President & Founder
Dr. George Davis
Dr. George Davis is the President and founder of Emergent Space Technologies,
Inc. He received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the
University of
Texas at Austin for his research into the precise orbit determination of low altitude
satellites using the Global Positioning System. His M.S. in Aerospace Engineering,
also from the University of Texas, was on on-orbit assembly operations for lunar
and Mars spacecraft. His interests include GPS applications, autonomous spacecraft
navigation, and orbit determination.
Prior to starting Emergent, he worked for the Technical Services Division of the
Orbital Sciences Corporation as a support contractor at the NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center. He worked in GSFC's spaceborne GPS technology group, providing
systems engineering, algorithm development, receiver testing and data analysis
support to a variety of missions, including the International Space Station,
EO-1, and VCL. At the peak of the Internet bubble, he joined Appnet Systems,
which became Commerce One e-Government Solutions, to break into the
Information Technology industry. He supported the development of web portals
and e-commerce exchanges for the federal government. It was there that he saw
the opportunity to apply modern information technologies to the aerospace industry,
and subsequently started Emergent.
When not working, he enjoys coaching his kids in youth sports and playing softball
in the NASA Goddard Softball League. With what little time he has left, he enjoys
fishing and playing golf, and probably watching too much college football and basketball.
Vice President of Aerospace Systems & Technology
Dr. David Gaylor
Dave Gaylor is Vice President of Aerospace Systems & Technology. He has over 20
years of experience in astronautical engineering, including system engineering
for satellite constellations, navigation systems testing and analysis and space
operations. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the
University of
Texas at Austin,
M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the Air
Force
Institute of Technology and
B.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
He is currently leading our support to NASA's Orion CEV program from our
recently opened Denver office. Before joining Emergent, he was a systems
engineer and lead orbit analyst for the Teledesic and Iridium constellations at
Motorola. He was a mission analyst for Globalstar at Space Systems/Loral and a
GPS navigation systems analyst at the Central Inertial Guidance Test Facility
(CIGTF), Holloman AFB, NM. He served on active duty in the U.S.
Air Force for eight years. He was the Chief of Engineering for a mission control
complex and the lead Operation Director for three Strategic Defense Initiative
satellite programs while stationed at the Consolidated Space Test Center,
Onizuka AFB, CA. He also served as an inertial navigation systems analyst at CIGTF.
Vice President of Information Systems & Technology
Mr. Everett Cary
Everett Cary joined Emergent in 2002 as the Vice President of Information
Systems and Technology. He has over twelve years of experience in developing,
deploying, and managing software solutions across a variety of domains, from
desktop to enterprise applications. He now applies this experience to the
aerospace domain. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the
University of Maryland. His professional
interests include software architecture and software process.
While at Emergent, he has been the Principal Investigator for a government-funded
program and has been active in applying modern information technologies towards
automation of satellite ground systems. Prior to joining Emergent, he designed,
developed, and supported a variety of software applications, including web and
e-commerce portals, desktop, and enterprise business application. He was also a
certified Rational Unified Process trainer and a Sun Certified Java Programmer.
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