Scott Webster was a co-founder and Director of Orbital Sciences Corporation, a first mover in the commercial development of space, and a Director of its successor, Orbital ATK, a global aerospace and defense system prime contractor. He provided strategic direction from startup to 12,000 employees and zero to $5 billion sales. He was also Chairman of the Board of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, an $800 million electronics system subcontractor; Chairman of the Board of MBDA, Inc., U.S. subsidiary of the world’s second-largest missile system prime contractor; and Proxy Holder of QinetiQ North America, subsidiary of the United Kingdom’s premier defense technology company. Mr. Webster’s executive experience includes: President of Space Data, Orbital’s launch system subsidiary that completed over 40 successful space launches, and CEO of ORBCOMM, where he managed launch and operation of its constellation of 35 low-earth orbit satellites and inaugurated worldwide data communications service. Mr. Webster was a member of the team that developed Pegasus, the world’s first privately developed space launch vehicle that resulted in Orbital winning the National Medal of Technology, America’s highest science and technology honor. Mr. Webster is the recipient of the Harvard Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor conferred by the Harvard Business School. The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship named him a “Rock Star.” Mr. Webster holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Minnesota.
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