Mr. Skyler Shuford is a founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Hermeus Corporation, overseeing the cross-disciplinary functions that enable delivery of aircraft: engineering, production, test, security, IT, and program management.

Prior to Hermeus, Skyler was the Director of Avionics and Software at Generation Orbit, where he was responsible for design, analysis, manufacture, and test of the in-house developed flight and facility electronic systems and software and was the technical lead for the GN&C analysis, algorithms, and hardware for the X-60A, an Air Force X-Plane for hypersonic flight research.

Skyler worked across the aerospace sector with time spent at SpaceX, Aerospace Corporation, Northrop Grumman, and Aerojet.  Skyler holds a Master of Science degree from Penn State and a Bachelor of Science degree from Cal Poly, both in Aerospace Engineering.