Jonathan Dyer

Bio

Jonny Dyer is a Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Muon Space, a company focused on Earth Intelligence for a Safe and Resilient World. With a career spanning multiple roles in aerospace, geospatial technology and complex systems engineering, Jonny has led development of multiple industry-shaping products.

Beginning in 2009, Jonny served as the Chief Engineer at Skybox Imaging, the first venture-backed SmallSat company. In that role, Jonny led the ground-up development of what remains the largest constellation of high resolution imaging satellites ever deployed. Skybox Imaging was acquired by Google in 2014 for $500M.

At Google, Jonny continued working in the geospatial domain, leading Google Maps’ data collection team developing products like the Street View cars and a portfolio of aircraft platforms. In 2018, Jonny joined Lyft’s Level 5 Autonomous Vehicle group as a Senior Director leading the vehicle platform team responsible for the design, integration and deployment of Lyft’s cutting-edge AV platforms.

While at Google and Lyft, Jonny remained active in the satellite remote sensing space serving as a founding member of EDF’s MethaneSat Technical Advisory Group, a role he continues in today. He also served as a member of the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s APOSS study committee which produced a seminal report on the opportunities presented by commercial SmallSat constellations for civil, science and defense applications.

Jonny is an Operating Partner at Space Capital where he leverages his deep industry knowledge to drive strategic investments. He also serves as a member of the Ubiquity.vc’s Extended Team advising the partners on investments at the edge of hardware and software.

Jonny holds both a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. During his time at Stanford, he pursued a diverse range of subjects, including thermodynamics and energy, embedded electronics and software, fluid dynamics, solid-state and quantum physics, and mechanics of materials. He has authored numerous widely-cited articles spanning non-equilibrium thermodynamics, radiation effects on commercial electronics and high performance imaging systems, among others.