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Scott Herman

Investor

Venture Advisor at Cultivation Capital

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

About

Scott Herman is a Venture Advisor supporting Cultivation Capital's geospatial investment strategy. His career has focused on remote sensing, earth intelligence, imagery analysis, sensor fusion, and geographic information systems for the national security community. He was previously CTO of BlackSky, CEO of the AI satellite operations startup Cognitive Space, and currently serves as Chief Product Officer at Maxar.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSpace Tech

Experience

  1. SatVuChief Technology Officercurrent2025 — presentChantilly, VA
  2. Board Director / Strategic Advisor / VC Advisor / Startup Mentorcurrent2020 — presentChantilly, Virginia, United States
  3. Cultivation CapitalVenture Advisorcurrent2023 — presentChantilly, Virginia, United States
  4. OceanBytesStrategic Advisorcurrent2025 — presentChantilly, Virginia, United States
  5. TechstarsAdvisor/Mentorcurrent2020 — presentChantilly, Virginia, United States
  6. Maxar IntelligenceChief Product Officer2023 — 2024Herndon, Virginia, United States
  7. Cognitive SpaceCEO2021 — 2022Chantilly, Virginia, United States
  8. BlackSkyChief Technology Officer2013 — 2021Herndon, Virginia, United States
  9. Maxar TechnologiesVP, Product Development2009 — 2013Herndon, Virginia, United States
  10. VisualCVVP, Product Development2007 — 2009Reston, Virginia, United States
  11. webMethods (now IBM)Chief Information Officer (CIO) & SVP, Enterprise Applications2000 — 2007Fairfax, Virginia, United States
  12. Logicon (acquired by Northrop Grumman)Senior Program Manager, Knowledge Management Programs1998 — 2000Langley, Virginia, United States
  13. BTG (acquired by L3Harris)Program Manager & Systems Engineer1991 — 1998Langley, Virginia, United States
  14. GTE Government Systems (acquired by General Dynamics)Sr. Software Engineer1989 — 1991Mountain View, CA
  15. TRW Space & Defense (acquired by Northrop Grumman)Software Engineer1986 — 1989Fairfax, VA

Education

  1. The George Washington UniversityMasters in IT Program Management (professional certification)1996 — 1997
  2. University of MarylandComputer Science, Political Science (dual-major)1982 — 1986

Skills & more

Strategic Planning11Integration71Cloud Computing63Program Management43Agile Methodologies38Software Development35Product Management30Enterprise Architecture24System Architecture17Start-ups17Systems Engineering16Web Services11
+12 moreProduct DevelopmentGeomaticsSoftware EngineeringIntelligence AnalysisNational SecuritySOAIT StrategyAgile Project ManagementBusiness StrategyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSGIS

From Scott's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Techstars mafia153

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Brandon PatonMentorFounded Glider +2Weiting LiuMentorFounded Everyday.me +2Sebastian FischmeisterTechstars Detroit Accelerator 2016Founded Labforge Inc +2Jeremy AchinCloud Class 2013Founded hos +1Armistead WhitneyTechstars Boulder Accelerator 2024Founded Preparis +1Justin HughesTechstars Space Accelerator 2020Founded Revolution RE +1

+ 146 more

University of Maryland mafia61

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Arjun SethiBAFounded Foundation +1Pradeep ElankumaranB.SFounded jo +1Saurabh SrivastavaPhDFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1Michael WasserBachelor of ScienceFounded BloomAPI +1Bryant LeeB.S.Founded Vaero +1Stephan WolskiBachelor's degreeFounded Lightberry +1

+ 54 more

The George Washington University mafia21

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jeff ChangBSFounded Doblet +1Zach CollinsBachelor of Science - BSFounded Cavalry BiosciencesKam GhaffarianMaster's degreeFounded Axiom SpaceDan PreissBachelors of Business AdministrationFounded CadrianKadambari (Kad) BeelwarFounded Truss HealthHannah HedbergBachelor's degreeFounded INURU

+ 14 more

Cultivation Capital mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

David SmollerGeneral PartnerFounded Panome Bio +1Andy CloydPrincipalFounded SuperfiliateDavid NarrowAdvisorFounded SonavexMartha SchlicherGeneral PartnerFounded Impetus AgricultureBarry SandweissGeneral PartnerFounded FinLockerTimothy SternGeneral PartnerFounded FinLocker

Same school

Also attended The George Washington University176

RustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesDonna HoyleVice President & Controller at RevolutionMathew KayeAccounting Manager at RevolutionMeghan FahyDirector of Marketing at GreycroftMaurice RussoInvestor at Lerer HippeauZach CollinsPartner at Mission Biocapital

+ 170 more

Also attended University of Maryland204

Katrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalDaniel DemmerInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDan RochkindCFO at Lerer HippeauAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 198 more

Shared employers

Also worked at SatVu7

Alberto GómezInvestor at Adara VenturesDan HartFormer CEO Virgin Orbit at NEW VISTA CAPITALGregory DewerpeFounder & Managing Partner at noaRokas PeciulaitisFounder & Managing Partner at Contrarian VenturesGeorge ChalmersPartner at Molten VenturesPatrick Schneider-SikorskyPartner at Beast Ventures

+ 1 more

Also worked at Cognitive Space6

Andrew FeinbergCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Argon VenturesDale R. DavisSenior Principal at Ultratech Capital PartnersJennifer Gill RobertsManaging Partner at Grit VenturesJoe RaczkaManaging Partner at York IEJonathan FentzkeGeneral Partner at Far Out VenturesCraigInvestor at OPAMP CAPITAL

Also worked at BlackSky2

Will PorteousGeneral Partner and COO at RRE VenturesMark SpotoManaging Partner at Razor's Edge Ventures

Also worked at Maxar Technologies4

Jordan CroomInvestor at Side Door VenturesDario ConstantinePrincipal at Linse CapitalMaxwell PerhamFounder at MezliChristian WhiteFounder at Nasdisc

Colleagues at Cultivation Capital

Andrew Dearing
General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Andy Cloyd
Principal at Cultivation Capital
Barry Sandweiss
General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Bobby Sandage
General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Brian Matthews
Cofounder & General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Caleb Eidem
General Counsel at Cultivation Capital
Catherine Matthes
Venture Advisor at Cultivation Capital
Chris Danforth
General Partner at Cultivation Capital