Team
Management
Asad Malik
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Engineer and entrepreneur with more than $1 billion in projects delivered to the Department of Defense. Co-inventor of a patented dual-contour nozzle rocket engine for fully reusable launch. Former SVP and CTO of M&J Engineering Group. SSPI "20 Under 35" (2023). BS, Civil Engineering, New York University.
Michael Okada
Chief Financial Officer
Finance executive with more than 30 years in high-growth companies, including CFO roles across manufacturing, aerospace and defense, consumer products and technology. Expertise in SEC reporting, debt and equity financing, IPO and M&A. Previously CFO of US Merchants, Southwest Dealer Services, Rocky Mountain Resources and Cereplast. BS, Accounting, Santa Clara University.
Board of Directors
Asad Malik
Chairman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, iRocket
Hon. Wilbur Ross
Director
39th United States Secretary of Commerce
Hon. Jerry MacArthur Hultin
Director
27th Under Secretary of the Navy; Chairman, New York Academy of Sciences
Paul Stein, CBE
Director
Retired Chief Technology Officer, Rolls-Royce
Christopher Marzilli
Director
Retired Executive Vice President, General Dynamics Technologies Group
Blake Larson
Director
Retired President, Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Investors
Backed by
Brevan Howard
RedBeard Ventures
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