Rachel Mckay

Rachel joined the Overwatch Imaging team in 2019, with a focus on successfully executing customer contracts and product innovation. Rachel is driven by leading high-performing teams to solve complex emerging application challenges. Prior to joining Overwatch Imaging, she was the Chief Systems Engineer responsible for development of autonomous systems at Insitu, a subsidiary of the Boeing Company. In that role, she was responsible for ensuring the ScanEagle and Integrator/Blackjack Unmanned Aerial systems met both the customers' needs and the company's long-range strategic business objectives.

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Prior to Insitu, Rachel worked at Lockheed Martin developing space-based solar telescopes for NASA. She was responsible for specification development of all the optical components of the Solar X-Ray Imager and the Solar UltraViolet Imager deployed on the GOES satellites. Rachel is a lifelong learner and has earned a Master of Engineering degree in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Systems from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from San Jose State University, and a Master of Business Administration from San Jose State University.