Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 15, 2005
JAMES W. BENSON is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
SpaceDev, Inc., a provider of affordable and innovative space products
and solutions to government and commercial enterprises. Mr. Benson
brings 30 years of successful, hands-on high-tech entrepreneurial and
management experience to SpaceDev. Prior to founding SpaceDev, Mr.
Benson was Founder and President of Compusearch Software Systems and
ImageFast, both of McLean, Virginia. Mr. Benson holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Geology from the University of Missouri. He founded
the non-profit Space Development Institute and he is the Vice Chairman
and private sector representative on NASA's national Space Grant Review
Panel. Profile
picture of things as they are now?
Mr. Benson: I founded SpaceDev in the summer of 1997, and we went public
in the fall of
