2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

Jack Goodwin

Director of Business Development for Lunar Surface Systems

Astrobotic

Jack currently serves as the Director of Business Development for Lunar Surface Systems at Astrobotic, a private, employee-owned lunar technologies company. He is responsible for leading the strategy and sales execution of Astrobotic’s lunar surface power-, thermal- and mobility-as-a-service portfolio.

Previously, Jack worked as a Technical Program Manager at Apple developing go-to-market strategies for the entrance of Emergency SOS services to global iPhone users. Prior to that he worked on a number of DARPA and Space Force satellite constellations as a Deputy Program Manager at Airbus US, and Satellite Systems Engineer at SAIC and Lockheed Martin. A NASA Johnson Space Center Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program selectee, Jack experienced the joy of microgravity on a parabolic NASA flight while conducting novel research on biofuels.

Jack received his MBA from Harvard Business School where he specialized on emerging markets within the New Space and cis-lunar economies, co-authoring a case on the role of vertical integration in commercial space companies. Previously, he was funded by the US Air Force to study phenomena of plasma meta-materials, photonic crystals and ion propulsion technologies as a PhD student in Stanford University’s Plasma Physics Lab. During his undergraduate years, Jack was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, Pembroke College, England, where he studied national security and technological innovation. An Outstanding Senior Award finalist, California Space Grant recipient, and AIAA Reuben H Fleet Scholar, Jack received a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.