Adam Marks

Adam Marks is SVP for Corporate Development at LightRidge, leading all corporate development and strategic investment initiatives for the company.  He has two decades of executive experience working at Maxar, Thales, and Booz Allen Hamilton, focusing on strategic growth initiatives primarily across the space, defense, and aviation industries. He has advised both strategic companies and private equity sponsors with a particular focus on the worldwide space and defense technology markets. Marks previously served as the Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer at Maxar Technologies’ Space Infrastructure division (formerly SSL). Prior to that, he served as the VP of Corporate Strategy and VP of Operations for Thales North America. While at Thales, Marks led a number of strategic M&A initiatives with over $5billion in combined transaction value.