Saad Mirza is the founder of Ravyn Technology Corporation. Saad studied aerospace engineering at Princeton University. Saad is responsible for financing, recruiting, engineering, compliance, and business development.

While in college, Saad led Operation Space, a nonprofit corporation that designed, built, and launched a 2-stage sounding rocket towards outer space. This inspirational project led to much press coverage.

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Dr. Kapitan has 40 storied years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry. 

He was CTO at Applied Constructal, another aerospace startup. He was Vice President of Engineering at Lighter Than Air Aerostructures, Sergey Brin's airship startup. He was Division Manager at SAIC, a defense contractor with $8 billion in revenue. 

He has successfully captured over $850 million in defense contracts for weapons R&D.

He has led programs relating to drones, missiles, munitions, and intelligence, surveillance and reconassiance (ISR). For example, he led the development of a new thermobaric warhead for the Hellfire missile.

Prior to entering private industry, Dr. Kapitan served the Air Force as an acquisition officer and program officer, where he was responsible for over $3 billion in programs for ballistic missiles and hypersonics. 

Dr. Kapitan attended the Massachussets Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, and the George Washington University.

Matthew has 15 years of expertise in finance, accounting, and compliance. Matthew is responsible for government contracting registrations, accounting and reporting, export control, taxation, payroll, and some legal support. Matthew keeps the ship running.

Matthew is a Certified Public Accountant, and earned an MBA from Auburn University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Athens State University and the University of Alabama.