A proven entrepreneur and technical leader with experience founding, scaling, and operating successful space companies, including NuSpace, Ian brings a founder’s mentality and hands-on ability to win, lead, and deliver hardware across commercial, civil, and defense space applications. At the core of the founder mentality is a hands-on Chief Engineer with over thirty years of experience leading the design, development, and delivery of mission-critical hardware for hundreds of successful Space missions. Widely regarded as a foremost expert in pressure vessels and propellant management systems, Ian has demonstrated deep cross-disciplinary expertise in all phases of engineering and manufacturing including design, analysis, materials, metal removal, joining, forming, composites, bonding, and elastomers. He has been granted six patents, authored numerous technical publications and has been nationally recognized for his contributions to science and technology.