Momentus Announces Strategic Advisory Group - Seite 2

Rick Reginato has more than 35 years of aerospace and defense experience. Throughout his career, Reginato held numerous leadership positions responsible for managing and executing technically demanding programs for diverse customers, including the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Army, Intelligence Community, and a variety of Fortune 100 commercial companies. His positions included serving as Chief Engineer on Intelligence Community space programs and Deputy for Engineering at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. He also had roles as Project Director and head of advanced development for the Theater High Altitude Area Defense and Multiple Kill Vehicle missile defense programs.

John Verboncoeur is the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where he oversees research activities and strategy. He has also run several technology startup companies. Verboncoeur has authored/coauthored over 450 journal articles and conference papers with over 5200 citations and has taught 13 international workshops and mini-courses on plasma simulation. He is currently an Associate Editor for Physics of Plasmas and VP-elect Technical Activities of IEEE, the largest technical professional organization with over 430,000 members in over 160 countries, $500M in revenues including over 2,000 conferences per year and over 230 publications with over 15M downloads per month.

Nick Zello is Principal at Big Van Consulting, where he advises on product development and organization building with a focus on innovation and profitability through efficient and scalable processes. He has expertise in product development and manufacturing that spans the automotive, aerospace, internet/I.T., and construction industries. Zello previously worked at Maxar Technologies where he served as Vice President of Smallsat Operations and Delivery, Vice President of Production Control and Supply Chain, and Executive Director of New Product Development at their Space Infrastructure division. Maxar is the leading provider of geostationary commercial satellites and Earth observation technologies, with experience building and integrating some of the world’s most powerful and complex satellites and spacecraft systems. Zello also was General Manager at MDA US Systems LLC, a developer and supplier of commercial and civil robotics, and held leadership roles at General Motors.