Richard (Rick) Ward, Founder & CTO
Richard (Rick) Ward, Founder & CTO
Richard (Rick) Ward, Founder & CTO
Rick is a creative problem solver, US Marine and startup veteran. As Founder of OrbitsEdge, Rick’s vision is to bring advanced compute to space via a unique solution of hardening, sensors, and ongoing telemetry analytics that is at the heart of the OrbitsEdge technology stack.
In addition to his last three years leading OrbitsEdge, Rick
Rick is a creative problem solver, US Marine and startup veteran. As Founder of OrbitsEdge, Rick’s vision is to bring advanced compute to space via a unique solution of hardening, sensors, and ongoing telemetry analytics that is at the heart of the OrbitsEdge technology stack.
In addition to his last three years leading OrbitsEdge, Rick is a frequent guest, resource, and speaker for space compute conferences, podcasts, and publications. Rick’s space industry roots trace back to his time working for Deep Space Industries, developing, producing, and experimenting with asteroid regolith simulant with the goal of In Space Resource Utilization (ISRU) for construction water, and mineral extraction. Rick looked at the infrastructure required to enable ISRU and determined that it would not be possible without autonomy. Then looking at the current state of space compute, he saw that it was neither adequate nor sustainable to bring the high-performance computing to space that autonomy and greater commercialization of the ecosystem demands. This led Rick to start OrbitsEdge and, with his team, work on creating a radiation-hardened enclosure to support advanced Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) compute hardware and the sensors and processing necessary to meet the space the industry demands. Rick feels that the next generation of space development is impossible without next-generation data handling, and OrbitsEdge has the sustainable architecture that leads to that goal.
Ross Tierney, Chief of Engineering
Richard (Rick) Ward, Founder & CTO
Richard (Rick) Ward, Founder & CTO
With over 20 years’ experience in space startups, including systems engineering, design and management positions with Atlas360, Direct3, Eidos and Horizon, Ross is chief designer of the OrbitsEdge proprietary SatFrame, Coolant System and Launch Chassis technologies with five successful Satellite deployment missions under his belt and ready to make OrbitsEdge inaugural launch his sixth in 2021.
Bentley Radcliff, Investor/Advisor
Bentley Radcliff, Investor/Advisor
Bentley Radcliff, Investor/Advisor
Native Floridian with 35+ years sales and executive management experience, Bentley has founded and sold several sales-centric companies, run competitive intelligence for Fortune 50 companies, as well as, developed bleeding-edge software & mobile apps for sales enablement and global enterprise sales forces. Bentley also leads Radcliff Fam
Native Floridian with 35+ years sales and executive management experience, Bentley has founded and sold several sales-centric companies, run competitive intelligence for Fortune 50 companies, as well as, developed bleeding-edge software & mobile apps for sales enablement and global enterprise sales forces. Bentley also leads Radcliff Family Investments focused on empowering solutions for the next generation.
Dennis McFadden, Financial Advisor
Bentley Radcliff, Investor/Advisor
Bentley Radcliff, Investor/Advisor
30+ years of executive technology leadership and entrepreneurial experience raising capital,
establishing partnerships, and providing leadership to all aspects of the company. Experience includes Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SAP/Sybase, Oracle and Cisco.
Ryan Hemphill, Product Management
Bram Bessoff, Business Development
Bram Bessoff, Business Development
Has spent his career in cloud-based IT product design and development across multiple industries - including 20+ years of software, senior specialist in business-class systems for design, user experience, architecture, and development with groundbreaking tech startups and businesses like InterBay, Janney Montgomery Scott, LambadaZen and Cengage Learning.
Bram Bessoff, Business Development
Bram Bessoff, Business Development
Bram Bessoff, Business Development
Leveraging his 25-years dual experience in entertainment and IT, Bram is driving the OrbitsEdge story, branding and messaging utilizing his entertainment experience and contacts to tell the story of the company’s role in humanizing space. Bram is an Entrepreneur (Founder, Indiehitmaker), producer of Music (SoundArt Productions), Film ( MV
Leveraging his 25-years dual experience in entertainment and IT, Bram is driving the OrbitsEdge story, branding and messaging utilizing his entertainment experience and contacts to tell the story of the company’s role in humanizing space. Bram is an Entrepreneur (Founder, Indiehitmaker), producer of Music (SoundArt Productions), Film ( MVP Studios), and Live Events (Carnival Cruise Lines), as well as a marketing & creative director (CompeteNet Inc., RapidScale & Global Data), drummer and past touring musician.