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Tristan Prejean

Commander · DISC type D
Associate Director of Business Development at VAST
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Tristan is the Associate Director of Business Development at VAST, focusing on building the worlds first commercial space station. He has over seven years of experience in the satellite industry, having coordinated more than 90 CubeSat missions with partners like NASA and SpaceX. He attended the University of Maryland College Park.

His background shows a strong passion for entrepreneurship, having participated in two selective living-learning entrepreneurship programs during university, the Hinman CEOs Program and the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program. This indicates a long-held interest in building new ventures and innovative solutions.

Unique fact: He has personally managed over $5 million in annual revenue from satellite launch and deployment services in a previous role.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Associate Director of Business Development
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Tristan shows up

Risk-Taker
Decisive
Strong-Willed

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

Priorities

Topics Tristan cares about

Commercial Space Stations
His current work at VAST is dedicated to developing Haven-1. He frequently shares updates on manufacturing progress and the company's mission control center.
Small Satellite Deployment
He has extensive experience from his time at Nanoracks, where he managed the launch and deployment of over 90 CubeSats to low Earth orbit.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Associate Director of Business Development
VAST
6-2022 - 9-2023
Director of Space Operations
Lunasonde
9-2020 - 5-2022
Program Manager
Nanoracks LLC
7-2019 - 8-2020
Senior Mission Manager
Nanoracks LLC
6-2017 - 6-2019
Mission Manager
Nanoracks LLC
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
8-2013 - 5-2017
Bachelor’s Degree
University of Maryland College Park
8-2012 - 6-2013
General Education
Hagerstown Community College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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