Welcome to my portfolio! I am Casper Versteeg, an experienced and adept engineering leader with an extensive spacecraft design and analysis record. I have successfully applied a systems-minded approach in startup environments to build strong teams and deliver high-impact technologies for customers.

I am currently the Director of Engineering at Turion Space where I lead advanced research initiatives in satellite subsystem technologies. My role involves overseeing a multidisciplinary team of engineers and researchers, fostering innovation and collaboration to drive project success. I architected and executed vertical integration strategies for in-house development of ADCS components, significantly reducing supply chain dependencies and unit costs. Additionally, I conduct comprehensive system-level analyses and mission architecture assessments to inform strategic decisions, and bridge technical and commercial operations to shape customer proposals and ensure integrated system solutions meet mission requirements. I have previously held engineering leadership roles at Lynk Global where I led teams that designed and built LEO constellations for direct-to-device communication.

I moved to the United States in 2014 to attend the University of Georgia, from where I graduated in 2018 with a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering. During my time at UGA, I worked on a variety of projects, most notably I was the mechanical team lead at the Small Satellite Research Laboratory where we developed CubeSats for NASA and the Air Force. I was in charge of both the SPOC and MOCI missions at some point during my tenure there.

I received my M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in 2021, where I studied under John E. Dolbow, with his computational mechanics research group, focussed on fracture mechanics, using finite elements.