Management Team
The Andrews management team is comprised of industry pioneers and veterans united in the goal of challenging the status quo.
Marian Joh, Chairman
Marian Joh is co-founder and Chairperson of the Board of Andrews Space (Andrews). She oversees the corporation's business, contracts, and finance activities and provides direction for the budget, policy, and business strategies for the company. She is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of experience in managing the finance, accounting, legal, and administration functions for established companies and start-ups.
In 2006, Ms. Joh received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Pacific Northwest Manufacturing category. In 2003, she was named as a Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award Recipient.
Jason Andrews, President and Chief Executive Officer
Jason Andrews co-founded Andrews Space in July 1999. Since that time he has lead the company's daily operations as President and has been responsible for averaging over 50% annual growth while moving into new markets and expanding the company's core competencies. Mr. Andrews took on the additional role of Chief Executive Officer at the end of 2009. Mr. Andrews leads the strategy development for the company and manages all day-to-day operations, including Profit & Loss responsibility, customer relations, new business development, program management, staffing, and engineering management.
Prior to co-founding Andrews Space, he worked at Kistler Aerospace Corporation (1995 to 1998) where he held a range of positions including K-1 Vehicle Two Project Manager, Design Integration Manager, Propulsion Project Engineer and Performance Analyst.
Mr. Andrews was named as a 2006 Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award Recipient.
Dr. Dana Andrews, Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Dana Andrews joined Andrews Space as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Andrews Space, Dr. Andrews worked at The Boeing Company as Director of Reusable Launch Systems for Boeing Phantom Works, where he oversaw the Boeing TSTO RLV, Future X, Military Space Plane, and Solar-Thermal Orbital Transfer Vehicle (SOTV) Programs. He was Chief Engineer for the Boeing side of the McDonnell/Boeing team for the X-33/RLV program. He also managed the Boeing Air-Launch Studies, and initiated and led the Boeing team for the Commercial Space Transportation Study (CSTS). Prior to that Dr. Andrews was Program Manager for the BMDO SSTO Study, Functional Manager of Aerodynamics for the Boeing Aerospace Group, Boeing Habitation module Manager for the International Space Station Program, and Program Manager for the Aero-Assisted Orbital Transfer Vehicle (AOTV).
Dr. Andrews currently serves as Chairman of the Space Propulsion Committee, and is ex-chairman of the Space Transportation Committee of the International Astronautics Federation (IAF). He is a member of both the IAF Interstellar Exploration and the AIAA Advanced Propulsion technical committees. He has published approximately 30 papers on space transportation and is the co-inventor of the magnetic sail (Magsail) with Robert Zubrin.
Eric Wetzel, Chief Engineer and Director of Engineering
Eric Wetzel oversees the execution of all Andrews NASA Programs, as well as being the Program Manager on the Launch, exploration, space systems studies and architecture analyses. Wetzel also coordinates all Technical reviews and oversees implementation and application of all technical processes at Andrews Space.
He joined Andrews Space in 2004 after working at the Boeing Company for 23 years in a wide range of senior engineering and management positions. Wetzel has served as the Program Manager for the Resource 21 Landsat replacement spacecraft, Chief Engineer for the SeaLaunch consortium overseeing all engineering operations during system development and initial operations and was the Program Manager on a number of advanced reusable and expendable launch vehicle development programs within the Boeing Phantom Works.
