AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Ryan Carlisle, the Co-Founder and CTO of Argo Space Corp.

Ryan started his career at SpaceX and rose the ranks to Director of Engineering until leaving SpaceX in 2020 and starting Argo Space Corp. Argo Space Corp. is Co-Founded by Ryan and his two brothers and just emerged from stealth mode. The mission of Argo Space is to make space transportation abundant and affordable using reusable vehicles powered by water harvested from the moon. 

Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Ryan talk about:

• The growing space economy and what is to come in the market, especially with Starship coming online
• His strategies for team building and his leadership philosophy
• The vision for in space transportation and why Argo is different from the competition

We hope you enjoy this episode and visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

https://adastra.us/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mejeur/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-carlisle-4b082839/

https://argospace.com/

AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Josh Giegel, current Technologist and Entrepreneur, former CEO and Co-founder of Virgin Hyperloop.

Josh started his career at SpaceX as a Propulsion Engineer then did stints at Virgin Galactic and a Clean Tech company until he moved over to Virgin Hyperloop and worked his way through the company all the way up to CTO then CEO. Now Josh serves as an advisor to many ventures behind the scenes focused in Clean Tech, space, and defense. 

Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Josh talk about:

• The shifting culture of the NewSpace industry
• How he established and grew his leadership and communication skills
• Unpacking what the future of sustainability and how NewSpace intersects with Clean Tech

We hope you enjoy this episode and visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

https://adastra.us/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mejeur/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-giegel/

AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Glenn Case, Founder and CTO of Hermeus. 

Glenn Case and the team at Hermeus is working on building Mach 5 passenger planes that allow us to cross the Atlantic in 90 minutes! Glenn has almost 15 years of experience working in the NewSpace industry on propulsion and structures, while also feeding his entrepreneurial spirit, founding his second company with Hermeus. 

Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Glenn talk about:

• How to drive progress with such a massive new technology, and approach for starting new technology companies
• The landscape of hypersonics and defense and what we need to get America to a competitive level
• How Glenn thinks about building a team from the ground up and the evolution of building culture
• Hypersonics is a difficult and expensive thing to solve, so why should we do it?

Check out some of Hermeus’s great creative content discussed in the show - Hermeus Team Reacts to Top Gun

We hope you enjoy this episode and visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

https://www.hermeus.com/

https://adastra.us/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mejeur/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/egcaseiv/

AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Scott Macklin, Director of Engineering at Gravitics. 

Scott Macklin has an impressive career spanning propulsion roles with SpaceX, Virgin Galactic which lead to Sr. Director and Chief Engineer roles with Virgin Orbit, and now his role as Director of Engineering at Gravitics. Scott brings a unique view and perspective on spending years being hands on with flight technology and building teams. 

During this episode Seyka, Brian and Scott discuss:

• The changing cultural landscape of the NewSpace Industry
• Scotts perspectives on leadership, building teams and how to stay motivated
• The value of off-Earth colonization and where efforts should be focused

We hope you enjoy this episode and encourage you to visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

https://www.gravitics.com/

https://adastra.us/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mejeur/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scmacklin/

AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Janeya Griffin, Founder and CEO of Equity Space Alliance. 

Janeya is a STEM graduate from an HBCU who contracted with NASA for 8.5 years, specializing in Technology Transfer. Today, she is an active leader at four different organizations all focused on bridging gaps between society and excluded communities. One such organization is the Equity Space Alliance (ESA) where she is the Founder, Chair, and CEO. 

ESA's mission is to advocate, educate, and facilitate equitable ownership within the space industry. They are not solely working to diversify the space industry workforce; but, are working to position and prepare the next generation of space entrepreneurs, researchers, and businesses from underserved communities. 

During this episode Seyka, Brian and Janeya discuss:

• Bringing awareness to increasing equity (not just diversity) in the NewSpace economy
• What the term “equity” mean and why it matters for NewSpace
• What specific actions can be done to make an impact

We hope you enjoy this episode and encourage you to visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

https://adastra.us/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mejeur/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/equityinspace/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeyagriffin/

https://www.equityspacealliance.com/

AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX Founding Team and current Space Industry Advisor. 

Hans was the fourth technical employee of SpaceX at the VP of Avionics and worked his way to be the Vice President of Flight Reliability in 2011 making him responsible for the safe completion of SpaceX missions. Hans is now semi-retired and working as an Advisor and Board Member helping to support continued advancement of the industry. 

Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Hans talk about:

• How he got connected with Elon Musk and what SpaceX was like in the beginning
• The power of changing your mind quickly to keep up
• How his intrinsic self motivation and passion drove him and energized him
• The balance of mitigating risk and pushing boundaries

We hope you enjoy this episode and visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

Why is everyone talking about Nuclear Propulsion? 

AdAstra With is a new show that brings the thoughts and ideals of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Thomas Cobbs, Co-founder and COO of Datum. Thomas Cobbs started his career at SpaceX working in Supply Chain and has been a strategic advisor for growing manufacturing companies and started Datum Source which is a B2B management solution on a mission to streamline the buyer and seller interaction to drive world-class supply chain operations, strategy implementation and security compliance. 

Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Thomas talk about:

• High Performance Habits
• Teambuilding
• Leadership and the Power of Relationships
• Supply Chain Challenges in the NewSpace Industry

We hope you enjoy this episode and visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

Also, visit DatumSource.com to learn more about the services Datum Source is providing.

In this episode of AdAstra With, our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Delian Asparouhov, Cofounder of Varda Space and Principal at Founders Fund

Delian was an MIT dropout at the age of 19 and went on start Nightingale, a healthcare software company, which he closed down after almost 4 years and a lot of lessons learned. From there he went on to explore other new ideas and finally made his way over to Founders Fund where he has a primary focus on fintech, healthcare and Aero/Astro space. In the summer of 2020 he cofounded Varda Space. 

Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Delian talk about:

Delian as a Leader:

• How he navigated the course of his career and made the decision to jump back into the driver seat at Varda
• How Delian sets himself up for success in juggling the demand of life and keeps his energy high
• How his leadership perspectives have shifted of the years
• The importance of a vision and being obsessed with a problem

Topic of discussion: 

• Trends in the VC market
• Advice for entrepreneurs looking to partner with a VC
• What he looks for as an investor and why your LinkedIn profile matters!

We hope you enjoy this episode and visit adastra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors are the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

Also, visit www.varda.com to learn more about the amazing tech Varda is designing!

Shoutouts were made during this episode to www.Hadrian.co and their cutting edge manufacturing automation.

AdAstra With is a new show that brings the thoughts and ideals of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with  Chris Thompson, CTO of Phantom Space. Chris Thompson has been with Phantom Space in Tucson, AZ for a year and has an impressive career behind him. Chris started as a Marine for 5 years before joining Boeing, where he spent 15 years learning the Aerospace industry. Chris is one of the few success stories highlighting the transition from a legacy organization to the NewSpace field as he left Boeing in 2002 to join SpaceX where he spent 10 years growing SpaceX to what it is today. If that isnt impressive enough, Chris then joined Virgin Galactic for 5 years, then spent almost 4 years at Astra Heading up their Engineering team. 

Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Chris talk about:

Chris as a Leader:

• Why Phantom Space? What makes them special?
• How Chris made the transition from legacy organization to startup
• Advice for people looking to build a career in NewSpace
• Key to his leadership philosophy and his main priority of life (which has nothing to do with work!)

Topic of discussion: 

• Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration
• What is it?
• Which does Chris prefer and why?
• What are the risks and rewards of both options?

We hope you enjoy this episode and visit adastra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors are the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!

Also, visit phantomspace.com to learn more about the amazing tech Phantom is designing!

Shout outs were given to the engines Ursa Major is pioneering as well as the technology of  Phase Four throughout the show!