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Tony Frazier

Tony Frazier

Vice President of Government Affairs, LeoLabs

Tony Frazier is an operating executive and corporate board member who drives innovation at the intersection ofcommercial space, data analytics, and national security.He is atrusted mission partner across the national security andspace communities who has won billions of dollars in new contract awards with U.S. and International Governmentcustomers, has incubated and grown two new businesses to more than $100M, and established strategic partnershipswith 3rd party data and technology companies to fill key product gaps.

Tony delivers more than30years ofentrepreneurialleadership experiencebuilding high performing teams, deliveringinnovativesolutions, anddriving profitable growth.Some of his major accomplishments of note include:

  • Built a $300M government services businessthatwas initially $25Mby acquiring and integrating companies thatoperated under six different brands to create a unified culture with less than 12% attrition and $1B backlog.
  • Established a joint venture with Saab contributing data assets for 50% ownership of a 3D technology company thatwas eventually acquired and scaled to a $100M business.
  • Overcame WorldView-4 satellite loss in 2018 which impacted EBITDA by $85M to capture over $200M ofreplacement revenue between 2019–2022 that took Maxar’s stock price from $4 to $53.
  • Partnered with military commanders and combat support agencies to apply commercial space and machine learningto dynamic targeting missions proved in exercises and transitioned into operations.
  • Leveraged Small Business Innovative Research data rights from a $40M acquisition to win over $250M of sole sourceawards employing hundreds of team members to support multiple government customers.His professional career has preparedhim forCEO andBoard service.
  • Most recently, hewasExecutive Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector Earth Intelligence(2022–2023)forMaxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), leading a 1,200-person team of sales, business development, programmanagement, product management, engineering, and intelligence professionals focused on supporting currentmissions, capturing new awards, and building differentiated products.
  • Prior to that, he wasExecutive Vice President ofGlobal Field OperationsandPresident, Radiant Solutions.
  • From 2013–2017,Tony was withprovider of commercial satellite imagery and geospatial analytic services DigitalGlobe(NYSE: DGI)as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Services.
  • He joined the company after it acquiredGeoEye(NASDAQ: GEOY)where he had beenSenior Vice President of Marketing and Product Management.
  • At Cisco Systems(2008–2010),he wasSenior Director, Product Managementfor a new business unit within the CiscoEmerging Technologies Group.
  • Prior to that, he served asVP of Field Marketing, Americas RegionforInfor.
  • He honed his strategy, product, andgrowthskillswithIBM,iPhrase.pcOrder.com, andBain &Company.

Tony earned a Bachelor of Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with distinction fromHarvard University.

He currently servesas a member of theBoard of DirectorsofIridium Communications Inc. 

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