Dr Hemant Chaurasia

Chief Product Officer, Fleet Space Technologies

Dr Hemant Chaurasia is the Chief Product Officer of Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian venture-backed technology company applying space technology, geophysical sensors, and AI to mineral exploration with its core product, ExoSphere.  Prior to joining Fleet, Hemant had 14 years’ experience in the U.S. aerospace technology sector across MIT, McKinsey, and Astra, where he led the strategy and roadmap of the company’s space launch products and helped make Astra the fastest privately-funded company in history to demonstrate orbital launch capability. Hemant completed his Masters and Ph.D. in Aerospace Computational Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics at Monash University, Australia.