Advancing the National Imperative
We are unwavering in our unique role and commitment to developing our nation’s hypersonic capabilities through innovative flight test programs.
Aerospace Pioneers
Our manufacturing and testing facilities are located in the heart of the Mojave Desert, the epicenter of civilian aircraft development.
Meet Our Team
Learn more about our team of over 300 + engineers and technicians and learn more about our cultural foundation as builders who enjoy rapidly creating cutting-edge technologies.
Enabling the Future, Together
The Stratolaunch team brings together many of the nation’s top minds in aerospace and defense.
Executive Team
Zachary Krevor, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and President
Zachary Krevor, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and President
Dr. Zachary C. Krevor is Chief Executive Officer and President of Stratolaunch, LLC. He is responsible for day-to-day company operations while overseeing the integration of customer requirements with the Stratolaunch product. He leads strategic development of the company offering, ensuring successful business operations that serve the test needs of the hypersonic community.
Dr. Krevor has nearly 20 years of experience leading integration across business and engineering teams to develop alternative aircraft and spacecraft technologies. His leadership has resulted in the development of new technology solutions that have been used by a variety of government and commercial customers. Dr. Krevor has experience developing new business by leading contract opportunities and collaborating with business development on Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and NASA capture strategy, relationship building, proposal writing, and awards. He worked as an engineer on the Lockheed Martin Orion program and as a member of Lockheed’s Altair Lunar Lander team. He was also a Chief Systems Engineer on the Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser program. He provided technical leadership for Sierra Nevada’s Space Systems Advanced Development group, leading to multiple business awards. Prior to becoming the President and Chief Operating Officer at Stratolaunch LLC, Dr. Krevor was the Vice President of Engineering at Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, with leadership responsibility for launch vehicle development and integration with the carrier aircraft while helping to win new business.
Dr. Krevor has a M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA. He is an AIAA Associate Fellow, a member of the Space Systems Technical Committee, and a private pilot.
Aaron Cassebeer
Chief Product Officer
Aaron Cassebeer
Chief Product Officer
Aaron Cassebeer has been designing, building, and testing prototype air and ground vehicles for over twenty years. His focus is the rapid prototyping of clean-sheet designs, and he has significant experience across all stages of vehicle development. He is the Chief Product Officer at Stratolaunch, responsible for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management departments. He was Chief Engineer of the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle development program from concept through Critical Design Review. Previously, Aaron worked at Scaled Composites where he was Director of Engineering. While at Scaled, he brough four clean-sheet aircraft from concept to flight test, including SpaceShipTwo, Roc, and the Model 401. These vehicles included a supersonic rocket powered glider, the world’s largest aircraft, and two subsonic technology demonstrators. His areas of technical depth include rapid prototyping, structures, composites, mechanical systems, fluid systems, flight controls, systems engineering, ground testing, and flight test engineering. Before Scaled, Aaron designed, build, and tested four composite open-wheel racecars in four years and worked at the Skip Barber Racing School as a mechanic and pit crew member. He graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
Andrew Benzing
Chief Financial Officer
Jackson Kemper, III
Senior Vice President, Washington Operations
Jackson Kemper, III
Senior Vice President, Washington Operations
Jackson Kemper, III is Senior Vice President of Washington Operations at Stratolaunch LLC, is a satellite and cybersecurity industry veteran with nearly 30 years of leading Sales and Business Development efforts to Enterprise and Government customers globally. Mr. Kemper is a proven industry leader with a record of leading Sales efforts and motivating his teams to exceed goals. Prior to joining Stratolaunch, Jackson led the US Government Sales efforts for Mynaric, AG, a provider of optical communications terminals for space, air, and ground applications. Before Mynaric, Jackson spent 5 years as the revenue lead for Tresys Technology, LLC, a provider of government-certified cybersecurity products and services, providing solutions to Enterprise and Government customers globally.
Jackson also established and managed his own consulting practice, JK3 Associates, LLC, where he provided outsourced Business Development and Government Affairs services to a diverse customer set, including COMSATCOM capacity providers and a low profile phased array SATCOM antenna company.
Jackson also led Sales and BD efforts for SATCOM Industry leaders, including Inmarsat Government as the SVP of Sales, and Iridium, as the Vice President of Business Development.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Kemper led Sales and Government Affairs activities for Cryptek Secure Communications and DRS Technologies (now Leonardo DRS).
Mr. Kemper has BS in Management (cum laude) from Boston College and an MA from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Michael Hopkins
Senior Vice President, Operations and Quality
Leadership Team
Brandon Wood
Vice President, Manufacturing
Brandon Wood
Vice President, Manufacturing
Brandon Wood is the Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations at Stratolaunch. He has been developing prototype aerospace vehicles for nearly 30 years spanning a variety of size, speed, and survivability requirements.
Brandon started his career as a US Air Force Developmental Engineering Officer, first assigned to the Hypersonic Technology (HyTech) Program at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He later developed advanced satellite capabilities for the National Recognizance Office (NRO) and ended his military career leading the flight test of prototype aerospace vehicles vital to national security.
In 2007, Brandon joined Scaled Composites LLC and led a prototype vehicle manufacturing program and served as a flight test engineer on Proteus and White Knight experimental test aircraft supporting multiple payloads and customers. In 2011, he joined Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier aircraft development program as the Integrated Engineering and Analysis Lead, later becoming Test Lead and serving as Test Conductor for first flight.
Brandon holds a B.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. in Aero/Astro Engineering and an M.S. in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chris Dunbar
Vice President, Supplier Management & Contracts
David Fedors
Chief Test Pilot
Joshua Stults, Ph.D.
Sr. Director, Advanced Programs
Kate Squires
Sr. Manager, Marketing and Communications
Kate Squires
Sr. Manager, Marketing and Communications
Kate Squires, Senior Marketing and Communications Manager of Stratolaunch LLC, is an award-winning communication leader and strategist with a decade of public relations and marketing experience in the aerospace industry. She leads the company’s marketing and communication strategy and is a passionate advocate of flight test and the Stratolaunch story.
Kate began her professional career with Stater Bros. Markets in 2002 where she worked in a variety of roles pertaining to employee training, internal communication, and digital marketing. After completing her graduate education in 2012, she transitioned to her role as a public affairs specialist for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, where she spent six years representing the agency’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and Earth Science programs. She has represented numerous high-profile communication campaigns domestically and internationally, reaching wide audiences.
Prior to joining Stratolaunch, Kate also spent time working for Northrop Grumman Corporation as a senior communication specialist for the Palmdale Center of Excellence, supporting internal and external communications pertaining to the sites’ military aircraft program development, prototyping, manufacturing and testing.
Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies concentrated in Public Relations and Master of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communication from California State University, San Bernardino.
Mike Barker
Sr. Director, Mission Operations
Mike Barker
Sr. Director, Mission Operations
Mike Barker is the Senior Director of Mission Operations at Stratolaunch. In this capacity, he is responsible for the test and operations of the Talon-A Launch System, including the Roc carrier aircraft and the Talon-A hypersonic testbeds.
Mike had a full career as an Aerospace Engineering Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. During his military career he was the Director of Aircraft Maintenance, the Director of Military Flight Test as well as the Director General Aerospace Equipment Program Management, retiring as a Brigadier General having completed multiple operational deployments and command roles. Following his air force retirement, he worked as a Senior Engineering Manage for Amazon, including leading flight testing for Amazon’s drone delivery program, Prime Air.
Mike holds a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s in Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee, a Master of Business Administration in Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School as an Experimental Flight Test Engineer.
Ryan Tully
Vice President, Government Relations
Ryan Tully
Vice President, Government Relations
Ryan Tully is the Vice President of Government Relations for Stratolaunch. Prior to joining Stratolaunch, Mr. Tully was a professional staff member for the House Armed Service Committee and the lead staff for the Strategic Forces Subcommittee. As such, he was responsible for all issues related to hypersonics, triad modernization, missile defense, arms control, and space.
From 2018 to 2021, he served on the National Security Council, most recently as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian affairs. In this capacity, he was responsible for coordinating all United States government policy toward Russia and Europe and was the White House lead for US-Russian arms control negotiations. Prior to assuming this role, he was senior advisor for arms control and Deputy Senior Director in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (#WMD) at the NSC.
From 2011 to 2018, Mr. Tully served in the US Senate, where he was a professional staff member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He was the SSCI designee and principal advisor to Senators Tom Cotton and Jim Risch, advising them on all matters relating to the US intelligence community. He was the primary SSCI professional staff member for Russia policy, the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence budget, national laboratories, energy security, and arms control.
Prior to joining the SSCI, he was a deputy staff director for a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee and was a Senate military legislative assistant. Leading up to his 13-year service in the US Senate, he was as a legislative fellow in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, assisting on manpower and force shaping issues. Finally, he has served as an information warfare officer in the US Navy Reserve for eight years, supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Mr. Tully received a master’s degree from the Naval War College in national security studies, a master’s degree in legislative affairs and political management from George Washington University, and a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University.
Steve Losey
Director, Ground Operations
