David Langan & Gabe Dominocielo
https://umbra.space
Award Sponsor: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
David Langan serves as CEO of Umbra, a Santa Barbara-based builder of next-generation space systems that observe the Earth with unprecedented fidelity. He is an expert in space mission architecture formulation and operations, remote sensing, and the design, manufacturing, and testing of advanced space systems for commercial and U.S. government customers.
David has contributed to U.S. commercial space policy development, serving from 2016 to 2020 as an appointee of two presidential administrations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing.
Before cofounding Umbra in 2015, David held positions as a systems engineer, technical director, and space mission architect at Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman), where he enjoyed 100 percent flight success across more than 18 satellite systems.
A life-long entrepreneur, Umbra cofounder and President Gabe Dominocielo has worked with numerous blue-chip companies across several industries. Prior to Umbra, he cofounded and served as COO of a legal service company whose panel member attorneys generated more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements.
Gabe has served on the Space Generation Advisory Council and currently serves on USGIF National Reconnaissance Office and National Geospatial Agency Working Groups. He sits on the Adelle Davis Foundation Board of Directors and previously served on the City of Santa Barbara’s Police and Fire Pension Commission and the Civil Service Commission.