Casey holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He invented Angstrom’s patented programmable LED solar simulator (pLEDss) and has made significant aerospace contributions — including roles as lead engineer for NASA’s Crew Exploration Vehicle solar array and as principal investigator for Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Dust Removal program.

Additionally, Casey has directed the solar array effort for the Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System rebuild program and led over a dozen NASA Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Casey taught system design at the University of California at Santa Barbara from 2004 to 2019, holds six patents with five pending applications, and serves as secretary of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Solar Cells and Solar Panels Committee on Science.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics/Accounting from the University of California Santa Barbara, and a Master of Business Administration in Management from Golden Gate University. As Partner and Chief Financial Officer, he is responsible for all administrative functions including financial, human resources, facility, treasury and contractual responsibilities. Tim has over 35 years of financial executive experience specializing in government contracting organizations, ranging from small start-ups to Fortune 100 companies.

Tim held executive positions as Vice President Controller and Vice President Chief Financial Officer, offering his expertise in both private and public accounting regulations for manufacturing and service organizations. He has taught College Accounting and Finance at Brooks Institute and performed as a lecturer for the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he taught New Venture Finance and Accounting as well as Finance for Small Businesses as part of UCSB’s Technology Management Program.

His expertise includes establishing company policies, procedures and internal controls as well as acting as a Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) liaison and a contract specialist proficient in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Acquisitions Regulations (DAR). Tim’s skills also include internal and external audits, cost proposals, mergers and acquisitions, raising capital from industrial partners to an initial public offering, asset management, board of director’s financial liaison, cash management, strategic and operations planning, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, SEC and financial reporting and treasury duties.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his broad experience covers topics of electrical, embedded firmware and software engineering. He is currently lead engineer on Angstrom Designs’ high-altitude solar cell calibration program. Leveraging his expertise in metrology, Scott is developing software for instrument level calibration, verification and uncertainty analysis.