Executive Team

Mr. Pickens, a member of the company's board of directors since 2003, became president and chief executive officer in January 2007. He is also the managing partner and founder of Tactic Advisors, Inc., a company specializing in corporate turnarounds on behalf of creditors and investors....
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Mr. Porter joined the Company in October 2008 and was appointed to the position of Senior Vice President. He is responsible for overall strategic planning and corporate development. His primary areas of focus are to advance the Company’s biotechnology initiatives in microgravity processing and commercialize advance technologies that have been developed in and around the space industry....
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Don White has been instrumental in supporting and then leading Astrotech's satellite processing operations since 2005. As Vice President and General Manager of Astrotech Space Operations, Mr. White oversees the subsidiary's rigorous schedule of processing numerous spacecraft annually. He is also responsible for expanding business services, improving profitability, as well as managing current contracts and assuring customers' needs are met or exceeded. Additionally, Mr....
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Mr. Pickens, a member of the company's board of directors since 2003, became president and chief executive officer in January 2007. He is also the managing partner and founder of Tactic Advisors, Inc., a company specializing in corporate turnarounds on behalf of creditors and investors....
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Mr. Adams is the founder of Advocate, MD Financial Group, Inc., a leading Texas-based medical liability insurance holding company, and currently serves as its chairman, president and chief executive officer. Mr. Adams also serves as chairman of the board of Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. He is also a founding partner in several other companies including the Endowment Development Group, a Houston-based life insurance company specializing in placing large multi-million-dollar life insurance policies throughout the U.S....
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John A. Oliva has 30 years of experience in the private equity, investment banking, capital markets, branch management, and asset management sectors. Since 2002, Mr. Oliva has been the Managing Principal of Southeastern Capital Partners BD Inc., a FINRA registered broker/dealer and independent investment banking and advisory firm. Since 2002, Southeast Capital Partners has provided financial advisory services, including mergers/acquisitions, underwriting and raising expansion capital to select mid-tier companies. In addition, Mr....
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From 1974 to 2005, William F. Readdy served the United States as a naval aviator, pilot astronaut, military officer, and civil service executive. In 2005, Mr. Readdy established Discovery Partners, International LLC, a consulting firm to provide strategic planning, risk management, safety and emerging technology solutions to aerospace and high-tech industries....
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Sha-Chelle Manning is a founding partner of Manti Technologies, a privately held advanced technology investment group....
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Daniel Russler has more than 20 years of capital markets, development, and entrepreneurial experiences, including an extensive background in sales and trading of a broad variety of equity, fixed income and private placement securities. Since 2003, Mr. Russler has been the Principal Partner of Family Asset Management, LLC, a multi-family office providing high net worth individuals and families with financial services. Mr. Russler has held portfolio and risk management positions at First Union Securities, Inc., J.C. Bradford & Co, William R....
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