Gwynne Shotwell is SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, overseeing day-to-day operations and customer and strategic relationships as the company develops commercial space transportation systems. She joined SpaceX in 2002 after more than a decade in engineering and program-management roles at The Aerospace Corporation, following mechanical engineering and applied mathematics degrees from Northwestern University.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Oversees day-to-day operations and customer and strategic relationships; initially joined as vice president of business development.
Engineer and Program Leader
Spent more than a decade in space-systems engineering, technology and project-management positions.
bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
master’s degree in applied mathematics, with honors
