Our Team

Behind Reflect Orbital is a diverse team of engineers, scientists, and visionaries united by one goal: creating an existentially important business that sells the most valuable resource humanity needs.

Ben Nowack

Founder & CEO

Tristan Semmelhack

Co-Founder & CTO

Ally Stone

Chief Strategy Officer

Zay Rosen

Chief of Staff

Charlie Garcia

Chief Engineer

Emily Bilbao

VP Policy & Engagement

Robert Salazar

Systems Architect & Heliostat Design Engineer

Toshan James

Principal Mechanical Engineer

Harsha Reddy

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Rex Serpe

Sr. Avionics Engineer

Alexa Greer

Office Administrator

Katie Zhang

Sr. Orbit Operations Engineer

German Acosta Quiros

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Rakhee Khambhati

Director, Government Partnerships

Lauren Herring

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Patrick Finley

Special Projects Engineer

Griffin Jourda

Avionics Engineer

Mani Bhuma

Mechanical Engineer

Jonivan Artates

Mechatronics Engineer

Enna van den Akker

Thermal Engineer

Alessandro Verniani

Orbit Operations Engineer

David Barbeau

Shop Manager

Jack Cheng

Reflector Build Engineer

Noah Chalfant

Reflector Build Engineer

Niko Natsoulas

GNC Engineer

Alfonso Lagares De Toledo

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Matt Bigga

Mechanical Engineer

Alec Bohnett

Mechanical Engineer

Cameron Bond

Build Engineer

Ronald Trang

Mechanical Engineer

Harbin Singh

Mechanical Engineer

Nick Fan

Software Engineer

Brett Frager

Heliostat Production Technician

Julian Hernandez

Assembly Integration & Test Engineer

Miguel Lopez

Composites Fabricator

Talon-Jai Clearwater

Composites Fabricator

Caitríona Hanly

Lead Fabricator

Erika Nakayama

Reflector Fabricator

Camille Papa

Reflector Fabricator

Yedam Jang

Reflector Fabricator