About Us

Prior to joining World View, Ryan served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Insitu, a pioneer in the design, development and manufacturing of unmanned aircraft systems for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in military and commercial applications. Ryan brings over 20 years of experience in unmanned flight systems and aerial remote sensing to World View. In addition to his tenure at Insitu, Ryan previously led Raytheon’s Unmanned Systems Directorate of the Advanced Programs Division. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, and a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Dr. Alan Stern is planetary scientist, former head of all NASA science missions, author, speaker, and a co-founder of World View. He has been on 29 NASA and ESA space mission teams, 14 of which he played a principal investigator (PI) role, including the nearly $1B New Horizons that was the first mission to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt; New Horizons conducted farthest exploration of worlds in history. Dr. Stern is a member of the US National Science Board, the former board chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation industry association, and has published over 330 peer reviewed scientific papers and four books. Dr. Stern is an instrument rated commercial pilot and flight instructor, and has conducted scientific research at both the south pole and on the arctic circle, as well as aboard various high performance aircraft including F/A-18 Hornets, F-104 Starfighters, Zero-G KC-135s, and WB-57 Canberras. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), and The Explorer’s Club. In both 2007 and 2016 he was named to the Time 100. He and his wife, Carole, have two adult daughters and a son.

Matteo most recently served as Chief Technology Officer of Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, and brings decades of experience, leadership, and vision in space systems and engineering to World View. Matteo served SSL for over 20 years in various roles including Manager of the Advanced Systems Group and Systems Engineer. Matteo holds a bachelor of science degree in physics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to World View, Justin held several positions at Google’s Terra Bella (formerly Skybox Imaging, now a subsidiary of Planet Labs), where he focused on product and go-to-market strategy for the satellite imaging company. Justin served as an officer within the Naval Special Warfare community with multiple deployments to combat zones and holds a bachelors (US Naval Academy) and Masters (Michigan) degrees in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA from Harvard.

Prior to joining World View, Dexon held Senior Business Development Executive positions in the Aerospace Industry at Insitu, Telephonics, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin where he was responsible for domestic and international business development efforts for a diverse number of products, such as, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Airborne Radars, Airborne Mine Countermeasures, Air Defense and Air Traffic Control Radars and C2 Systems and F-16 Aircraft. Dexon is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel with 2500+ hours as a Master Navigator/Bombardier in B-52 Bombers and holds a Master of Science in Systems Management from USC and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College.

Prior to joining the World View leadership team, Sean served as the VP of Product Engineering at Maxar’s Space Solutions division where he led engineering and production teams in the development of next generation satellite bus and payload technologies for communication and earth observation applications. Sean brings over 30 years of experience building and leading cross-functional engineering teams to create innovative, cost effective solutions to meet customers’ critical business objectives. Sean earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Will is a career aviation professional with 3000 + flight hours in rotary wing, fixed wing and unmanned air vehicles. He has held multiple positions of leadership in aviation organizations including USN, FAA, DHS, and Boeing. Will holds a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Citadel and attended the Naval Aviation Safety Officer Course at Naval Post-Graduate School. He also has experience with aircraft test and evaluation, aeronautical procedures and technologies, Safety Management Systems (SMS) and Aviation Human Factors.

Sebastian led the StratEx team as Program Manager and Flight Director. He headed a diverse core team of innovative engineers in the development, testing and operations of the entire StratEx System from inception to the record-breaking launch. Utilizing multi-disciplinary engineering, Sebastian led the StratEx team in devising a revolutionary launch system that took manned balloon flight to unprecedented heights. At the heart of this enterprise was their novel approach of simply outfitting the StratEx Pilot in a state-of-the-art pressure suit and strapping him to a high-altitude helium balloon.

Prior to joining worldview Sean held senior level finance roles in the manufacturing and aerospace industries. Sean served as the Director of Corporate Accounting at Dart Container where he was responsible for U.S. and International finance operations and the integration of Solo Cup Company (the “Red Solo Cup”) following their acquisition by Dart. Sean brings over 15 years of strategic finance experience to the World View team. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Accounting from Michigan State University and subsequently joined Plante Moran where he practiced public accounting and provided assurance services and consulting associated with mergers and acquisitions prior to joining Dart Container. Sean previously served on several not-for-profit boards including Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Area Region in Lansing, Michigan.

Ashley joined World View in 2018 to lead the People Operations team. Over the last 10 years, Ashley has worked with global mining and engineering firms specializing in recruitment and employment law. She developed and led full-cycle recruiting teams, strategic Human Resources initiatives, developed performance management systems, as well as workforce planning and development. Ashley graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Economics and Industry and received her PHR from HRCI.