Astra Elevates Senior Leaders to Management Team
03 December 2022 - 1:10AM
Business Wire
Senior leaders from SpaceX, Blue Origin and Google to report
directly to CEO
Astra Space, Inc. ("Astra") (Nasdaq: ASTR), a provider of space
products and launch services to the global space industry,
announced the evolution of its management team to include program
execution.
"Key to delivering the full power of Astra to our customers is
having a senior leadership team with deep experience, knowledge and
connectivity across the entire company — what we call horizontal
leadership", said Chris Kemp, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Astra.
"To improve our execution across our two programs, Astra Spacecraft
Engine™ and Launch Services, I'm excited to have Gio, Jonathan,
Doug, and Bryson join the management team."
The updated management team will include:
- Giovanni Greco will lead Launch System Delivery. Gio has
been leading product engineering at Astra. In this expanded role,
Gio will now be accountable for successful delivery of a launch
system. He was previously chief engineer and senior technical
director of the New Shepard program at Blue Origin. Gio received
his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his Master’s of Engineering
in Composite Materials from the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
- Jonathan Donaldson will lead Astra Spacecraft Engine™
Delivery. Jonathan has been leading program management at
Astra. In this new role, Jonathan will now be accountable for
successful delivery of Astra Spacecraft Engines™. He previously was
a Senior Engineering Director in the Office of the CTO at Google,
and prior to that was Vice President and GM of Software Defined
Infrastructure at Intel.
- Doug Kunzman will lead Launch and Test Operations. Doug
will continue to lead Launch and Test Operations. Doug brings with
him nearly 40 years of experience in the US Navy, as well as two
years at Blue Origin as Senior Director of New Shepard Operations
and Maintenance.
- Bryson Gentile will lead Manufacturing. Bryson will
continue to lead launch system and spacecraft engine manufacturing
and production. He previously led the manufacturing engineering
team at SpaceX for the Falcon 9 rocket where he accelerated rocket
production, reliability, and reusability. Bryson holds a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering and Industrial
Management from California Polytechnic University, San Luis
Obispo.
Benjamin Lyon resigned from his position as the chief engineer
and executive vice president of operations and engineering of Astra
to pursue another professional opportunity.
"We are grateful to Benjamin for his stewardship in taking Astra
to orbit, and helping build a world-class engineering and
operations organization," said Kemp. "I’d like to thank Benjamin on
behalf of the Company for his service and contributions."
About Astra
Astra’s mission is to improve life on Earth from space® by
creating a healthier and more connected planet. Today, Astra offers
one of the lowest cost-per-launch dedicated orbital launch services
of any operational launch provider in the world, and one of the
industry’s first flight-proven electric propulsion systems for
satellites, Astra Spacecraft Engine™. Astra delivered its first
commercial launch to low Earth orbit in 2021, making it the fastest
company in history to reach this milestone, just five years after
it was founded in 2016. Astra (NASDAQ: ASTR) was the first space
launch company to be publicly traded on Nasdaq. Visit astra.com to
learn more about Astra.
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