Ashton Meginnis

Ashton Meginnis currently serves as Head of Space Systems and Head of Integration at AstroForge since April 2023. Previously, Ashton has held various roles including Board Member at Delta Psi Building Corporation since April 2017, Program Manager at Space Micro Inc. from March 2022 to April 2023, and Spacecraft Systems Engineer and Program Manager at Pumpkin, Inc. from January 2018 to March 2022. Ashton began with a foundational experience as a Mechanical Engineer Intern at Pumpkin, Inc. in mid-2016 and a Teaching Assistant at Stanford University from September 2016 to December 2017. During the early academic career at UC Santa Barbara, Ashton contributed as a Research Assistant at both USC Viterbi School of Engineering and California NanoSystems Institute. Ashton holds a Master's degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from UC Santa Barbara.