Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JOHN SERAFINI

CEO, HAWKEYE 360, HERNDON

Published August 30, 2023 by Virginia Business

Serafini founded his geospatial analytics company in 2015. From its constellation of satellites, HawkEye 360 collects radio frequency data that can identify and track human activity and trends for military, maritime and intelligence clients. It has helped detect illegal fishing for the Australian government, and in Ukraine, it tracked Russian troop movements.

Last year, Serafini helped organize the Space Industry for Ukraine (SIFU), an initiative that saw 23 companies donate nearly $900,000 in capital to aid victims and refugees from the war in Ukraine.

Also in 2022, HawkEye 360 opened a 19,000-square-foot satellite production facility. In January, Rocket Lab USA deployed three HawkEye 360 satellites into orbit from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. 

Serafini was previously senior vice president of Allied Minds, the venture capital firm that helped launch HawkEye 360. He serves on the board of advisers for the National Security Space Association and is a board member for the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation.

A former Army infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, Serafini graduated from West Point and has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

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