Albedo
Winter 2021 · Active
Full-stack VLEO satellite missions
Location: Denver, CO, US
Founded: 2020
Team size: 55
About
Founders
Topher HaddadFounder
Previous to being CEO of Albedo, Topher was a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin working on top secret remote sensing satellites. Topher led teams involved in the optical design and imaging architecture across multiple $B+ government programs. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins.
AyJay LasaterFounder
CTO at Albedo. Previous to Albedo, AyJay was a System Architect at Lockheed Martin, developing satellite constellations, satellite designs from concept to launch and in-obit ops, and iterated on various in-depth performance analysis. He managed teams, contracts, and schedules for multiple programs. AyJa worked with high performing small sats and exquisite large satellites for the government. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and M.S. in Mechatronics from DU.
Winston TriFounder
Chief Product Officer at Albedo Former Facebook engineer specializing in using remote-sensing data and techniques for wireless network planning and satellite imagery feature detection. Previous founder of Ping Social, a small-scale event planning application for spontaneous hangouts with friends.