Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Tapped As Vice President Of The EELV Customer Office
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has brought Marv
Vander Weg on board in the role of Vice President of the EELV
Customer Office, where he will be responsible for acquiring and
managing EELV missions for SpaceX's U.S. Government customers. He
will be located at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne,
California.
Vander Weg joins SpaceX from United Launch Alliance (ULA) where
he was the Vice President for the Customer Program Office. In that
role, Vander Weg was responsible for developing customer interfaces
and enhancing customer satisfaction during the acquisition and
execution of the contractual obligations for the Atlas and Delta
launch vehicle programs.
Prior to his time at ULA, Vander Weg served as the Director of
the Atlas Government Program Office for Lockheed Martin’s
(LM) Atlas Program. Through this role, and various other
assignments in acquisition and program management at LM, he gained
extensive experience with the Air Force’s Evolved Expendable
Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, the NRO’s Office of Space
Launch, and the NASA-Kennedy launch programs.
Marv Vander Weg
“Marv Vander Weg brings unique experience in managing the
most complex US Government missions to the SpaceX team,” said
Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX. “That experience is
critical in order to address the full range of Air Force, NASA and
NRO launch needs, up to and including the world's largest
satellites. Marv joining SpaceX is an endorsement of that
vision.”
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