Our Team


Bill Bruner
Chief Executive Officer
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Former NASA Assistant Administrator - led Congressional Affairs for the entire Agency - landed $15+ billion annual budgets.
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Air Force Aviator & Col. with Bronze Star for meritorious service in combat.
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Pentagon Office Director - represented the Secretary of Defense at senior White House meetings.
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Grad, USAF Fighter Weapons & Advanced Airpower Schools.


David Gregory
Chief Operating Officer
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Development lead, Blue Origin BE-3 engine that launched Jeff Bezos & dozens of others into space.
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CTO, Ursa Major Technologies - designed, built, and tested the 3D-printed reusable rocket engine powering the Air Force X-60A hypersonic flight research vehicle & Stratolaunch’s Talon hypersonic aircraft.


Jess Sponable
President & Chief Technology Officer
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Selected as Space Shuttle payload specialist in Air Force manned spaceflight engineer program.
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Program Manager: built and flight-tested DC-X, the world's first vertical landing reusable rocket.
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Built and flight-tested X-40A, the predecessor of the operational X-37 spaceplane.
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Chief Engineer for USAF/ DARPA HTV-2 hypersonic boost-glide vehicle test program.

Rich Pournelle
Director, Business Development
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Business Development Manager for Benchmark Space Systems, where he managed commercial and military sales for Benchmark Space Systems.
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Business Development for Astralytical Consulting. Custom market research and consulting for Aerospace companies, investors, and industry providers.
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Was an Associate for Creative Destruction Lab, where he mentored startup companies in the Space and AI sectors.
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Managed sales and marketing for Nano Racks, LLC., the leading provider of scientific research platforms and satellite deployment on the International Space Station. Built and managed a global sales team that generated annual sales to over $25 million.



