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10 SpaceX supply chain leaders
These ten current and former SpaceX supply chain leaders have held director, deputy director and senior director roles at SpaceX across the Starship, Starlink, Falcon and Dragon supply chains, materials management and supply chain operations. A reader can learn how supply chain leaders work at SpaceX from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Gruver
LinkedInExperience: Director, Supply Chain - Falcon & Dragon · SpaceX
Director, Supply Chain - Falcon & Dragon at SpaceX since April 2026. The profile also lists SpaceX roles as Senior Manager, Falcon Structures Supply Chain (2025–2026), Manager, Composite Structures Supply Chain (2022–2025), Lead Manufacturing Engineer (2019–2022) and Composite Manufacturing Engineer (2017–2019).
Chensheng W.
LinkedInExperience: Director, Supply Chain · SpaceX
Director, Supply Chain at SpaceX since July 2026, tagged in the operations department at director level, with a Supply Chain role at SpaceXAI listed since October 2025. The profile also lists Head of Supply Chain at Etched (2024–2025), and Director, Supply Chain (2022–2024) and Sr Manager, GSM - Electronics (2021–2022) at Tesla.
Darrell Feng
LinkedInExperience: Deputy Director of Supply Chain Operations · SpaceX
Deputy Director of Supply Chain Operations at SpaceX from January 2021 to January 2024. The profile describes Darrell Feng's expertise in establishing end-to-end supply chain systems in complex, high-reliability and rapidly evolving manufacturing environments, and also lists Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing at SpaceX (2018–2021) and at Honeywell Technologies (2014–2017).
Jared N. Roy
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Starship Supply Chain · SpaceX
Sr. Director, Starship Supply Chain at SpaceX since May 2025, and Senior Director, Starlink Operations at SpaceX from 2023 to 2025. The profile also lists Director Starlink Supply Chain (2022–2023) and Sr. Manager, Starlink Supply Chain Reliability (2020–2022) at SpaceX, and describes Jared N. Roy as an engineer turned supply chain leader getting the hardware for Starlink.
John D
LinkedInExperience: Director Supply Chain Management · SpaceX
Director Supply Chain Management at SpaceX in Hawthorne from September 2020 to November 2024, a role the profile tags at director level, with a current Senior Supply Chain Manager role at SpaceX since 2025. The profile also lists SpaceX roles as Senior Supply Chain Manager (2017–2020) and Purchasing Commodity Manager (2015–2017).
Laura Fink
LinkedInExperience: Director, Supply Chain Engineering · SpaceX
Director, Supply Chain Engineering at SpaceX since April 2026, where the profile says Laura Fink leads the Supply Chain Reliability organization for the Starlink landscape, including satellites, gateways, product and aviation, plus a Redmond area materials management team. The profile also lists Director, Starlink Supply Chain (2024–2026) and Senior Manager, Supply Chain Operations (2022–2024) at SpaceX.
Mason Falk
LinkedInExperience: Director, Materials Management · SpaceX
Director, Materials Management at SpaceX since August 2024, based in the Los Angeles area. The profile also lists SpaceX roles as Sr. Manager, Materials Management (2022–2024), Manager, Distribution Center Management in Hawthorne (2019–2022), Supervisor, Quality Assurance (2017–2019) and Manufacturing Engineer (2016–2017).
Matthew Steigerwald
LinkedInExperience: Director, Launch Materials Management · SpaceX
Director, Launch Materials Management at SpaceX since April 2024, based in Orlando. The profile also lists SpaceX roles as Senior Manager, Materials Management - Launch (2021–2024) and Manager, Materials Management and Launch Logistics (2017–2021), plus Director of Operations at American Pipe and Supply (2012–2017).
Ruben Fernandez
LinkedInExperience: Director, Starship Supply Chain · SpaceX
Director, Starship Supply Chain at SpaceX since May 2026, a role the profile tags at director level. The profile also lists SpaceX Starship supply chain roles as Senior Manager (2024–2026), Manager (2023–2024) and Lead (2021–2023), plus Supply Chain Planning Manager at SpaceX (2020–2021).
S. Chad Gibbs
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Supply Chain Management · SpaceX
Sr. Director, Supply Chain Management at SpaceX from June 2018 to January 2021, and VP of Business Operations at SpaceX since 2021, a role the profile headline describes as VP of Starlink Business Operations. The profile also lists Operations Engineer at SpaceX (2016–2018) and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company (2014–2016).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you keep parts flowing when a vehicle design changes faster than suppliers can requalify?
- 02What do you weigh when deciding which components to make in-house and which to buy from outside suppliers?
- 03How do you organize materials management and logistics for launch sites?
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