Tim Ellis (engineer)
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| Born | Plano, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
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| Occupation | Aerospace engineer |
| Organization | Relativity Space |
| Title | Co-Founder and CEO |
Tim Ellis (engineer) is an American aerospace engineer and the co-founder and CEO of Relativity Space.
Early life and education
Tim Ellis grew up in Plano, Texas.[1] He is the oldest of three children.[2]
Ellis started college at the University of Southern California, where he planned to study screenwriting or fiction writing as part of USC’s Thematic Option program.[3] However, during his freshman orientation he switched his major to aerospace engineering.[2] Ellis and Relativity's other co-founder and CTO, Jordan Noone, both held leadership positions at USC's Rocket Propulsion Lab.[4] With the Rocket Propulsion Lab, Ellis and Noone helped launch the first student-designed and built rocket into space.[5]
While at the University of Southern California, Ellis had three consecutive internship with Blue Origin.
Ellis holds a BS and a MS in Aerospace Engineering from USC Viterbi School of Engineering.[5]
Career
Blue origin
After graduation, Ellis joined Blue Origin full time where he worked on 3D printed rocket components[6] and served as Propulsion Development Engineer on Crew Capsule RCS thrusters, BE-4, and New Glenn.[5]
At Blue Origin, Ellis was credited for bringing metal 3D-printing in-house.[5]
Relativity space
In 2015, Ellis co-founded Relativity Space with his former classmate, Jordan Noone.[7] Ellis and Noone recieved their initial $500,000 in funding from cold emailing Mark Cuban.[8] In April 2018, Cuban told the Los Angeles Times over email that he invested in Relativity because, "They are smart, innovative, focused and always learning."[2]
Other activities
Ellis is the youngest member of the National Space Council User Advisory Group by nearly two decades.[5]
In the media
References
- ↑ "Reopening the American Frontier: Promoting Partnerships Between Commercial Space and the U.S Government to Advance Exploration and Settlement" (PDF). NASA. July 13, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Masunaga, Samantha (April 27, 2018). "Entrepreneur seeks to boldly go where no one has gone before: 3-D printing nearly an entire rocket". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ignacio, Guttierez (August 23, 2019). "We're Going to 3-D Print the First Rocket Made on Mars". USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Autry, Greg (March 26, 2020). "Relativity: Spaceflight Imprinted With Flexibility". Forbes. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Tzinis, Irene (2020-06-12). "Mr. Tim Ellis". NASA. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ↑ Ryan, Kevin (April 30, 2018). "Life on Mars Looks a Little More Possible Thanks to This Startup's 3-D Printed Rocket". Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Billings, Lee (April 16, 2018). "Q&A: 3-D Printing Rockets with Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis". Scientific American. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Clifford, Catherine (January 25, 2018). "These guys cold-emailed Mark Cuban and got a half-million-dollar investment in their start-up". CNBC. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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External links
- Tim Ellis on Twitter
- Tim Ellis on linkedin
- Mr. Tim Ellis | NASA
- Tim Ellis - Co-founder & CEO @ Relativity Space
- Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis talks 3D-printed rockets at TC Sessions
- Tim Ellis | MIT Technology Review
- Tim Ellis of Relativity Space | Family Office Insights
- Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis Speaks with Spencer Rascoff
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