Leadership

Great Necessities call for Great Leaders.

Ron Bettini, CEO

Mr. Bettini is the Chief Executive Officer at the Hawk Institute for Space Sciences. He has over 40 years of experience in the aerospace industry holding senior level engineering positions with United Technologies, Perkin Elmer and Swales Aerospace. Mr. Bettini has several patents and publications to his credit. He holds an MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering.

Stephen Bettini, COO

Mr. Bettini has over 25 years of operations experience managing scientific, aerospace, systems and consumer electronic businesses. Prior to joining HISS, Mr. Bettini was Director of U.S. Operations for Novar PLC (since acquired by Honeywell). He holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Dennis McCarthy, CTO

Mr. McCarthy has over 45 years of experience working in the federal government, academia, and industry. Prior to joining HISS, Mr. McCarthy was the Swales Aerospace Vice President, Director of Engineering, responsible for all engineering discipline support to NASA, universities, and industry. He also served as Program Director for the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer program at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he served as Deputy Administrator at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, with responsibility for a variety of programs, including Cosmic Background Explorer, Hubble Space Telescope, and FUSE.