Chris Kemp Email Address

Division Sales Manager

Planet Labs is focused on the assembly of off-the-shelf electronics into advanced satellites using agile aerospace technologies.

Chris C. Kemp is an entrepreneurial executive that has founded three companies and serves as a board member or advisor to Planet Labs, Scalr, and Nixie. Chris co-founded OpenStack, the largest and fastest growing open source project in history. Chris has been recognized in the 2014 CNBC Disruptor 50 list, the Silicon Valley Business Journal '40 under 40,'​ and received the prestigious 'Federal 100' award for his service at NASA.As the Chief Technology Officer of NASA, Chris was responsible for pioneering work in cloud computing, open source, and open government. Chris worked with the White House to develop the cloud strategy for the United States federal government. Prior to serving as CTO, Chris served as the CIO of NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley where he forged partnerships with Google and Microsoft and helped create Google Moon, Google Mars, and Microsoft World Wide Telescope. Prior to joining NASA, Chris helped create Classmates.com, the third largest online community, was the founding CEO of the leading web-based vacation rental platform Escapia (acquired by HomeAway), and, as the founding CEO of Netran, developed the first online grocery shopping platform for Kroger, the world’s largest grocery store chain.