Bringing Space Down to Earth

Emiliano Kargieman

CEO & Founder

Emiliano Kargieman serves as Chief Executive Officer at Satellogic. He has spent the last 25+ years building technology and technology companies.

In 2010, after spending some time at the NASA Ames Campus in Mountain View, he started developing the concepts that would become Satellogic.

Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Kargieman co-founded Core Security Technologies, where he has served in several operational roles and developed the first automated penetration testing software, earning the loyalty of clients such as Apple, Cisco, Homeland Security, NSA, NASA, Lockheed Martin, and DARPA.

Previously, Mr. Kargieman has independently consulted for several corporations and government agencies. He also started three other technology endeavors and served as a Member of the Special Projects Group at the World Bank. He is currently a member of the Forbes Tech Council.

As the co-founder and Managing Director of venture capital firm Aconcagua Ventures, Mr. Kargieman focused on investing in high-tech startups in Latin America to develop them as global businesses. In 2009, he co-founded GarageLab, a problem-solving laboratory based on an innovative multidisciplinary approach involving science, technology, art and business.

Emiliano has a formal background in Number Theory and Philosophy and is married to Pola, a fiction author who shares his passion for technology. When not thinking about, or building technology, Emiliano enjoys reading, writing, playing chess and other random sports. He is trying to learn to play the trumpet.

Matt Tirman

President

Matt Tirman serves as President of Satellogic, bringing more than 20 years of experience in technology and aerospace from across the US government and international markets. As President, he leads the operational execution of Satellogic’s strategy and business plan. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Tirman held the position of Chief Commercial Officer, where he began laying the groundwork for Satellogic’s early entry into the US market. 

Before joining Satellogic in 2021, Matt served as Head of Government at Descartes Labs, a leading provider of geospatial and multi-sensor analytics, where he revenue growth and customer delivery across defense and intelligence clients. His previous roles include Chief Commercial Officer at PlanetRisk, where he was responsible for delivering enterprise geospatial risk analytics and customized big data solutions to Global 1000 customers; Chief Executive Officer and founder of Access Global, a consulting firm providing executive management, sales, and business development solutions in foreign markets across EMEA and Asia; Vice President and Managing Director at Strategic Social, a technology and services firm operating frontier markets across the Middle East and North Africa that he helped grow to more than $40M in annual revenue before it was sold to Constellis in 2014.

Additionally, Matt has served as an analyst for the US Department of Defense on cooperative Research and Development and as a speechwriter for senior military leadership in Washington D.C. and Baghdad, Iraq. He holds a master’s degree in Defense and Security from Lancaster University and a BS in Political Science from East Carolina University.

Gerardo Richarte

CIO, CISO & Founder

Gerardo Richarte is a co-founder, Chief Innovation Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer at Satellogic. Mr. Richarte has run technology labs and led teams to build cutting-edge technology for over 25 years, and was widely recognized for his reverse engineering and security expertise.

Prior to co-founding the firm, Gerardo founded Disarmista, a specialized boutique engineering and reverse-engineering services company. Previously, Mr. Richarte co-founded Core Security Technologies, where he has served as R&D Leader and developed the first automated penetration testing software, earning the loyalty of clients such as Apple, Cisco, Homeland Security, NSA, NASA, Lockheed Martin, and DARPA. He has also independently consulted and taught courses for big corporations and government agencies around the world.

Gerardo has a background in computer programming, electronics and mathematics.

Rick Dunn

CFO

Rick Dunn serves as Satellogic’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dunn brings over 25 years of financial leadership to the company that includes executive roles in both public and private companies as well as over 10 years in public accounting.

Most recently, Mr. Dunn was Chief Financial Officer of PowerTeam Services, which he helped sell to new private equity owners in September 2018. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer of ACN, Inc. (a wireless operator and energy reseller) and Trilogy International Partners (a wireless carrier) and Corporate Controller for Western Wireless International. In addition, his experience includes 10 years with the public accounting firm of Grant Thornton LLP.

He received his BBA from Pacific Lutheran University and an MBA from Seattle University and is an alumnus of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business Executive Program. Rick is also a licensed CPA.

Alan Kharsansky

CTO

Alan Kharsansky serves as Chief Technology Officer at Satellogic. He joined the company in 2011 and since then has been leading efforts in electronics, power systems, and eventually served as the lead satellite systems engineer. Most recently, Alan served as VP of Mission Operations.

Mr. Kharsansky has over 10 years of electronics engineering experience and has worked in robotics projects and research before joining Satellogic.

Alan has a Masters degree in Engineering and Management, focusing on system design and management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Lorri Kohler

SVP, Operations

Lorri Kohler brings over 20 years of experience in governance, compliance, and business operations to Satellogic.

Most recently, she led compliance, data security, and IT transformation at ACN, Inc., a half-billion-dollar essential services business operating across 27 countries. Before joining ACN, Kohler managed these same areas of responsibility for the nine-billion-dollar networking engineering hardware, software, and professional services business group at Cisco Systems. Prior to joining Cisco, Kohler served as the governance, operations, and vendor management director for the software and professional services group with Lenovo. Previously, she worked as one of the original founders of a startup where she wore many hats working to build and establish the business until acquired in the early 2000’s. 

Lorri earned her Masters in Business Administration from San Diego State University focusing in Computer Information Systems and Marketing Management. She earned her Bachelors of Science from California State University East Bay in Business and Economics.