Our Team Has a Lot of Experience Getting Here

Our Team Has a Lot of Experience Getting Here

D-Orbit USA is a joint venture with D-Orbit Italy, which has raised over $100 million in 2024. Our team is comprised of leading aerospace talent from notable projects, including Starlink and Kuiper and cutting-edge R&D programs at the USAF and Naval Research Labs.

D-Orbit USA is a joint venture with D-Orbit Italy, which has raised over $100 million in 2024. Our team is comprised of leading aerospace talent from notable projects, including Starlink and Kuiper and cutting-edge R&D programs at the USAF and Naval Research Labs.

Mike Cassidy - CEO

Mike Cassidy - CEO

Mike has been CEO of Apollo Fusion, Inc. and a Vice President at Google.  Project Leader of GoogleX’s Project Loon (balloon powered Internet).  Founder and CEO of five start-ups which were all successfully acquired: Apollo Fusion ($145M), Ruba, Xfire ($110M), Direct Hit ($500M), and Stylus Innovation ($13M).  Apollo Fusion designs and builds electric propulsion thrusters for satellites and was acquired by Astra for $145 million.  Apollo Fusion supplied EP systems to Northrop Grumman, Airbus US, York, Planet Labs, Lockheed, and many other satellite companies. 

Mark Krebs - VP Guidance and Control

Mark Krebs - VP Guidance and Control

Mark led the Attitude Control, Flight Dynamics, and Vehicle Integration teams on both Starlink and Kuiper.  Created both the constellation design and the spacecraft GNC architecture.  Also responsible for spacecraft Integration and Test. Mark assured successful spacecraft manufacture and survival on orbit: both designs worked from the first launch.

Danny Field - VP Mechanical Engineering

Danny Field - VP Mechanical Engineering

Danny has been Lead Engineer at OneWeb, Raytheon, General Atomics, Google, and Scaled Composites, leading the technical work across a variety of LEO satellite and advanced aircraft development programs. Specific highlights include architecting several innovative satellite buses, designing all of the primary and secondary structures for the OneWeb Gen1 spacecraft and a large portion of the Stratolaunch “Roc” composite airframe.

Miles Gazic - VP Avionics and Software

Miles Gazic - VP Avionics and Software

Miles has developed avionics, flight, and ground software for a wide variety of  space programs including first LEO spacecraft Amazon Kuiper, SpaceX Starlink, Capella Space, and PlanetIQ.  Expertise in developing high reliability software for FAA-certified manned aircraft systems and cutting-edge R&D programs for the US Air Force Research Laboratory and Naval Research Laboratory.

David Harrower - VP Business Development

David Harrower - VP Business Development

David has 25+ years of space industry experience, primarily in business development and sales positions with focus on rapid development and deployment of direct and channel sales and business development models. David was most recently the VP of Business Development for Commercial, International and International Defense at Terran Orbital. David has deep experience in LEO/MEO/GEO satellites and network applications. Past leadership roles involved other space related companies such as Kymeta Corporation, VT iDirect and Comtech.

Lauren Lee - VP Operations

Lauren Lee - VP Operations

Lauren leads company Operations with years of strategy and process experience, specializing in complex, multi-disciplinary projects through launch. She’s managed Finance, People Ops, Facilities, NPI, and Supply Chain Management for companies including Apollo Fusion, Google, and MTV. Previously, Lauren was VP of Ops at Apollo Fusion managing its day-to-day ops including acquisition. She was also a core program manager at Loon (Google) overseeing the multi-million dollar budget and the NPI for balloon flight systems.

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