Rick Svetkoff

President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman

Mr. Svetkoff, a former US Navy pilot, is the President and CEO of Starfighters. After leaving the Navy, he served as a Captain at Continental Airlines (now United Airlines), where he flew the B727, MD80, B757, and B767. Shortly after starting with Continental, in 1996, Mr. Svetkoff purchased a Lockheed F-104 and began flying at airshows and founded Starfighters, Inc. (a predecessor to the Company). He then acquired a fleet of the jets for a three-aircraft Starfighters Demonstration team. Ultimately, he envisioned this Lockheed F-104 fleet as the core asset of a small, fast reacting aerospace company for a wide range of missions. In 2006, NASA invited the Company to establish a presence at the Kennedy Space Center, and it signed a permanent agreement in 2009. Mr. Svetkoff has served as the Company's President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since the inception of its predecessor, Starfighters, Inc., in 1996, and has grown it into what the Company believes to be the largest commercial squadron of supersonic-capable aircraft in the world.

Tim Franta

Director and VP Development

Mr. Franta has been the Vice President of Development for Starfighters since October 18, 2022. He is currently developing the smallest rocket capable of making it to low earth orbit by using a Lockheed F-104 as the launch platform. Mr. Franta has served in many technology and policy leadership roles. Prior to Starfighters, Mr. Franta was the deputy director of Energy Florida based in Cape Canaveral from October 2018 to September 2022 and Director of Special Projects from 2012 to October 2018. He specialized in space and energy business development by translating financial and physical requirements into fundable business plans. Mr. Franta is also an expert at coordinating public policy with private and governmental financing for mutually beneficial projects. Previously, Mr. Franta has worked for the Florida Legislature and was chief of staff for the Florida Space Authority. He was instrumental in drafting space transportation legislation which was considered and eventually adopted by the Florida Legislature, managed two launch pads and helped fund more than $300 million of space and ground infrastructure.

David Whitney

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Whitney has served as Starfighters Space, Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer since January 2024.  Mr. Whitney has been serving as a Finance Executive for technology companies for the past 10 years with both private and public companies. From November 2016 to May 2020 Mr. Whitney served as the Chief Financial Officer for RentMoola Payment Solutions Inc. ("RentMoola"). From September 2018 to January 2020 he also served on the Board of Directors for RentMoola. During his tenure at RentMoola, Mr. Whitney oversaw the financing and accounting divisions at the Company; he was responsible for all capital raises which included a Series A, and retail investments. From May 2020 to September 2022 he served as Chief Financial Officer for Property Vista Software Inc. ("Property Vista"). At Property Vista, Mr. Whitney was responsible for the finance and accounting office at the Company and was responsible for all capital and debt solutions while employed there. From September 2022 to December 2023 Mr. Whitney was Chief Financial Officer for a large Canadian independent film studio, BRON Studios. Mr. Whitney had a team of over 60 finance and account staff and was responsible for over $500MM in film and investment assets. Mr. Whitney is a CPA (CA) designated in British Columbia Canada, articling in public practice at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Whitney has won several distinguished awards in his field including Ernst & Youngs '40 Under 40' award for Western Canada. Mr. Whitney has a Bachelor of Business Administration minoring in Advanced Accounting from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Brenda Svetkoff

Corporate Secretary

Ms. Svetkoff has served as the corporate secretary of Starfighters since September 2022. She is familiar with aviation operations, having worked for Continental Airlines for 13 years. Ms. Svetkoff has assisted with Starfighters transition from an airshow team to a research, development, testing and evaluation as well as a launch company. Ms. Svetkoff also coordinates Starfighters' involvement with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education programs which culminates every year with Girls in Aviation coming to Starfighters' hangar for a day of events.