Stephen Eisele

Vice President of Business Development
Virgin Orbit

Speaker: Launch Services Roundtable: NGSO and the New Smallsat Rockets

Stephen has extensive experience at both established and entrepreneurial space firms. After beginning his career as an analyst at DFI International, a boutique aerospace consultancy, he subsequently served as sponsorship manager for the X PRIZE Cup and as Head of Sales for Excalibur Almaz, a private human spaceflight company. As a Vice President at Space Services Holdings, Stephen led sales and marketing for a group of four companies and a variety of launches of several different rockets. He then moved to Surrey Satellite US, helping establish the world’s leading small satellite manufacturer’s presence in North America. Now, Stephen Eisele serves as Vice President for Business at Virgin Orbit where he leads the commercial business and strategic development for the company, as well as oversees the Mission Management team.