George Davis

Dr. George Davis is the Founder and CEO of Emergent Space Technologies, Inc. He received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin for his research into the precise orbit determination of low altitude satellites using the Global Positioning System. His M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, also from the University of Texas, was on on-orbit assembly operations for lunar and Mars spacecraft. His research interests include PNT, autonomy and artificial intelligence/machine learning for small satellite applications. Prior to starting Emergent, he worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, providing GPS systems engineering, algorithm development, receiver testing and data analysis support to a variety of missions.

At the peak of the Internet bubble, he joined Appnet Systems (subsequently acquired by Commerce One) to transition into the Information Technology industry and supported the development of web portals for the federal government and e-commerce exchanges. It was there that he saw the opportunity to apply modern software development principles and technology to the aerospace industry and decided to start Emergent.