"Clean, Safe, Affordable Propulsion Through Innovation"

SPG Personnel

At SPG, we believe our most valuable assets are our employees. We have a strong, dedicated engineering team with world-class expertise in propulsion. Creativity, teamwork, flexibility and responsiveness are some of the strengths that enable our team to solve complex propulsion problems.

Please browse the bios of our team below:

• Dr. Arif Karabeyoglu - President, Co-founder and CTO
• Prof. Brian J. Cantwell - Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
• Dr. David Altman - Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
• Mr. John G. Wilson - Co-Founder
• Dr. Jose Stevens - Chief Engineer
• Ms. Lisa Akselrad - Director of Business Operations
• Mr. Jonathan Dyer - Propulsion Engineer
• Mr. Sead Demirovic - Engineering Technician
• Mr. Shane Coogan - Research Engineer
• Mr. Mark Marzoña - Research Engineer
• Mr. Gregg Edsinger - Mechanical Technician

Additional part-time and consulting personnel:

• Mr. Terry Spath - Test Lead