GREGG ROTENBERG
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Gregg is an entrepreneur and investor in the energy transition. He is the former CEO of Smart Wires, Inc (Nasdaq) and General Manager of the Chevron Renewable Power Group.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
STEVE DEIKER
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Steve is a PhD physicist who co-founded Kairos Aerospace in 2014. Prior to founding Kairos, Steve was a research manager at the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory. He has worked on a variety of NASA- and DARPA-funded programs, including cryogenic detector programs, solar physics experiments and radiation modeling for spacecraft.
ELENA BERMAN
CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER
Elena is a PhD physical chemist who is responsible for Kairos research activities, development of spectrometer hardware, and advanced data analytics. Prior to joining Kairos, Elena was Director of Research for Los Gatos Research, producing high performance spectroscopic analyzers for measurements of trace gasses and isotopes and serving as principal investigator on a number of government funded collaborative research projects.
ARI GESHER
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Ari is responsible for Kairos Aerospace’s runway-to-cloud data pipeline infrastructure and fully ephemeral cloud architecture with performance/latency tuning built into its core. Ari also built Kairos’ end-to-end encrypted cloud data storage and processing infrastructure. Prior to helping found Kairos, Ari was a very early engineer at Palantir Technologies. Ari is the co-author of The Architecture of Privacy, a book that outlines how to responsibly hold data while preserving people’s privacy to the greatest extent possible.
EVAN GEISERT
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Evan is responsible for the Finance, Accounting, and Treasury functions within Kairos Aerospace. Evan brings a broad and deep skillset to the team, with experience spanning industries, company stage, and functional capacities. In recent years, these experiences included serving as the head of Finance for a $1B distribution & logistics company, CFO for a Greentech start-up with a successful $500M exit, and Program Management Office leader for PG&E overseeing several large-scale Operational and Environmental programs.
DAVID BERCOVICH
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
David is responsible for Kairos’ Product and Customer Success organizations. David is a five-time start-up veteran who has held roles spanning Product Management, Operations, People Ops, Business Development, and Marketing. Most recently, David was COO of Oomnitza, an Enterprise Technology Management SaaS platform. In 2003, David helped found Google’s Enterprise division and got his start in energy as an early member of Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm.
FERNANDO LOPEZ
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
With a strong track record and over 30 years experience, Fernando drives sales and growth in the company. His career has primarily encompassed digital technology and oil and gas sectors, most recently at General Electric, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger. These positions led to extensive domestic and international experience and expertise in strategy, sales, business development, operational management, marketing and technology.
LANDON BLAIR
VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
Landon leads the External Operations department, which is responsible for all phases of production operations at Kairos. With a background in astrophysics, Landon started in 2015 as the company’s first Operations Engineer and managed early versions of the remote sensing systems while in air for over 300 flight hours. Landon’s team is focused on scaling the business through flight operational safety, customer retention, and process automation.
RYAN STREAMS
VICE PRESIDENT, POLICY AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Ryan leads the policy advocacy and external communications programs at Kairos. He works with policymakers to develop sound methane policies at the state, federal, and international levels. Ryan joined Kairos in 2018, originally as a part of the business development team, and focuses on telling the Kairos story to key stakeholders. Prior to joining Kairos, he worked on oil and gas air quality policy at Western Energy Alliance and in energy technology development for the State of Utah.
HOLLY TRYTTEN
VICE PRESIDENT OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Holly leads the software development team at Kairos. Previously, Holly led AgTech platform development efforts at Yara International. Before that, Holly was founder and chief architect at Agronomic Technology Corp, a precision agriculture software company later acquired by Yara. At Agronomic Technology, Holly was responsible for all aspects of technology including cloud infrastructure, data models, APIs, and integrations with other systems.
Advisory Board
RICH
SORKIN
CEO & Entrepreneur
GEORGE
KIRKLAND
Former Vice Chair and EVP, Chevron
MIKE
BAHORICH
Former CTO, Apache Corporation
TODD
STERN
Former U.S. Chief Climate Negotiator
