Erik Franks

Founder and CEO Cislune

Founder

Tesseract· Summer 2017Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @erikjfranks

2020Financial Consultant· Space for Humanity

Founder · since 2002

Company

Space for Humanity

Role

Financial Consultant

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Tesseract

Tesseract builds better thrusters for modern satellites

Summer 2017

Experience

Career

Cislune
CEO · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · 2020 – Present
2020
Tesseract
CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2017 – Present
2017
Benchmark Space Systems
Director of Sales · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · 2020 – 2021
2020
Space for Humanity
Financial Consultant · 2020
2020
International Space University USA Alumni Association
Director of Information Technologies and Communications · 2014 – 2018
2014
Masten Space Systems
Operations Manager · Mojave, CA · 2015 – 2017
2015
Masten Space Systems
Rocket Systems Engineer · Mojave, CA · 2013 – 2015
2013
Velocity Airplane
Airplane Builder & Test Pilot · 2009 – 2012
2009
Frugal Media Inc.
Founder
Founder and CEO · Austin, Texas Area · 2002 – 2010
2002
OutlookSoft
Product Management Analyst · Austin, Texas Area · 2004
2004

Bio

I have founded two startups and raised $2.3M, hired and managed 50 employee team, 5 customer satellites using our rockets to maneuver, won 20+ NASA contracts and competitions, and shipped 1.5M orders. I'm passionate about my work and want to make a positive difference for humanity.