A place for great people to be inspired to do the best and most meaningful work of their careers.
We’re Boom, a team of engineers and technologists brought together for the sole purpose of making our world dramatically more accessible. Our team has made key contributions to over 40 air and spacecraft.
Staff in numbers
18
Licensed pilots
10
Founded a company
11
Worked on space programs
6
Hold at least 1 US patent
9
Flown inverted
3
Pulled 5+ G in an aircraft
3
Went to space camp
7
Worked on supersonic aircraft programs
Featured employees
Bill James
VP of Production Operations
As VP of production operations, Bill is responsible for the supply chain and production strategy for our certified airliner. Bill’s 30 years of industry experience ranges from large transport aircraft to military trainers. He was a part of the leadership team that launched Airbus Americas Engineering and was responsible for wing structure design for the Airbus A380, A350 and A340. Later, as CTO at Beechcraft, he was accountable for several airplane development programs including the T-6, Hawker 4000, Hawker 200, and Premier I aircraft. Most recently, Bill was Vice President of Advanced Systems at Sierra Nevada Corporation, where he led the company’s T-X “Freedom” program.
Erin Fisher
Flight Control Systems Engineer
At Boom, Erin leads the flight control systems design for XB-1. Erin is the company’s 10th employee and has been around for most of the company’s milestones, having come on board even before Boom had gone through Y Combinator. Before Boom, Erin designed flight control systems for the Scorpion Jet at Textron Aviation in Wichita, KS. She’s passionate about getting more women into STEM and serves on the executive council for the Rocky Mountain section of the Society of Women Engineers.
Greg Krauland
XB-1 Program Manager
Greg is the manager of the XB-1 program and former fuel systems design lead at Boom. Greg joined Boom after 8 years at SpaceX, where he managed the Falcon 9 second stage, overseeing fluid systems, structures, operations, and build engineering teams. Prior to SpaceX, Greg worked at Scaled Composites on the SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo programs.
We are now building XB-1 in our hangar at Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado.
