Summary
Tom Johnson is a CEO and seasoned engineer with nearly three decades of hands-on experience in Space Situational Awareness, flight dynamics, orbit determination, and RF/optical sensor integration. He helped found the Commercial Space Operations Center (COMSPOC), architecting enterprise-scale SSA algorithms and integrating hundreds of heterogeneous sensors across optical, radar, and interferometric systems. At AGI he led large engineering organizations and product teams, shipping commercial-grade software like ODTK and standing up the first full commercial ComSpOC, blending deep technical expertise with customer-facing strategic consulting. Now leading Exa Research, he consults and trains on flight dynamics and data mining while advising space startups like Spaceflux. Based in Colorado, he combines operational satellite experience from the U.S. Air Force with a practical record of deploying resilient aerospace systems in challenging defense and commercial environments.
9 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of Notre Dame
MS, Electrical Engineering, MS, Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
English