawkeye360, and Project Manager & Systems Engineer at SpaceQuest Ltd. 
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Conrad Mueller
Founder & Principal at 5CI, International Business Development Lead at Skybox, Vice President at Space Imaging, Director Business Development at Lockheed Martin.

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