Scott Asbury
Senior Director of Programs and Orbital Reef Program Manager, Sierra Space
Bio
Scott Asbury serves as Senior Director Programs for Sierra Space’s Space Destinations sector, where he leads the Orbital Reef program, a partnership with Blue Origin to develop a commercial low-Earth orbit space station.
As a veteran aerospace leader, covering over three decades, Scott has built a storied career in government, leading aerospace research and technology development projects, and private industry leading major development programs for payloads, satellites and “system of systems” missions.
Prior to Sierra Space, Scott worked at Ball Aerospace for 21 years in various leadership positions, including director of programs and program manager for numerous NASA programs including the Ares launch vehicle avionics, JPSS-1 polar-orbiting weather satellite, the SAGE-III payload on the International Space Station and national security missions.
For the first 11 years of his career, Scott was an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center. In that role, he led research and technology development projects that advanced state-of-the art in high-performance aircraft aerodynamics and propulsion. He transitioned to leading research projects studying human factors and human effectiveness in aircraft operations. While at NASA, he trained as a commercial pilot at Flight Safety International and gained practical aviation operations experience by flying on scheduled routes with United Airlines.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and a Master of Science in engineering management from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He attended the Penn State University executive leadership program and has held his Project Management Professional certification for over 20 years.
Scott lives in Niwot, Colorado, his wife Jennifer and daughter Audrey, an incoming freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Scott also serves of the advisory board for the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech.