Our Team

Built by the People Who've Done It

Decades of experience from Lockheed Martin, the US Army, US Air Force, NRO, DARPA, and the world's leading aerospace research institutions.

Core Leadership
Dr. Steven P. Shepard
Co-Founder & CEO
Dr. Steven P. Shepard
21+ years in satellite design and advanced systems
VIEW FULL BIO →
Dr. Charles Lipscomb
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Dr. Charles Lipscomb
PhD Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
VIEW FULL BIO →
Brandon Williamson
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering
Brandon Williamson
Aerospace engineering and plasma research background
VIEW FULL BIO →
Advisory Board
Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson
Advisory Board
Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson
Retired Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army
VIEW FULL BIO →
Dr. Nelson Pedreiro
Advisory Board
Dr. Nelson Pedreiro
28 years at Lockheed Martin
VIEW FULL BIO →
Lt. Col. Anand Shah
Advisory Board
Lt. Col. Anand Shah
Retired USAF Program Manager
VIEW FULL BIO →
Dr. Iain Boyd
Advisory Board
Dr. Iain Boyd
30+ years in hypersonics and space plasma physics
VIEW FULL BIO →
CLICK ANY CARD TO VIEW FULL BIO
Our Team Has Worked At
NRO
NRO
US Army
US Army
DISA
DISA
Space Force
Space Force
Naval Research Lab
Naval Research Lab
Naval War College
Naval War College
NASA
NASA
Dept of Defense
Dept of Defense
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
CU Boulder
CU Boulder
UT Austin
UT Austin
West Point
West Point
UNC Chapel Hill
UNC Chapel Hill
Stanford
Stanford
Cornell
Cornell
Bates College
Bates College
Our Investors Come From
SpaceX
SpaceX
NASA JPL
NASA JPL
Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries
Tesla
Tesla
Technion
Technion
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
NYU Stern
NYU Stern
Affiliations reflect individual investors' prior or current experience and do not imply institutional endorsement, partnership or investment.
Partners

Vaxon Space collaborates with leading universities, national laboratories, and industry partners to advance VLEO propulsion and flight hardware.

Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
CU Boulder LASP
CU Boulder LASP
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Johns Hopkins APL
Johns Hopkins APL