Balachandar RamamurthyFounder

United States - Los Angeles, California

I am a leader with experience designing and managing complex systems. I've worked on technology development, decision-making, strategy, and real-time rocket launch control room operations. I am a systems engineer with a deep interest in physics. I served as the chief engineer responsible for human-rating Falcon 9, the first rocket to launch astronauts to orbit from the US after the retirement of the Space Shuttle. I've helped build and run startups, engineering departments, and multidisciplinary technical projects. I worked on putting antimatter to work and developing a privately funded, open-source lunar lander. My areas of technical interest include energy, climate, explosions, rocket propulsion, trajectory analysis, systems engineering, autonomous fault detection, and mathematical modeling.

I enjoy coming up with new concepts, designs and apply my skills to a broad range of technical areas. Colleagues value my ability to analyze problems objectively and play the role of devil's advocate in brainstorming sessions.