Air Force veteran and systems engineering expert to receive lifetime achievement award for professional performance and philanthropic contributions Palo Alto, CA, August 5 – Laura Pope, Senior Systems Engineer at Stellar Solutions, the global aerospace engineering services company, has been selected to receive the AFCEA Leadership Award for her outstanding contributions to the education and career [...]

“Whatever your goal is, you will never succeed unless you let go of your fears and fly.” – Richard Branson “What we need to do is always lean into the future;” – Jeff Bezos Yesterday morning, the nation and the world watched with excitement as former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and three others lifted off toward [...]

Aerospace engineer luminary honored for a career of leadership and mentorship of women Palo Alto, CA, July 20 -- Celeste Ford, Founder and Board Chair of Stellar Solutions, Inc., the global aerospace engineering services company, will be honored with the NAWBO Silicon Valley Crystal Chair Lifetime Achievement Award tonight at the annual Crystal Chair Gala.  Ford [...]

Stellar Solutions Diversity and Inclusion Video

Celeste Ford, Stellar Solutions Board Chair and Founder, was featured as a 2021 Trailblazer in Enterprising Women magazine. A winner of the Enterprising Women of the Year Award in 2020, Celeste was cited in the article for her vision of "satisfying customers' critical needs while realizing our dream jobs."  An advocate of women leaders, she has mentored women in [...]

Stellar Solutions shared its Malcolm Baldrige quality and excellence insights at "Visionary Leadership That Works – Southcentral Foundation with Stellar Solutions," part of the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program that took place in Anchorage, Alaska, June 21-22. Jennifer Luce, VP Defense Programs, led with the first presentation for the Conference on Leadership; Janet Grondin, VP Intelligence Programs, [...]

Ms. Christine Jenkins serves as the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) Business and Technical Integration Specialist. She joined the CoECI team 4½ years ago with seasoned expertise in software management and government procurement practices. She is, in large part, singly responsible for the continued reputation of CoECI and NASA as a high value partner [...]

Stellar Solutions is proud to have been a key sponsor to one of the most high impact humanitarian research projects of our time, QuakeFinder. The project’s goal includes developing technology and methods for detection and analysis of electromagnetic earthquake precursors to produce earthquake forecasts based on sound scientific theory and practice. Despite the significant scientific, technical, [...]

For those of you who missed the interview of our Founder, Celeste Ford, on the Start Up Leaders Show the links to the recording are below (25 minutes). It gives a good overview of what we are all about: Satisfying our customer critical needs while realizing our dream jobs as well as crossing the boundaries and [...]

January 15, 2021 Stellar Solutions Founder and Board Chair Celeste Ford was named a recipient of the 2021 E. David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award by the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. This honor "recognizes individuals who have performed truly extraordinary service, changed their world, and inspired others to do the same," according to [...]