Will Marshall
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Will Marshall.

Co-Founder & CEO at Planet

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San Francisco, California, United States

Will Marshall is Co-Founder & CEO of Planet Labs PBC. Will is a scientist-turned-entrepreneur with extensive experience building and leading teams in the technology space, at NASA and now at Planet, having grown the team from the garage to a company of over 600 people. He oversees the vision, product and business strategy - carrying out Planet’s mission, as written into the Public Benefit Corporation charter, to accelerate humanity toward a more sustainable and secure world.

Will was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and serves on the board of the Open Lunar Foundation.

Prior to Planet, Will was a Scientist at NASA where he helped formulate the Small Spacecraft Office, worked on a number of missions including LCROSS, LADEE and PhoneSat and did research on orbital space debris remediation. Will holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oxford and a Masters in Physics with Space Science and Technology from the University of Leicester. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at George Washington University and Harvard.

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Experience

From LinkedIn
  • Co-Founder & CEOPlanet
    2012 to present
  • ScientistNASA Ames Research Center
    2006 to 2012
  • ChairSpace Generation Advisory Council
    2005 to 2007
  • StagiaireEuropean Space Agency
    1999
  • Summer InternNASA Marshall Spaceflight Center
    1998
  • Summer InternCalifornia Institute of Technology (Caltech)
    1997

Education

  • International Space University
  • Harvard UniversityPostdoc
  • UC Santa BarbaraQuantum Optics
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