Chitta Ratana

Chitta (Ta) Ratana currently serves as the Senior Director of Business Development at Kepler Communications Inc., a position held since February 2024. Prior experience includes roles as Associate Director of Civil and Commercial Business Development at Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Sr Manager of Business Development at SpaceLink. Ratana held the position of Sr Technical Project Leader in Commercial Applications Business Development at The Aerospace Corporation and was previously the Strategy and Business Development Manager at SSL. Additional experience includes a role as Senior Thermal Systems Engineer at Boeing and positions at Space Systems/Loral in research and development and mission operations. Educational qualifications include an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.