Future Insight Seminar: A talk with the CEO of Ursa Major on the future of space propulsion - Dec. 2
Colorado’s company for advanced propulsion systems for space, hypersonics, and national security
Dan Jablonsky
CEO,
Monday, Dec. 2 | 4 P.M. | AERO N250
Please join Mark Sirangelo as he welcomes Dan Jablonsky, the CEO of Ursa Major for a discussion of his career, the company’s advanced propulsion systems and the future of space propulsion technology.Ìý
Ursa Major is the leading independent rocket propulsion provider and a critical player in building the defense industrial base in the United States. As the first American company to fire an oxygen-rich staged combustion engine, Ursa Major provides reusable, high-performing propulsion systems to commercial space enterprises, defense contractors, and the Department of Defense for launch, hypersonics, and national security missions. The Company is headquartered in Berthoud, Colorado and has been named one of the best places to work by Built in Colorado three years in a row.
Jablonsky is highly experienced in leading and scaling companies and has held senior leadership roles in the aerospace and defense industry for more than a decade. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of space technology company Maxar Technologies and led that company through its successful take-private acquisition by Advent International. Previously, he held a variety of senior positions, including as President, at satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe. He started his career as a surface warfare officer and nuclear engineer in the US Navy before working as an attorney at corporate law firms, for the SEC, and in in-house roles.
Jablonsky holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, graduated from the Navy Nuclear Power School, and earned a JD from the University of Washington School of Law.
Mark N. Sirangelo created and hosts the CU Future Insight Seminar Series as CU’s Entrepreneur-Scholar in Residence. He is the recent Chairman of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board and the DoD’s Space Advisory Committee. ÌýPreviously he was Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator helping to develop NASA’s return to the Moon. ÌýMark was the founding executive and head of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems and has served as the Chief Innovation Officer of Colorado.