Paul Day
Paul Day, a Ph.D. holder in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a former Chief Product Officer at Loft Orbital, has an extensive background in engineering, research, and program management. With expertise in mechanical engineering, product design, satellite technologies, and space industry operations, Day has held various leadership roles in top companies, including Apple, Google, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has also co-founded Muon Space, a deep-space exploration company. Day's experience as an Engineering Program Manager at Apple and Technical Program Manager at Google, where he led Google's acquisition of Terra Bella (a Planet company), demonstrates his expertise in managing satellite programs and hardware design, while his time as a Graduate Research Assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory showcases his skills in research and innovation. Additionally, Day's engineering internship at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company reveals his broad knowledge of the energy industry.