Dr. Siamak Hesar is Co-Founder and CEO of Kayhan Space, a pioneering space situational awareness and autonomous spaceflight safety company serving government and commercial satellite operators worldwide.

He earned a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, specializing in precise orbit determination, and previously served as Chief Scientist at SpaceNav and a GNC Systems Engineer at Blue Canyon Technologies.

Dr. Hesar supported NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission as a radio science working group team member, bringing deep mission-critical expertise to Kayhan Space.

Prior to Kayhan Space, he contributed state-of-the-art space situational awareness solutions for defense and commercial customers at SpaceNav, and held engineering roles at Blue Canyon Technologies and S.S. White Technologies.

Kayhan Space's platform now covers over 90% of operational LEO satellites across 50+ satellite operator customers, with over 1,000 daily users worldwide, and has raised over $10.7M in funding.