Meet the Team

  • Scarlett Koller

    Founder & CEO

    Prolific space systems engineer with integration & test experience at SpaceX & NASA JPL. MIT Leaders for Global Operations Fellow (MS, MBA).

  • Nainika Sudheendra

    COO

    Experience bringing frontier tech to market via Walmart’s drone delivery and autonomous vehicle team, Shield AI, and Station F. Schwarzman Scholar and HBS 2+2 admit.

  • Bruce Hecht

    Technical Strategist

    30-year veteran in RF and adaptive electronics (Analog Devices, ASML) with deep expertise in communications systems & reconfigurable architectures, and a 7-time patent holder.

  • Ryan Britt

    Mechanical Designer

    USSF 2LT Ryan Britt recently graduated from Villanova with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He currently supports Mithril’s mechanical integration design for electrostatically-actuated deployable reflectors.

  • Charlie Sands

    RF Engineer

    Fresh from a summer in antenna design with Astranis Space Technologies, Charlie is supporting RF system design work for Mithril’s planned on-orbit demonstrator prototype.

  • Professor Zack Cordero

    Science Advisor

    Professor Zack Cordero is an inventor of Mithril’s core technology in his lab at MIT, the Aerospace Materials & Structures Lab. He currently serves on Mithril’s Board of Advisors.