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Marshall Smith

CEO at Starlab Space

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Sai SenthilkumarunlockedMarshall: together at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2016–2017)
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Marshall: together at Voyager Technologies
×5Marshall: together at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

About

Marshall Smith is Chief Executive Officer of Starlab. He has more than 30 years of experience across multiple NASA Centers, with work spanning launch vehicles, deep space architectures, human and robotic spaceflight, systems engineering and integration, and program planning and control. His background includes over 10 years leading inter-agency and inter-center teams and managing multimillion-dollar budgets and matrixed organizations of government and contract personnel.

CEO at Starlab Space

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1789 CapitalPalm Beach · since 2026Frontera Technology VenturesTexasMercury FundHouston · $250K – $4M checksRiverbend CapitalWashingtonVoyager TechnologiesDenver · since 2026

Experience

  1. StarlabChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — present
  2. Voyager TechnologiesPresident, Voyager Space Solutions2025Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  3. Voyager TechnologiesChief Technology Officer2024 — 2025Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. Voyager TechnologiesVice President, Exploration2022 — 2023
  5. Nanoracks LLCSenior Vice President of Commercial Space Stations2021 — 2022Huntsville, Alabama, United States
  6. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDeputy Associate Administrator for Systems Engineering & Integration2020 — 2021
  7. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDirector, Human Lunar Exploration Programs2019 — 2020NASA Headquarters
  8. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDirector, Cross-Program Systems Integration/Exploration Systems Development Chief Engineer2016 — 2019NASA Headquarters/Marshall Space Flight Center
  9. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCSI Deputy Director/ESD Deputy Chief Engineer2012 — 2016NASA Headquarters
  10. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDeputy Director, Cross-Program Systems Integration, ESD2012 — 2016NASA Headquarters
  11. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCross-program Systems Integration (CSI) Flight Test Strategy Lead2011 — 2012NASA Headquarters
  12. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDeputy Manager, SLS Integrated Test & Verification2010 — 2011NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  13. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationMission/Project Manager2010NASA Langley Research Center
  14. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationChief, Ares I-X Systems Engineering and Integration2007 — 2010NASA Langley Research Center
  15. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationManager, LaRC Ares Project Office (APO)2006 — 2007NASA Langley Research Center
  16. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSpace Missions Projects Office Manager2006NASA Langley Research Center
  17. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAft Flight Deck (AFD) Project Manager2003 — 2006NASA Langley Research Center
  18. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationB-757 Return-To-Flight Project Manager2005NASA Langley Research Center
  19. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAft Flight Deck (AFD) Chief Engineer2000 — 2003NASA Langley Research Center
  20. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSimulation Systems Engineering Group Leader1996 — 2003NASA Langley Research Center
  21. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationGround-Based Systems Manager1995 — 2000NASA Langley Research Center
  22. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSimulation Development Engineer1987 — 1997NASA Langley Research Center
  23. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationStudent Trainee1983 — 1987NASA/Langley Research Center

Skills & more

Aerospace33Requirements Management28Engineering Management21Systems Engineering34Configuration Management10Avionics14Space Systems15Spacecraft20Earned Value Management15Flight Test8Simulations10System Design7
+6 moreDefenseRadarSystems DesignDoDEngineeringSatellite

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Who is Marshall Smith?
Marshall Smith is Chief Executive Officer of Starlab. He has more than 30 years of experience across multiple NASA Centers, with work spanning launch vehicles, deep space architectures, human and robotic spaceflight, systems engineering and integration, and program planning and control. His background includes over 10 years leading inter-agency and inter-center teams and managing multimillion-dollar budgets and matrixed organizations of government and contract personnel.
Where does Marshall Smith work?
Marshall Smith is CEO at Starlab Space.
Where did Marshall Smith go to school?
Marshall Smith studied at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering); Virginia Tech (Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Virginia Tech (Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering).

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