The Team
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David Masten - President/CEO David Masten is a manufacturing, mechanical, and information technology engineer with extensive experience in managing complex IT projects for Cisco Systems, Andiamo Systems, and SBC/Ameritech (now AT&T). As past President of the Bay Area's Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS), David oversaw the development of the KISS hydrogen peroxide flight vehicle, the Gizmocopter VTVL test platform, and numerous bipropellant and monopropellant engine development projects and tests. |
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Michael Mealling - CFO & VP Business Development Michael has spent the past 15 years developing and deploying large scale Internet products such as VeriSign's EPCglobal Network RFID service and the XWORDs keyword service. He has extensive experience in deploying revolutionary products in difficult markets and is now using that experience to create new services in the aerospace industry. He is a regular conference speaker on innnovative space based businesses and a Space Frontier Foundation Advocate. |
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Sean R. Lynch - CIO Sean is an experienced software engineer and systems and network administrator. He has worked for 3Com, Netcom, Exodus, and McAfee, as well as several startups. Sean has over 10 years of experience administering and developing for UNIX-like systems. |
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Jonathan A. Goff - Propulsion Engineer Jonathan has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Brigham Young University. Jonathan is a recognized expert in the area of cis-lunar architecture and low cost space flight systems. Jonathan has been instrumental in the design and testing of the XV500LIT and XVT750LIT engines. |
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Ian Garcia - GN&C Engineer Ian has a Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on controls and a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. While at MIT, Ian did research in spacecraft formation flight and worked for three years at Draper Laboratory in Navigation, GPS and Simulation. |
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Ben Brockert - Aerospace Technician Ben attended Iowa State University where he was involved in the Iowa State Space Society's rocketry and astronomy projects. He brings a diversity of hardware experience to the company, after working for Siemens AG, Sauer-Danfoss, and Danaher Corporation. |
