Agile Space Industries announced Dec. 5 the appointment of aerospace industry veteran Chris Pearson as CEO.
During Pearson’s 25 years in the industry, he has built and led high-growth space organizations with experience at the subsystem, satellite and mission level.
Pearson previously served as executive vice president of critical components for Redwire, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, where he had full responsibility for activities in the sites at Luxembourg and Marlborough, Massachusetts. Prior to Redwire, Pearson served as CEO of Roccor, a disruptive deployable systems supplier acquired by Redwire in 2020, leading the company through rapid growth and increasing its employee total from 12 to 100.
Prior to Roccor, Pearson held senior roles at Airbus and Moog and gained startup experience as founding U.S. employee of UK space battery supplier ABSL Space Products. Pearson grew ABSL from a basement sales office to a full Colorado manufacturing facility with more than 40 employees through an acquisition by Enersys.
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