Mr. VanWoerkom is the founder of ExoTerra. Prior to forming the company he spent 14 years at Lockheed. For 6 yrs, he led the Orion Crew Module Mechanical team which consisted of 170 members across 3 states with a >$250M budget. He also brought 2 satellites from concept to launch. His expertise includes system design, Electric Prop. and structures. He was given over a dozen awards at LM. He holds a MS in Aerospace Engr and an MBA.

Prior to joining ExoTerra, Tom spent 15 years at Lockheed. He served as the mechanical integration lead on Orion for 6 years. His responsibilities included packaging all subsystems into the Crew Module, giving him intimate knowlede of the entire spacecraft. He also performed mechanical design on BV+, Space Shuttle, Falcon and X33/Venturestar. With ExoTerra he has performed satellite and small launch vehicle design. He holds a BS in Mech. Engr

Eric has 20+ years of experience designing electrical systems. This includes work at Comtech AeroAstro developing electronics for microsatellites.

Dr. Crain served as the CEO and CTO of GeoMetWatch for 9 years. GeoMetWatch was a satellite startup company to provide commercial weather data and raised over $6M. Prior to GeoMetWatch, he served in business development and as chief scientist at ITT Space Systems developing science instruments for spacecraft. Early in his career he founded Internet America and successfully sold the company.