Astra SPAC Presentation Deck
VISIONARY LEADERSHIP GUIDED BY A SEASONED BOARD
BACKED BY LEADING INVESTORS
ACME
partners
ADVANCE
Chris Kemp - Founder & CEO
Leads the overall company
strategy and direction
NASA
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AIRBUSVENTURES
Previously served as CTO of
NASA and founded OpenStack
Developed Cloud Computing
Strategy for United States
Government at White House
Studied Computer Engineering
at University of Alabama in
Huntsville
Teaches at Stanford
openstack.
CLOUD SOFTWARE
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ENDEAVORS
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Dr. Adam London - Founder and CTO
• Leads the technology strategy and
long-term product roadmap
• 10 years leading DARPA and NASA
initiatives to miniaturize high-
performance rocket technologies.
4 years at McKinsey & Company,
focused on automotive and
manufacturing sectors
McKinsey
• BS, MS, and PhD in Aerospace
Engineering from MIT where his
research culminated in the
creation of the world's smallest
liquid-cooled chemical rocket
engine
& Company
Plit
WILDCAT
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Note: Upon closing, Craig McCaw is expected to join the Board of Directors.
DARPA
ARTIS
VENTURES
OATV
McKINLEY CAPITAL
Nomi Bergman - Director
MARC BENIOFF
MICHAEL EISNER
• President of Advance / Newhouse
Investment Partnership
Previously served as President of
U.S. cable owner and operator
Bright House Networks until its.
2016 merger with Charter and Time
Warner Cable
• Board Member of publicly held
Comcast and Visteon as well as
1010data, Black & Veatch, Astra,
and Hawkeye360. Trustee for
University of Rochester, The Cable
Center, Adaptive Spirit, and One
Revolution
COMCAST
bright house
NETWORKS
ADVANCE
Scott Stanford - Director
• Co-Founder and Partner at venture
capital firm, ACME Capital
• Previously Managing Director of
Global Internet Investment Banking
at Goldman Sachs
• Co-Founder of Silicon Foundry
• Former Senior Vice President at
LookSmart
ACME
Goldman
Sachs
PROPRIETARY & CONFIDENTIAL - DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE
Kelyn Brannon
CFO
Leads the finance division
. Prior to Astra, she was the CFO of
Asure Software and Arista Networks
• Former Chief Accounting Officer and
VP of Finance for Amazon
amazon ARISTA
Calix
Chris Thompson
Chief Engineer, Advanced Projects
• Leads rocket and launch
system development
. Co-Founder of SpaceX and VP of
Structures, where he led the
development of the Falcon 1, Falcon
9, and Dragon Capsule for the NASA
COTS Programs
• Served as Crew Chief in the U.S.
Marine Corps
SPACEX
BOEING
ORBIT
Martin Attiq
EVP Business Operations
• Leads business development,
partnerships, customer success,
communications, and policy
. Prior to Astra, Martin spent 10 years at
BlackRock where he co-founded the
Financial Markets Advisory group, helping
scale the team to over 200 people
ASTRA
• Masters from Stanford GSB; BS in
Engineering from University of Michigan
Bryson Gentile
VP Manufacturing
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BlackRock Stanford
University
• Leads rocket manufacturing and
production
• Led the manufacturing engineering
team at SpaceX for the Falcon 9 rocket
where he accelerated rocket
production, reliability, and reusability
NIO
SPACEX
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
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