About Electromancer Space Corporation

Dr. Albarran is an expert in hybrid modeling of auroral space plasmas. He is the sole creator of KAOS (Kinetic model of Auroral ion OutflowS), a Direct-Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) model of the ionospheric outflow with kinetic and semi-kinetic capabilities. Dr. Albarran has extensive experience in high-performance computing of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and spacecraft-plasma interactions. Dr. Albarran is a NASA Heliophysics Subject Matter Expert (SME), Local Science Partner of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), member of the Computational and Information Systems Lab High Performance Computing (HPC) Allocations Panel at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and liaison to the Heliophysics Coalition. He received a B.S. in Astronomy from the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, M.S., and Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Albarran was a polar ionospheric scientist working in part of the NASA DRIVE Science Center for Geospace Storms (CGS) before co-founding Electromancer Space Corporation (ESC) in September, 2024. He was honored with the 2011 John Mather Nobel Scholar Award from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and was lauded as 2024 Top Scientist in Marquis Who’s Who in America.

Mr. Starkey is a former active duty officer for US Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office space operations. Over the next two decades following, he continued serving US national security from the private sector in GM, COO, CFO, and staff roles in businesses with annual revenues spanning $32B, $2B, and $150M. He also served in corporate development and M&A leadership roles involving two $100M acquisitions, a $1.5B divestiture, and a $6.2B spinoff, and spent several years as an executive-in-residence for a leading global private equity firm. Mr. Starkey and his teams provided engineering support to Air Force Space Command, US Strategic Command, US Cyber Command, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, and National Security Council, as well as classified testimonies support to the US Senate. The teams he led also provided cybersecurity support to the Dept of State, Dept of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept of Energy, US Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Reserve Board, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Dept of Homeland Security, and Immigrations & Customs Enforcement.  Mr Starkey has a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from the US Air Force Academy; an M.A., M.S., M.B.A., and J.D.; and is a graduate & former space instructor of the US Air Force Weapons School (Top Gun). He served as an Industry Fellow at National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington DC, and for several years was a guest lecturer at the Eisenhower School for National Security & Resource Strategy. For six years, he served on the inaugural Advisory Board for the University of Nebraska College of Law for their Space Law & Cyber Law post-doctorate programs, and he currently serves as a Secretary of the Air Force appointee on the Board of Visitors for Air University and the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Mr. Tsircou has been a renown intellectual property attorney for over two decades, representing a vast array of technology companies focusing on worldwide intellectual property portfolio development. He has broad experience in the space startup ecosystem. He counsels technology companies that serve both commercial and military customers, guiding dual-use companies on intellectual property strategy, angel investment syndication, negotiation with private equity firms, angel investors, and incubators to drive investment in innovative technologies based on scientific advances and high-tech engineering innovation. While an active duty officer with the US Air Force, Mr. Tsircou worked in space operations, space systems acquisitions, and R&D of next-generation space systems. He first served as a space operations officer with 4th Space Warning Squadron, analyzing mission data from Air Force’s Defense Support Program (DSP), infra-red satellite system, to report results to national command authorities, and serving as commander of a deployable unit of about 30 persons, trained to perform mission through full spectrum of armed conflict. Thereafter, Mr Tsircou developed Satellite Communications Future Architecture as a Program Engineer. He led strategy, planning, risk assessment, and due diligence for $1.5 billion Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) for next-generation technologies for integration, including phased array antennas, to satisfy requirements of national intelligence assets. Mr. Tsircou has a B.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the US Air Force Academy and Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School.