CELESTE VOLZ FORD
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
BIOGRAPHY:
Celeste Volz Ford is the
founder and CEO of
Stellar Solutions, Inc.,
a professional
engineering services
firm with operations in
California, Colorado and
Washington, DC. Since
its inception in 1995,
Stellar Solutions has
become a recognized
leader in the aerospace
field by participating
in critical government
and commercial satellite
programs, both national
and international.
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In 1998, Ms.
Ford
established
the
Stellar
Solutions
Foundation
to support
community-based
organizations
and
charities.
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The year
2000 saw the
launch of
Stellar
Ventures,
a venture
investment
enterprise
and
incubator
fostering
early-stage
technology
development
and market
applications.
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In 2001, Ms.
Ford
co-founded
QuakeFinder,
LLC
to research,
develop and
market a
technology
that will
enable
global
forecasts of
seismic
activity,
and
eventually
provide
customers
with an
early
warning
system to
detect
destructive
earthquakes.
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In 2004, she
organized
Stellar
Solutions
Aerospace
Ltd
based in
London to
serve
customers in
overseas
markets.
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Ms. Ford has
received wide
recognition in
her field,
having served on
congressional
commissions in
the aerospace
industry as well
as on panels
focusing on
entrepreneurship
and women in
business. Her
career
progressed
through
positions of
increasing
responsibility
preparing her
for the key
leadership
position she
holds today. Ms.
Ford began her
career as a
guidance and
control engineer
for COMSAT
(Communications
Satellite
Corporation) in
1978. She left
COMSAT to become
a project
manager at the
Aerospace
Corporation,
where her work
with NASA on the
Space Shuttle
led to the
recognition of
“Woman of the
Year” in 1984.
Ms. Ford then
joined Scitor
Corporation
where she
successfully
started and grew
a satellite
launch business
area. In 1995,
she founded
Stellar
Solutions and
rapidly led it
to international
prominence as a
leading global
provider of
aerospace
engineering
expertise.
Education
Bachelor of
Science degree
in Aerospace
Engineering -
University of
Notre Dame
Master of
Science degree
in Aerospace
Engineering -
Stanford
University
Executive
Program for
Growing
Companies -
Stanford
University
Graduate School
of Business
Professional
Associations
Board of
Directors, Bay
Microsystems
Board of
Directors,
Women’s High
Tech Coalition (WHTC)
Board of
Directors,
California Space
Authority (CSA)
University of
Notre Dame
College of
Engineering
Advisory Council
National
Association of
Women Business
Owners (NAWBO)
American
Institute of
Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA)
Vistage
International
(formerly TEC)
United States
Space Foundation
(USSF)
American
Leadership Forum
(ALF)
Personal
Celeste and her
husband Kevin
have three
children. She
enjoys speaking
to school
children about
space, coaching
youth athletic
teams, teaching
religious
education at her
Church and
participating in
local community
theater
productions.
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