Rachel Mckay Email & Phone Number

Rachel Mckay is a Defense Tech and Commercial Space at Slingshot Aerospace. Colleagues describe them as "Rachel served as Engineering Manager for several years at Insitu. I was fortunate enough to be one of those engineers. Projects typically required timely generation of system requirements and many other details. Rachel could be counted on to get the project organized and the engineers committed to their assigned tasks. And she did this with a such an agreeable manner that people wanted to be on her team. She will likely bring these same job and people skills to her next job and be quickly recognized as a key player in the organization she serves I do not hesitate to recommend her for whatever job she applies for in the future." and "Rachel's positive attitude is infectious! In the most challenging of times you can rest assured that this compassionate leader will get you to smile. A skilled Systems Engineer who can focus on the vision as much as the details, Rachel is a strong asset for any product team. A team player she works to find a way and has an open door ready for you to come in and talk through issues with. It's a pleasure to work with someone who cares so much for the people she's responsible for. Any team that gets the opportunity to work with Rachel will be better of for it! "

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  Vice President Operations

  Slingshot Aerospace

  Aug 2024 - Present

  Slingshot Aerospace is building the most comprehensive, accurate, and actionable common operating picture of space - which is dependent on collecting and fusing vast amounts of space data from which to derive operational insights for space operators around the world.As the VP of Operations, responsible for overseeing critical aspects of the company's space technology business, including federal program delivery, facility management, and hardware-related operations. Leading Slingshot Aerospace's Program Management team in administering a complex portfolio of government programs to elevate our customers’ abilities to monitor, simulate, and optimize their space systems with our dynamic virtual environments and decision intelligence technology.