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Shey Sabripour

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Founder & CEO at CesiumAstro
📍 Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States

Shey Sabripour is the Founder and CEO of CesiumAstro, leveraging over 30 years of leadership in designing and launching telecommunication satellites. A former Director at Lockheed Martin and CTO at Firefly Aerospace, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from North Dakota State University.

Outside of his entrepreneurial ventures, Shey is an engineer at heart whose hobbies include reading electrical engineering and math books. He also enjoys walking, hiking in nature, and has a great appreciation for music. He resides in the Austin area and is fond of the Hill Country scenery.

Inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing as a child in Iran, he moved to the United States alone at the age of 16 to pursue his dream of working in the space industry.

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Experience
35 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States
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Aerospace Innovation
He founded CesiumAstro to revolutionize satellite technology, focusing on scalable, plug-and-play phased array communication payloads using commercial components instead of traditional military-spec parts.
US Manufacturing
He expresses a deep passion for building technology in America, inspired by his early career and seeing a crucial link between domestic manufacturing, resilient supply chains, and defense readiness.
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Career

Work history

1-2017
Founder & CEO
CesiumAstro
9-2014 - 12-2016
Chief Technology Officer
Firefly Aerospace
10-1986 - 6-2010
Director of Spacecraft Design
Lockheed Martin
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Education
Bachelor of Science - BS
North Dakota State University
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