Redefining Logistics, Telecom, and Manufacturing from Orbit

Jason Dunn is Founder and CEO of Outpost Technologies, where he leads product development, engineering, and long-term strategy. He is focused on building elegant, high-impact systems for space logistics and Earth reentry, with the mission of making space more sustainable and accessible. Jason is recognized for his relentless ambition and commitment to leveraging space technology to improve life on Earth.

Prior to founding Outpost, Jason was the Co-Founder and CTO of Made In Space, where he led the development of the first 3D printers and in-space fiber optics manufacturing technologies in orbit. He guided the company from early-stage innovation through acquisition by AE Industrial Partners, and its eventual IPO as RedWire (NYSE: RDW). His career has centered on turning science fiction into engineering reality—developing technologies that operate off-Earth to unlock new commercial and scientific frontiers.

Amir Blachman is President and COO of Outpost Technologies, where he leads operations, finance, partnerships, and business development. He is responsible for scaling the company’s commercial and government business and building its long-term operating model for space logistics and in-space manufacturing.

Previously, Amir was the first employee and Chief Business Officer at Axiom Space, where he helped raise over $500 million and secure $2.3 billion in contracts. He led efforts behind multiple ISS missions—supporting 12 astronauts and over 50 payloads—and helped win NASA’s lunar and ISS spacesuit contracts. He also established partnerships with Mitsui & Co., Prada, and Boryung. Earlier, he founded and ran a venture fund focused on space tech, backing companies in launch, in-space services, and manufacturing—several of which reached IPO or acquisition. A former military non-commissioned officer and licensed pilot, Amir is known for bringing operational discipline and strategic clarity to organizations.

Julie has over 10 years of experience as an engineering leader at the highest levels of commercial aerospace. As the Vice President of Engineering at Outpost, Julie is leading the development of a novel reentry vehicle system that is defining the future of high-speed logistics & in-space manufacturing. Previously as a Chief Engineer for commercial satellite systems at Boeing, she led spacecraft development and large-scale system integration. While at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she was a lead engineer and designer for flight electronics on multiple flagship programs, including the Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter.

Her early career also included avionics development at SpaceX, contributing to the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule. Julie is known for aligning multidisciplinary teams under complex, high-stakes timelines. She brings the systems thinking, creativity, and executional rigor required to deliver reentry vehicles with ultra-high precision.

Seasoned Strategy & Operations executive with over 15  years of experience accelerating high-impact organizations. Based in Santa Monica, he currently drives cross-functional execution at Outpost.

Andrés is known for making things run “smooth and fast,” adeptly navigating ambiguity to deliver transformative results. He excels at creating high-trust execution environments and thrives at the intersection of operational discipline and entrepreneurial agility. His background encompasses pivotal roles in driving cross-functional initiatives, corporate governance, venture financing, investor relations, and building and scaling operational infrastructures, ensuring they are tailored for maximum operational output.

Prior to Outpost, Andres served as the strategic and operational partner to the CEO at skyTran, a Series B transportation startup where he helped scale a 15-person R&D team into a >75-person product engineering-focused company distributed across continents. As counsel, Andres has advised over 45 startups and helped them secure more than 80 equity and debt financing deals, raising >$900 million in venture-backed funds throughout their lifecycle. He previously served as an M&A Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York representing buy-side & sell-side clients in complex, transformative transactions across a range of industries and successfully executed over 10 mergers and reorganizations representing $6B in transaction value.

Sirisha Bandla provides flight-proven mission objectives and the policy-and-partnership experience needed to scale real space capability. Most recently she led legislative, regulatory, and government business priorities at Virgin Galactic while also developing the research engine for SpaceShip-class vehicles, working directly with research customers to fly science and technology payloads on suborbital missions. As a Virgin Galactic astronaut, she helped conduct space-based research on the company’s first fully crewed spaceflight, giving her firsthand insight into what it takes to qualify research payloads, execute under operational constraints, and bring lessons learned into the next iteration.

Marilee Jooste serves as Vice President of People and was Outpost’s first employee. She's helped build the company from the ground up, hiring its first engineers, setting up its first facility, and establishing the operational foundation that enabled the business to launch and grow. Before transitioning into aerospace, she worked in entertainment in producing and film and television development, where she developed the ability to move quickly, think creatively, and manage complex projects in high-pressure environments. That fast-paced background prepared her for the demands of space operations at a startup, where adaptability, resourcefulness, and strong execution were essential to turning vision into reality.

Chris Classen brings two decades of brand, experiential, and integrated marketing experience to Outpost. As Vice President of Brand at the XPRIZE foundation for 7 years, he oversaw the launches of $360M in incentivized prize competitions, completed an overhaul of the brand, and was responsible for annual summits, digital publishing, and annual integrated marketing campaigns. Prior to XPRIZE, Chris served as Executive Producer for Alphabet’s Tier-1 experiential marketing.