Staff

Tara Fisch

Tara is a Mechanical Engineer and graduate from The University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering class of 2025. Prior to pursuing higher education, she worked for four years as a ski instructor in Vail, Colorado. While her love of the outdoors did not fade, she is excited to focus on the opportunities that come […]

Bennett Fragomeni

Bennett graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder’s college of Engineering in 2023. While at the university he worked in the LAIR research lab building control software for the AVID project. Ever since, he has been a software engineer at Amplified Space. It has always been his dream to send something he has worked on […]

Eric Otto

Eric is a firmware engineer with more than 25 years experience working with embedded systems, primarily in data storage. He has worked on everything from boot code to product releases, and has interfaced with everyone from customers to VPs. He has been both a leader and an individual contributor, and his code is in millions […]

Daniel Phillips

Danny brings over a decade of experience leading and working with high-performance engineering teams across the aerospace sector. With a background in electrical and systems engineering, he has overseen the development of mission-critical hardware and software at organizations ranging from large defense contractors to agile commercial aerospace startups. Danny received his BSEE in 2018 and […]

Jamie Brandess

Jamie spent nearly a decade helping small businesses get started and grow through her work at the Boulder Small Business Development Center (SBDC). She was integral in getting the statewide Colorado TechSource: Commercialization program started, which focused on assisting science and engineering firms secure non-dilutive sources of funding. She encouraged AmplifiedSpace to seek its first […]

Jerome Hittle

Jerome is an electrical engineer, advisor, and entrepreneur. He has nearly three decades of experience in space, LED lighting, and integrated circuits industries. He has worked on three human spaceflight programs, four deep space missions, three cubesats, and has been awarded two patents. During his time in industry, he designed the charge controller for NASA’s […]