Paragon is currently directed by an nine-member Board:
Taber MacCallum
Chairman, Co-founder
Mr. MacCallum is CEO, Chairman of the Board, and a co-founder of Paragon. He was the Principal Investigator on four microgravity experiments on the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station and International Space Station using Paragon's Autonomous Biological Systems. He is involved in the design of life support and thermal control systems for commercial manned suborbital spacecraft, as well as hazardous environment life support technology development for the US Navy divers for which he is the test diver. Mr. MacCallum was a member of, and analytical chemist for, the first two-year mission living and working inside Biosphere 2, a three-acre materially closed ecological system that supported the life of eight human inhabitants. Mr. MacCallum has worked at every level of command on a research vessel, sailing to over 40 ports and more than 30,000 miles around the world. He is a certified Dive Controller and Advanced Open Water Diving Instructor.
Jane Poynter
President, Co-founder
Ms. Poynter is a Paragon co-founder. She has served as SPACEHAB’s Chief Scientist for its Ecosystem in Space experiment on the International Space Station, and three experiments with ants, bees and fish, which flew on STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia. Ms. Poynter holds a patent for the Autonomous Biological System. She is Chief Scientist for Carbon Sequestration for the Seawater Foundation, a non-profit that is developing untreated seawater-based agroforestry projects in coastal deserts. She developed carbon sequestration models and ground truth methodologies for carbon credit trading, and documentation for the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund and the United Nations. Prior to her work with Paragon, Ms. Poynter was a member of the original team to live and work inside Biosphere 2, for which she led the design and implementation of the Intensive Agriculture. Her book, The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes Inside Biosphere 2, will be in stores in September, 2006.
Grant Anderson, P.E.
VP of Engineering, Co-founder
As one of Paragon’s co-founders and VP of Engineering, Mr. Anderson has overseen Paragon’s projects since the company’s inception over thirteen years ago. He has more than 20 years experience designing power, thermal and life support systems for human-rated spacecraft. For the last six years Mr. Anderson has led the Thermal Control System and Environmental Control and Life Support System design for every human-rated spacecraft program undertaken by Lockheed. He is currently our Technical Lead on the Lockheed Martin Crew Exploration Vehicle program. He has been Principal Investigator on numerous technology development programs, including our next generation structural radiator Phase II SBIR. Before starting Paragon, Mr. Anderson was the Design Leader of the ISS solar array program for Lockheed Martin. Mr. Anderson holds two degrees from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering (BS) and Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (MS), and is a registered professional engineer.
James Cantrell
CEO and President,
Strategic Space Development
Mr. Cantrell is CEO and President of Strategic Space Development, a business development consulting firm. He was a co-founder and VP of Business Development for SpaceX and Business Development Director for Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, UT. He is well known in space circles for his entrepreneurial skills, spirit and successes. During his career, he has participated on over 300 proposals worth over $1.4 billion in bids with a 70% win rate. Earlier in his career, Jim acquired extensive background in spacecraft and infrared imaging systems as an executive, program manager, and spacecraft systems engineer. He has considerable experience in international program management, including assignments at the French Space Agency CNES, on US/Russian joint missile-defense projects, and US/Russian joint private space projects. Jim is a lecturer on business development and space systems design, author of over 20 technical papers on space systems, and is fluent in Russian and French. He holds a B.S and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University.
David Bearden, Ph.D.
Co-founder
Dr. Bearden is a Paragon co-founder. His expertise lies in the areas of project management, cost evaluation, architectural assessment, conceptual design, and simulation and analysis of space systems. Dr. Bearden has supported various interplanetary and earth-orbiting satellite programs including the Mars, Discovery and New Millennium Programs and other space science and technology demonstration missions. He has also participated in government independent and non-advocate reviews including Europa Orbiter and Mars Exploration Rover and has served NASA Independent Review Boards for several program selections. Dr. Bearden has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California. He has received several professional technical awards including the JPL Gold Medallion for Process Improvement and Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurels.
Andrew Simm
Atogy Limited
Mr. Simm has been involved with Paragon since early 1998 and has been a director for the past 7 years. During his time working at Paragon, Mr. Simm held the position of Chief Operating Officer and he has served the board as Chairman and Treasurer. Mr. Simm has an extensive background in IT and business management. Prior to joining Paragon, Mr. Simm was a Senior Architect for TIBCO Software (formerly a subsidiary of Reuters PLC.), a leading business integration software company, where he lead strategic ‘special projects’ for key clients in the USA, Europe and Asia. He was a lead designer of the TIBCO Message Broker product and later became Director of the company’s knowledge management activities. Mr. Simm was also the founder and CEO of Amsolve, Inc. an IT consulting company, an Engineering Manager at Starfish Software and a Senior Engineer at Borland International. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and Accounting from Manchester University, England.
Lance Bush, Ph.D.
COO
Dr. Bush has designed and analyzed human space transportation systems including space shuttles, space station rescue vehicles, aerospace planes and Moon/Mars vehicles. He was the Chief Structural Engineer and System Configuration Manager for the HL 20, the most advanced human spacecraft development program since shuttle. In the course of the HL 20 program he also developed state-of-the-art software to perform optimal designs for safety and efficiency of space vehicles. While working as Manager for International Space Station Commercial Development at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Bush managed the International Space Station Entrepreneurial Offer Program. There he developed policy and technical reports for, and responses to the US Congress and the White House regarding space commercialization programs. He also represented NASA as a space commercialization expert to international bodies including the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations, and International Astronautical Federation.
Ines Anderson
Ms. Ines Anderson has more than 10 years of high technology marketing experience in corporate and agency settings in Silicon Valley. In her most recent corporate position, she served as a public relations manager for Filemaker (formerly Claris) Corporation. Ms. Anderson currently provides strategic marketing, planning, web content creation, public relations and fundraising support in the K-12 education market. Ms. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Stanford University.
Chris McCormick Virginia Tech,
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Mr. McCormick has spent most of his career in product development for commercial and terrestrial markets as well as mission and instrument development for the space industry. In association, or directly with, researchers, Principal Investigators and experimentalist, Mr. McCormick has helped over two dozen flown earth observation spacecraft, and several GEO and interplanetary missions. Mr. McCormick is currently performing similar tasks in his CEO role with Broad Reach Engineering, a high end, high performance avionics, software and mission design company for the space industry.
