Steve Smith is an aerospace executive with extensive experience in innovation, product development, and go-to-market strategies.

Currently, Steve is serving as Director of Flight Sciences at Blue Origin leading a team of scientists, engineers, and R&D labs laser focused on building a road to space. To get to space, Steve’s team innovates, develops, and tests new state-of-the-art technologies used in autonomous rockets and spacecraft.

Prior to Blue Origin, Steve served as Director of Innovation & Product Development at FlightSafety International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and a leading provider of virtual flight simulators. In this role, Steve developed concept-to-market product roadmaps and led multi-disciplinary teams innovating a wide range of new, industry-leading flight simulator and pilot training technologies and products. Steve is a patent holder, a recipient of numerous corporate and industry awards, and a frequent public speaker.

Believing a rising tide of innovation raises all boats, Steve also advocates and promotes innovation in the community by serving on the Advisory Board of Advanced Air Mobility for Tulsa Innovation Labs, on the Board of Directors for the Tulsa Air & Space Museum, on the Advisory Board of a high-tech VR company, MAGOS, and as a mentor, judge, and advisor with MassChallenge.

Steve holds a Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.