Aerospace
10 Blue Origin operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held director, senior director, vice president and senior vice president operations roles at Blue Origin, across engines, New Glenn, lunar programs, manufacturing and supply chain. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams at a space company.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alexander Stapp
LinkedInExperience: Interim Senior Director of Operations - BE-4 Engines · Blue Origin
Interim Senior Director of Operations - BE-4 Engines at Blue Origin since July 2026, and Director of Operations - New Glenn there since August 2025, both listed as current. Alexander Stapp's other Blue Origin roles include Director of Operations - Lunar (January to August 2025), Director of Operations - New Glenn (2024–2025) and Director of Operations - Engines (March to July 2024).
Bob McWard
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director Operations, Rocket Park Site Leader · Blue Origin
Sr Director Operations, Rocket Park Site Leader at Blue Origin since January 2025, in Merritt Island, Florida, responsible, according to the profile, for the site's operational performance in support of Blue's New Glenn and Lunar Businesses. Former roles include Huntsville, AR Performance Center Sr Director at Ducommun Incorporated (2024) and Vice President, Central Region Manufacturing - Raytheon Intelligence and Space at Raytheon Technologies (2020–2023).
Connie Soper
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Manufacturing Operations - Lunar Permanence · Blue Origin
Vice President Manufacturing Operations - Lunar Permanence at Blue Origin since December 2024, in Merritt Island, Florida. Connie Soper was formerly Vice President, Manufacturing Operations - New Glenn at Blue Origin (May to December 2024), and Vice President, Programs (2022–2024) and Vice President, Rocket Motors and Propulsion Systems (2021–2022) at Virgin Galactic.
Ian Richardson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President of Operations · Blue Origin
Senior Vice President of Operations at Blue Origin since September 2023; the profile says the role is to manage and grow the company's ability to achieve its vision of millions of people living and working in space. Ian Richardson was formerly Senior Director of Production - Falcon at SpaceX (2014–2023) and held Project Controls roles at TAE Technologies, Inc (2011–2014) and Bechtel Corporation (2006–2011).
Jasmin Farshi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of TeraWave Manufacturing Operations · Blue Origin
Vice President of TeraWave Manufacturing Operations at Blue Origin since May 2026, in Cupertino, California. Jasmin Farshi's former roles include Vice President of Engineering for Operations Amazon Lab126 at Amazon (2010–2023) and Senior Director - Business Operations & Development, Quality & Manufacturing at Google (2001–2008).
Jason O'Connell
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations, Advanced Development Programs · Blue Origin
Former Senior Director of Operations, Advanced Development Programs at Blue Origin (July 2020 to May 2023), and Senior Director, Lunar Permanence Business Operations at Blue Origin since May 2023. Jason O'Connell was formerly VP Operational Excellence (2018–2020), Director of Advanced Manufacturing (2012–2017) and Director of Global Supply Chain (2010–2012) at Hexcel Corporation.
Michael Hsu
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations- Engines Manufacturing · Blue Origin
Director of Operations- Engines Manufacturing at Blue Origin since July 2023, in Kent, Washington. Michael Hsu was formerly Vice President of Asia Operations at Peloton Interactive (2019–2022), Director of IE & Automation- LEAN Transformation office at Foxconn (2017–2019) and Sr. Director of Lean & Automation, Made in USA Flying Eagle project at Foxconn (2017).
Roger Su
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Blue Origin
Former Vice President Operations at Blue Origin (September 2021 to September 2023), in Kent, Washington. Roger Su has been Executive Vice President, Programs and Operations at ispace-U.S. since June 2025, and was formerly Vice President Programs at World View (2024–2025) and Vice President Operations - Space Systems Group at Sierra Nevada Corporation (2018–2021).
Tim Collins
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain · Blue Origin
Former Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain at Blue Origin (March 2024 to July 2026), and Sr Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Logistics at Blue Origin since July 2026. Tim Collins was formerly Executive Vice President, Global Operations at Flexport (2022–2024), Vice President, Amazon Logistics, Global at Amazon (2016–2022) and Vice President, Global Operations at Uber (2014–2016).
Tom Carrubba
LinkedInExperience: SVP Manufacturing Operations · Blue Origin
SVP Manufacturing Operations at Blue Origin since May 2026. Tom Carrubba's former Lockheed Martin roles include Vice President of Production Operations - Missiles and Fire Control (2020–2026), Vice President of F-35 Production Operations - Aeronautics (2017–2020), Vice President of Quality (2016–2017) and Deputy Vice President F-35 Production Operations (2014–2016).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the program and part of operations behind your question, since engine production, site leadership, manufacturing and supply chain are run by different teams. Check each person's dates before asking how Blue Origin operates today, since some roles listed here have ended.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you scale rocket and engine production from low-rate builds toward a steady flight cadence?
- 02What operations metrics matter most when a launch site supports several vehicle programs at once?
- 03How do you organize supply chain and manufacturing teams when designs are still changing during production?
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