John Gedmark
InvestorFounderZero to One Mentor at Commonweal Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedAstranis · YC
About
John Gedmark is an aerospace engineer and the CEO and cofounder of Astranis, a company that builds and operates satellites for geostationary and other high orbits to provide communications infrastructure for enterprises, governments, and the US military. He previously cofounded and served as Executive Director of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and was Director of Rocket Flight Operations at the X Prize Foundation. He earned a B.S. from Purdue University and an M.S. from Stanford University, both in Aerospace Engineering.
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Founder/CEO at AstranisYC W16
Intro paths
John went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Astranis's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, John can intro founders to Astranis's investors below.
Astranis's investors · 37
Co-founders at Astranis
Experience
- AstranisCEO & Cofoundercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Commercial Spaceflight FederationCofounder, Executive Director2007 — 2012
- X Prize FoundationDirector of Flight Operations2005 — 2007Santa Monica, California
- VariousAerospace Engineering Internships2001 — 2005Various
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science, Aerospace Engineering
- Purdue UniversityBachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering
- Y Combinator2016
Skills & more
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Same school
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Also attended Purdue University138
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Also attended Y Combinator186
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Shared employers
Also worked at Astranis9
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Also worked at Commercial Spaceflight Federation4
Also worked at X Prize Foundation20
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