LeoLabs is led by a dedicated team of experts with deep experience in space technology, astrodynamics, and global security.
Tony Frazier
Chief Executive Officer
Tony Frazier
Chief Executive Officer
Tony Frazier is an accomplished operating executive and corporate board member with more than 30 years of leadership experience at the intersection of commercial space, national security, and data analytics.Download Bio
As CEO of LeoLabs, Tony is focused on advancing the company’s vision to be the leading mission partner for persistent Orbital Intelligence that preserves the U.S. and Allied advantage in space and fosters the growth of the global economy. His leadership is devoted to enabling military space commands, civil government agencies, and commercial operators to confidently detect, track, characterize, and respond to threats in space.
Tony’s career is marked by a strong commitment to innovation and mission-driven outcomes. At Maxar Technologies, Tony was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Earth Intelligence, leading a 1,200-person team to shape and execute programs of record across the U.S. Government and with more than 60 partner nations in support of military and intelligence missions. During his 13-year tenure, Tony helped lead the geospatial intelligence community through a period of significant adoption and technological advancement.
Earlier in his career, Tony led teams at Cisco Systems and Infor, where he built collaborative environments that fostered innovation. He is a passionate advocate for leveraging technology to solve complex global challenges and is dedicated to driving solutions that enhance stability and transparency, resilience, and operational excellence.
Tony holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with distinction from Harvard University. He currently serves on the boards of Iridium Communications, Auria Space, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the Intelligence and National Security Foundation, and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Tony is also an Advisor for Mission Fulfilled 2030 and an Executive Mentor for the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship program, where he supports initiatives that champion diversity and empower the next generation of national security leaders.
Daniel Ceperley
Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Daniel Ceperley
Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Prior to co-founding LeoLabs, Dan worked at SRI International, a not-for-profit research laboratory, where he was the Program Director for Space Debris Tracking, the Deputy Director of the Ocean and Space Systems Center, and the supervisor for the Allen Telescope Array, which is a radio astronomy facility in northern California.Download Bio
Dan got his start in the space industry working on the design of the Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) as part of a research program supporting NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His work investigated the optical performance of advanced concepts for imaging Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.
Dan is also a Technical Advisor to Space for Humanity. This non-profit seeks to greatly increase the number of people who have experienced space flight and thus promotes the greater use of space. He holds a Ph.D. and MS in Electrical Engineering from U. C. Berkeley and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Dr. Edward Lu
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Edward Lu
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
As a physicist, engineer, pilot, former NASA astronaut, educator, and serial co-founder, Dr. Edward Lu helps protect satellites from hitting debris and asteroids from hitting Earth.Download Bio
His NASA career spanned 12 years, including flights aboard the Space Shuttle (STS-84 and STS-106), Soyuz TMA-2, and the International Space Station (ISS – Expedition 7). In addition to LeoLabs, he also co-founded the planetary defense and science non-profit B612 Foundation in 2002. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute, which is a program of B612 Foundation.
Ed flew aboard the Space Shuttle twice and on the Russian Soyuz to the ISS, where he did a six-month tour. He has logged over 206 days in space and an EVA (spacewalk) totaling six hours and 14 minutes. In 2003, in the weeks following the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, Ed was called upon by NASA to launch to the ISS to maintain operations on orbit with a two-person skeleton crew.
He completed the Russian Soyuz training in just nine weeks and became the first American to launch as the Flight Engineer aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Ed and Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko then spent six months aboard the ISS, demonstrating that the station could be maintained while carrying on productive scientific research with only two people.
Recognitions in Ed’s NASA career include administration’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Russian Medal of Merit for Spaceflight, Gagarin Medal, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Komorov Medal, Beregovoy Medal, and three NASA Spaceflight medals. In 2024, Ed was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation’s Hall of Fame.
Ed has published peer-reviewed papers on astrodynamics, planetary science, high energy astrophysics, plasma physics, solar physics, cosmology, and statistical physics. He has also published technical policy related editorials in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Scientific American. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from Cornell University and a Doctorate in applied physics from Stanford University.
John Buonocore
Founder & Chief Engineer
John Buonocore
Founder & Chief Engineer
John is a recognized expert radio frequency circuit design, analog electronics, radio communications, antennas, and radar, with specialization in remote sensing and space applications.Download Bio
He spent more than 30 years as a Principal Research Engineer at SRI International before LeoLabs spun out of SRI in 2016. At SRI, John led design work and field deployment for several radar technologies, including high frequency and phased array radar systems like those used by LeoLabs day. John holds multiple patents and has also been published in numerous journals on radar and radio science technology. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from San Francisco State University and is a member of the IEEE EMC Society.
Jacinta Tobin
Chief Revenue Officer
Jacinta Tobin
Chief Revenue Officer
Jacinta leads the global sales, business development and customer support teams for LeoLabs.Download Bio
She has over 20 years of experience leading global growth, combining sales, marketing, business development, and customer support for technology companies in both commercial and defense sectors. Jacinta’s prior roles include SVP, Global Sales and Business Development and CMO at Cloudmark (acquired by Proofpoint), VP Global Operations at the Cloudmark Division of Proofpoint (acquired by Thoma Bravo), CRO at Twistlock (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), and a strategic management consulting role at Cap Gemini.
Jacinta has been a long-term board member of global cyber defense working groups including MAAWG, which fosters collaboration among international government intelligence agencies and tech and media giants such as Google and META. She was named as one of the top 50 most influential women in technology by Silicon Valley Global magazine.
Karen D. Dacres
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Karen D. Dacres
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
With over 25 years of legal and business experience, Karen is a seasoned, mission-focused leader with a unique blend of government and private sector expertise spanning early-stage startups to established companies.Download Bio
She brings critical and strategic legal, regulatory, acquisition, and policy leadership, having built scalable legal and compliance operations throughout her career. Her experience includes a strong track record of developing and executing strategic corporate initiatives that transition U.S. Government contracts such as Small Business Innovation Research awards, Other Transaction Agreements and other USG contract vehicles into programs of record to accelerate business growth.
Karen’s contributions have been formally recognized by the National Security Council, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and the Intelligence Community, underscoring her impact on space and advanced technology legal initiatives. Karen played a key role in drafting the U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing (CRS) Space Policy signed by President George W. Bush which, coupled with her drafting of the U.S.’ CRS regulations, significantly advanced the commercial imagery sector and facilitated the acceptance of commercial imagery globally, making it ubiquitous as an expected part of our everyday lives.
Before joining LeoLabs, Karen served as Chief Legal Officer at Rebellion Defense and was the first Chief Legal Officer at SAILDRONE Inc., an innovative, advanced technology company in autonomous ocean data collection. Her previous experience includes being a Founding Partner of SLG | The Space Law Group and serving as General Counsel for PlanetiQ and Global Weather and Climate Solutions Inc. She has also worked with Booz Allen Hamilton, leading legal and policy initiatives for advanced technology and commercial remote sensing in support of the Warfighter and the Intelligence Community. Finally, she has served as the Satellite Programs General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Senior Intellectual Property Attorney for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Karen holds a BA in French Studies and Chemistry from Northwestern University and a JD from The George Washington University’s National Law Center, focusing on intellectual property.
Karen Cox
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Karen Cox
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Karen Cox leads a cross-functional team that integrates government relations, communications, and marketing strategies to advance the company’s public policy and business objectives, enhance its brand presence, and engage key stakeholders.Download Bio
With a distinguished career spanning more than two decades in government and industry, Karen previously led government relations for nearly 10 years at Maxar Technologies, where she championed policies that accelerated the growth of the commercial Earth observation and space infrastructure industries.
Karen’s additional experience includes serving as a Government Affairs Manager at Intelsat, a Congressional Analyst with the U.S. Air Force, and a Military Legislative Assistant for the U.S. Senate, specializing in national security and space. She served as an Executive Committee Member on the Commercial Spaceflight Federation from 2021 to 2024. She has also been a Board Member with the Washington Space Business Roundtable, Women in Aerospace, and the Society for Satellite Professionals International, which awarded her its Promise Award for leadership in 2012. Karen holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and a master’s degree from the Naval War College.
