Corporate Executives
David L. Taylor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Dave Taylor is president and chief executive officer of Ball Aerospace, a position he has held since June 2002.
Ball Aerospace is an innovative, performance-focused aerospace and defense contractor with approximately 2,800 employees. The company specializes in high-capability spacecraft, space sensors and instruments, RF and microwave systems, technical services and advanced aerospace components. As chief operating officer of the company from 2001 to his appointment as CEO, Taylor led a strategic refocusing of the company resulting in significantly improved financial and business performance.
As CEO he has instituted a solid business focus, while retaining the strong technical heritage for which the company is known. His strategy of preserving the innovative and creative culture while instilling new elements of rigor and accountability required by government agencies has been a central element of his tenure in the position.
Prior to serving as COO, Taylor was vice president of Commercial Space Operations (CSO), a Ball Aerospace business unit chartered with designing and manufacturing remote sensing spacecraft on commercial, fixed-price contracting terms. Under his leadership, CSO delivered a number of innovative remote sensing spacecraft buses and imaging systems, including QuikSCAT – delivered in only 11 months and in its ninth year of successful operations for NASA; QuickBird I and II, sub-meter resolution commercial imaging spacecraft.
In 2008, Taylor was elected to the Space Foundation Board of directors, the nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing initiatives and educational endeavors that increase awareness of the benefits and importance of space.
Taylor holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University and a master’s in business administration from the University of Colorado. Taylor also attended the Stanford University Executive Program for High Technology Companies.
