Summary
Benjamin Bishop is a spacecraft systems engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning satellite command & control, ground systems integration, mission operations, and acquisitions across industry and the USAF. He has led on-orbit operations, flight test and verification for missile warning and GEO/LEO satellite programs, and served as an instructor developing training and evaluation materials for advanced space professionals. At Maxar he bridged engineering and operations as a certified Mission Control Center operator supporting realtime command-and-control systems and collaborated closely with software, test, and vendor teams. His background blends technical systems engineering with program leadership, security classification expertise, and COMSEC practice, supported by an MBA and a degree in aviation/computer science. Based in Longmont, CO, he brings a pragmatic operator’s perspective to systems integration and sustainment, and a track record of turning complex requirements into operational procedures and reliable ground-to-space solutions.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Business Administration, Masters Business Administration at University of Colorado
Aviation Computer Science Computer science software engineering air traffic control, Aviation Computer Science Computer science software engineering air traffic control at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University