Ursa Main has introduced that founder Joe Laurienti is stepping again from his function as CEO, with Dan Jablonsky being appointed in his place.
As he assumes the function of CEO on August fifth, Jablonsky can be tasked with scaling the corporate. Jablonsky had initially been sounded out as a possible advisor, however Laurienti is alleged to have realised that he’s the ‘proper particular person to scale the corporate and lead it to by means of its subsequent phases of success.’
Jablonsky has held a number of senior management roles within the aerospace and defence industries, serving most just lately serving because the President and CEO of Maxar Applied sciences the place he led the corporate by means of its profitable take-private acquisition by Introduction Worldwide. He has additionally served as President of satellite tv for pc imagery agency DigitalGlobe, and labored as an lawyer for company regulation corporations, the SEC and in in-house roles. He began his profession as a floor warfare officer and nuclear engineer within the US Navy.
“I’ve adopted Ursa Main’s many successes over the previous 9 years and am assured within the affect that its superior expertise and manufacturing approaches could have on the area and protection communities for years to return,” mentioned Jablonsky. “I’m honoured by Joe and the Board’s belief and endorsement, and stay up for working with the staff to reinforce America’s nationwide safety and broaden the USA’ crucial area and defence infrastructure capabilities.”
He succeeds Laurienti, who has led the corporate for the previous 9 years. In that point, he has overseen the event and commercialisation of a number of rocket engine merchandise, together with the Hadley rocket which was efficiently launched in March. The corporate additionally just lately introduced the creation of a brand new R&D website in Youngstown, Ohio, that may assist broaden and speed up Ursa Main’s new materials growth, cited by Laurienti earlier this yr as one of many firm’s core competencies on the Additive Perception podcast.
Laurienti’s departure and the appointment of Jablonsky has been accredited by the Ursa Main Board of Administrators. The corporate’s co-founders and leaders stay of their present positions and can work to make sure a seamless transition, per an Ursa Main press launch.
“It has been the journey of a lifetime to discovered and lead Ursa Main,” mentioned Laurienti. “I can not categorical how excited I’m for the following section of the corporate. In what seems like a really quick time frame, we’ve got constructed a world-class staff and basis targeted on fixing the toughest drawback in aerospace and defence: propulsion. To proceed advancing Ursa Main’s work in area, hypersonics, and stable rocket motors, now’s the fitting time for the corporate to usher in a brand new chief with the experience and monitor file to efficiently information the corporate into additional reaches of scale and affect. I can not consider a extra achieved or seasoned chief for this mission than Dan.”
“Dan is the right govt to steer Ursa Main because it fulfils its mission to fulfill the strategic wants of the USA for forefront propulsion,” added Gilman Louie, co-founder of Alsop Louie Companions and a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. “I labored with Dan on the board of Maxar and noticed him in motion constructing the imaginative and prescient and worth of that firm.”
