Our Team

Our unmatched experience and innovation is accelerating development time and slashing cost-to-launch in a way no other company ever has. Lesath’s leadership includes former astronauts, top aerospace minds, and award-winning creative— delivering on a value proposition that strikes beyond original IP: a superhuman intellectual collective who are redesigning the speed to successful spaceflight. Lesath’s edge isn’t hardware: It’s human.

LEADERSHIP

Lesath CEO T.A. Pawlak III with dark hair and a beard, wearing a navy blue athletic jacket with arms crossed, looking serious against a dark background.

T.A. Pawlak III

Founder & CEO

Alexander Taleb

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer

NiCHOLAS Salazar

Chief Financial Advisor

Jason Salley

Chief Growth Officer

RILEY WELSCH

Chief of Staff

Michael Listner

Chief In-House Counsel

ANDY WEIR

Co-Founder, EVP of LV Production

Cody Larochelle

Chief Operating Officer

DR. NOAH RHYS, Ph.D.

EVP, Propulsion

Steven Andrews

Chief of Marketing & Communications

Brendan Curry

Chief of Government Affairs

ADVISORY BOARD

An astronaut taking a selfie in space with Earth visible in the background.

Col. Michael Good

NASA Astronaut & Mission Specialist

LT. Gen. Brian T. Kelly

United States Airforce (Ret.)

CDR. Greg Knutson

United States Navy (Ret.)

Michael J. Listner, ATTY

Advisory Board Chair

DR. Steven harvey PH.D.

Non-Profit Leader

Rafael Spears

Space Economy Strategist

Dr. Anatoly BorisSov

Chief Rocket Scientist