Jordan Noone (born 1992) is an American aerospace engineer and the Founding CTO of Relativity Space. He is now a General Partner at Embedded Ventures[1] which he co-founded in 2020 with Jenna Bryant.[2]
Jordan Noone | |
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| Born | November 30, 1992 |
| Education | University of Southern California (BS) |
| Employer(s) | Relativity Space, Embedded Ventures |
| Title | Co-Founder, Founding CTO, and Executive Advisor of Relativity Space General Partner, Embedded Ventures |
Early life and education
editNoone became the first student and youngest individual in the world to get Federal Aviation Administration clearance to fly a rocket to space while leading the Rocket Propulsion Lab at the University of Southern California.[3]
Career
editBlue Origin
editIn 2013, after his junior year at the University of Southern California, Noone interned with Blue Origin's propulsion group.[4]
SpaceX
editAfter graduating from the University of Southern California, Noone was hired by SpaceX as an In-Space Propulsion Development Engineer.[5]
Relativity Space
editNoone co-founded Relativity Space, a company building a 3D printer for rockets, with Tim Ellis in 2015. As of October 2019, the company had raised $185 million in equity and grew to over 170 employees.[6]
In September 2020, Noone stepped down as the CTO of Relativity Space, becoming an Executive Advisor to the company.[7]
Patents
editNoone is listed as the inventor on two of Relativity Space's patents: "Real-time adaptive control of additive manufacturing processes using machine learning"[8] and "Real-time adaptive control of manufacturing processes using machine learning."[9]
Recognitions
editNoone was recognized by Forbes in two of their 30 Under 30 lists in 2019 - the Manufacturing and Industry list[10] and the Big Money list.[11]
In 2018, Noone was included on Inc.'s Rising Stars list of Most Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs.[12]
Business Insider recognized Noone on their 2018 "30 And Under: These are the rising stars in tech who are driving innovation" list.[13]
Noone currently holds two patents for real-time adaptive control of manufacturing processes using machine learning,[14] and is skilled at Matlab and Simulink.[15]
References
edit- ^ Anglada DeRaad, Casey (March 1, 2021). "Newspace New Mexico Newsletter - March 2021" (PDF). Newspace New Mexico Newsletter. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Military building an appetite for commercial space services". SpaceNews. June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Jordan Noone, Relativity Space". Incubate USC. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Godlewski, Carl (May 28, 2013). "From the Land of Screenplays a NewSpace Trojan Emerges: An interview with Jordan Noone of the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab". New Space Global. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ Boyle, Alan (October 1, 2019). "Relativity Space raises $140M to stay on track for 3D-printed rocket's launch". GeekWire. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (October 1, 2019). "Relativity, a company 3D printing entire rockets, raises $140 million from venture firms Bond, Tribe". CNBC. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (September 9, 2020). "Co-founder of 3D rocket printer Relativity steps down as tech chief, will stay as advisor". CNBC. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ U.S. patent 10234848B2
- ^ U.S. patent 20200166909A1
- ^ "30 Under 30 2019: Manufacturing & Industry". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ "30 Under 30 2019: Big Money". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ "Meet the 30 Most Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs of 2018". Inc.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ "30 And Under: These are the rising stars in tech who are driving innovation". Business Insider. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ "Real-time adaptive control of manufacturing processes using machine learning". Google Patents. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ "Jordan Noone". LinkedIn. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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