Another candidate with impressive credentials.
Bob McGwier N4HY
Bob is co-founder and advisor of HawkEye 360, a data analytics and reporting service based on a small constellation of satellites. Bob was previously Chief Scientist of the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology, and still holds Research Professor appointments (by courtesy) in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech, and an Affiliate Research Professor appointment in the Mathematics department.
Before joining Virginia Tech, Bob spent 26 years as a member of the technical staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses' Center for Communications Research in Princeton, NJ, where he worked on advanced research topics in mathematics and communications supporting the federal government. He received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1988. His work on behalf of the federal government has earned him many awards, including one of the intelligence community's highest honors in 2002.
Bob has previously served as AMSAT's VP of engineering and on its board of directors. He has participated in many of AMSAT's most important developments.