Karman Fellow 2020
Christopher Richins
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
RBC-Signals
Christopher Richins is Founder and the CSO of RBS Signals, a provider of global satellite communication "infrastructure as a service." Prior to this, he was the CEO of RBC Signals.
Christopher began his career as an RF Communications Engineer at Boeing Sea Launch, where he supported multiple launch campaigns from the ship-based equatorial launch site. After business school, he completed an internship with SpaceX before joining Bain & Company as a management consultant. Post Bain, Christopher held management roles at Arkyd Astronautics (Planetary Resources), Space Angels Network, Expedia, and Applause. Christopher earned an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia as a Jefferson Fellow, a master's degree in Astronautics from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University.