Jonny Dyer

Jonny Dyer is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Muon Space, a company focused on Earth Intelligence for a safe and resilient world. Across a career spanning aerospace, geospatial technology, and complex systems engineering, he has led the development of multiple industry-shaping products. In 2009, Jonny became Chief Engineer at Skybox Imaging, the first venture-backed SmallSat company, where he led the ground-up development of what remains the largest constellation of high-resolution imaging satellites ever deployed. Google acquired Skybox in 2014 for $500M. At Google, Jonny continued in the geospatial domain, leading Google Maps’ data collection team and developing products including the Street View cars and a portfolio of aircraft platforms. In 2018, he joined Lyft’s Level 5 Autonomous Vehicle group as a Senior Director, leading the team responsible for the design, integration, and deployment of Lyft’s AV platforms. Jonny serves as a founding member of EDF’s MethaneSat Technical Advisory Group and a member of the National Academies’ APOSS study committee, which produced a seminal report on commercial SmallSat constellations for civil, science, and defense applications. He is also an Operating Partner at Space Capital and advises Ubiquity.vc on investments at the edge of hardware and software. Jonny holds an M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and has authored numerous widely-cited articles spanning non-equilibrium thermodynamics, radiation effects on commercial electronics, and high-performance imaging systems.