Ken Venner
Ken Venner is the Chief Operating Officer at Hermeus, an aerospace and defense technology company specializing in high-speed aircraft. He previously served as Chief Information Officer at SpaceX for nearly seven years, where he led IT, business processes, and supply chain systems during a period of significant scaling in launch cadence and workforce. Prior to SpaceX, Venner held CIO and executive roles at Broadcom, Rockwell, and Lucent Technologies/AT&T Bell Laboratories. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, a master's in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and an MBA from New Hampshire College.
“At SpaceX, I had grown up to having a team the size of about 175 building the core platforms. I've got a team of six here. I don't really think it's going to scale much more than maybe one or two more people. And I think I'll be able to do exactly what I did at SpaceX with only six because AI drives most of what we're doing.”
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