# Justin Oliveira

> He co-founded the satellite relay startup that became Hedron. Now, at Boston Geospatial, Justin Oliveira is working on another part of the same problem: turning observations from space into decisions on Earth.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Boston Geospatial
- **Organizations:** Boston Geospatial, Analytical Space / Hedron, NASA, White House Office of Management and Budget
- **Education:** B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Analytical Space, subsequently renamed Hedron, and led its early satellite relay development., Led Analytical Space during its $3.5 million seed round and 2018 Radix demonstration mission., Co-author of research on cryogenic propellant behavior and thermal stratification.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Earned an aerospace engineering master’s degree and began his NASA career.
- **2012** — Moved into NASA headquarters strategy work, according to the early Analytical Space team biography.
- **2014-2015** — Worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget on NASA program oversight.
- **2016** — Co-founded Analytical Space with Daniel Nevius and served as founding CEO.
- **2017** — Completed his Harvard MBA; Analytical Space announced $3.5 million in seed funding.
- **2018** — Analytical Space deployed the Radix demonstration satellite from the International Space Station.
- **2019** — Ended his operating tenure as Analytical Space president and CEO and began leading Boston Geospatial, according to public career records.
- **2022** — Principal investigator for NSF SBIR Phase I project on operational monitoring of large-area critical infrastructure.
- **2025** — Named principal investigator on a $2,054,388 Phase II Arctic soil-state monitoring award scheduled through January 2027.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Analytical Space, subsequently renamed Hedron, and led its early satellite relay development.
- Led Analytical Space during its $3.5 million seed round and 2018 Radix demonstration mission.
- Co-author of research on cryogenic propellant behavior and thermal stratification.
- Principal investigator on federal research awards at Boston Geospatial.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — A $2,054,388 Phase II federal award for Enhanced Soil State Monitoring in Arctic Environments began on January 29, 2025, naming Oliveira as principal investigator; its scheduled end is January 28, 2027.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-oliveira-56b3b1b

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