Max Haot is founder and CEO of Launcher, the high-performance rocket company founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles.

Previously Max was founder and CEO of Mevo, a hardware company producing live streaming video cameras acquired by Logitech in 2021. Prior to this, Max was founding CEO of Livestream, which was acquired by IAC in 2017 and became part of Vimeo. Earlier in his career, Max led technology for IMG, leading its software platform to acquisition by Verizon in 2005. Max has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, leading successful exits for all three of his previous ventures. He has a lifelong passion for space exploration and its potential to advance humanity.

Igor previously served as Deputy Chief Designer in the Liquid Propulsion Department at Yuzhnoye, the Ukrainian state-owned company that designed the world-leading Zenit launch vehicle. Most recently, Igor worked for Avio, a key contractor for the European Space Agency’s Ariane and Vega launchers. Igor has over 30 years of experience in high-performance liquid rocket engine development.

Kevin has over thirty years designing hardware and software for rockets and spacecraft. He started his career at NASA/JPL where he developed expertise in the area of space radiation effects in complex integrated circuits. Kevin then went on to work on several JPL spacecraft and development of Mars rover technologies. When he left JPL in 2008, he was group supervisor of the Advanced Computer Systems and Technologies Group, which is responsible for providing flight computer hardware to all JPL flight missions. During his tenure at JPL, Kevin had directly worked on, or developed technologies for the Galileo orbiter, Mars Pathfinder lander, Sojourner rover, Cassini orbiter, Mars Global Surveyor orbiter, Mars Phoenix lander, Spirit and Opportunity rovers, and the Curiosity rover projects.

In 2008 Kevin joined SpaceX to lead the development of flight computers for the Falcon 9 & Falcon Heavy rockets and Dragon spacecraft. He led the overall development of the fault-tolerant computing architecture for these vehicles. In addition, Kevin personally designed all computers and networking hardware used on these vehicles. This hardware was proven to be significantly more robust than the avionics typically used in aerospace, yet one to two orders of magnitude less expensive.

Luis is a 3D printing expert who has been internationally awarded with Autodesk, New Lab and Simon's Foundation Science Sandbox Fellowships. With an interdisciplinary background in mechatronics, software development, fabrication, audio/video and food, Luis holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a thesis on micro and nano fluidics from Zhejiang University.

Andre received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University and was previously an intern at SpaceX and Tesla. He is currently completing his Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Rich has worked on spacecraft avionics and embedded systems for 35 years. Before coming to Launcher, he worked for 8 years as a senior avionics software engineer at SpaceX developing software for Falcon 9 and Dragon. Prior to that Rich developed research and flight rovers and rover software for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. At JPL he was a rover test engineer and mission operator for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. Rich also worked in Houston on the Space Shuttle and Space Station programs while at IBM Federal Systems. He is interested in all types of robotics and autonomous vehicle systems and has been a part of DARPA's Grand Challenge, FIRST robotics and Battlebots. Rich has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Drexel University and a Masters in Space Science from the University of Houston - Clear Lake.

Catherine previously worked as VP of Business Operations at Livestream, until its acquisition to Vimeo in 2017. She is a results-oriented operation and finances professional offering 10+ years of experience leading key growth initiatives for startups, mid-size, and large international organizations in the online space with a passion for the eCommerce, Hardware, SaaS industries. Catherine holds a BS in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.

Viktoria is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) expert with twenty years of experience in Yuzhnoye Design Office. With an interdisciplinary background in heat transfer and strength calculations, Viktoria holds a Master’s degree in Solid State Physics from Dnipro State University in Ukraine.

Kelly previously worked as Head of Business Intelligence at Livestream and as Head of Business Intelligence at Mevo until its acquisition by Logitech in 2021. Prior to this, she was in charge of Revenue Growth for fast-growing start-ups within eFounders start-up studio. She is data-oriented and has a great capacity to act as a liaison between management and operations. Kelly holds a Master in Finance and a Bachelor in Business Engineering from Solvay School of Economics and Management (ULB).

Jennifer holds a BA in Economics from UCLA. Jennifer has previously worked in operations coordination in the healthcare technology, human resources, and eCommerce industries.