Mr. Gallimore is the Chief Innovation Officer for Aether Aerospace and has over 30 years’ experience developing, testing, and deploying Navy Landing Systems.

Ian's career includes prior work at Sierra Nevada Corporation, Raytheon, and NAWCAD, where he led the development or certification of shipboard landing systems. Mr. Gallimore has several inventions, has published multiple technical papers, and has taught courses to NGC, LM, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins and others on GPS signal and measurement processing for high accuracy, high integrity applications.

Ian is the CEO of Aether Aerospace and leads the firm’s strategic direction, revenue growth, and operations. He is an experienced business leader with strong people leadership, finance, M&A, and strategy credentials. Throughout his career he has led business transformation efforts for organizations ranging in size from $200m to $5m in annual revenue. He has 20+ years of transformation focused operational and consulting experience including development of acquisition strategy and integration.

Some of Ian's career highlights include: Direct involvement of the acquisition strategy of over 10 large M&A deals including an $18.6B acquisition; strategic and financial analysis for a major bank’s divestment of its fund management business; Led development of strategic plan and operating model for a $150m wealth management firm; Led major turnaround for $80m real estate business that included development of both a strategic and tactical plan; Led the strategic plan development for a $20m government contractor resulting in lower overhead costs, increased focus on business development, and an understanding of the business’s critical drivers. 

Ian is a US Army veteran and holds an MBA from Harvard University and a Bachelors of Science in Economics from the US Military Academy. 

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David is a seasoned Chief Operating Officer with over 30 years of experience driving large-scale operational excellence, P&L management, and growth strategy across the defense, national security, and ISR aviation sectors. Having successfully managed portfolios ranging from $300M to over $1B, they specialize in scaling complex enterprises, optimizing multi-site global operations, and delivering consistent margin expansion. Known for sharp strategic vision and disciplined execution.